meeting

 “We wanted to have this meeting to talk about cleaning – or, rather, a lack of cleaning,” the small boss says.

“Are you still cleaning here? I feel like I don’t see you anymore,” the big boss says.

“Yeah, of course, I’m still here at least five days a week,” he says.

“Okay,” the big boss says. “What we wanted to do this for, is, well, the last company we had we weren’t happy with their bathroom floor cleaning and to be honest, I think we’ve lost two or three companies over bathroom floors at this point. So we want to have this meeting early to make sure we’re all on the same page.

“Okay, yeah,” he says and he adjusts himself on the couch.

“Well, let’s take a look at the floors together,” the big boss says.

They walk down a hall and into a bathroom and he says, “Maintenance,” relatively loudly before entering.

They look at the floor together and the big boss says, “Oh, this is just normal dirt from a day of people.”

He looks at the floor. It looks fine to him.

“I know that Diane upstairs was saying there’s a stain that they haven’t cleaned in days,” the small boss says to the big boss.

“Okay, let’s take a look at that too,” the big boss says.

They go upstairs and the big boss says, “Diane, can I have you for a minute?” and she introduces him to Diane and Diane to him and Diane looks at him oddly for a few seconds.

In the bathroom they look at the stain together.

“I think that’s a rust stain,” he says, “but I’m not sure.”

“Yeah,” the big boss says. “Let me, hold on,” and the big boss grabs a paper towel and wets it and gets on her knees and attempts to wipe away the stain, which does not go away. “Yeah. Yeah that’s a rust stain. Okay, that makes sense.”

They leave the bathroom and talk about other cleaning solutions and equipment. They express fear that their new floors will become tarnished over time by gradual grease and residue.

They thank him for having the meeting with them.