Did Disney fire all it's bathroom attendants?

[DisneyRunner2009]

I agree. Bathrooms are in limited supply at DTD.

 

[lugnut33]

I don't understand how some people are OK with current bathroom standards at WDW. I assume those people would also be OK with having a dirty bathroom in their resort room when they check in because the people next door have a clean one.

There are expectations that need to be met when we the guest are paying thousands of dollars for a vacation at WDW. If they are not met then we have a right to complain.

Also, maybe dirty bathrooms are a positive feedback loop? A dirty bathroom becomes dirtier faster. For example, somebody might miss the waste basket with their paper towel and just leave it on the floor. However, if the basket is full then a much larger percentage of people leave their paper towel on the floor, thus exacerbating the situation.

 

[maxiesmom]

I don't understand how some people are OK with current bathroom standards at WDW. I assume those people would also be OK with having a dirty bathroom in their resort room when they check in because the people next door have a clean one.

There are expectations that need to be met when we the guest are paying thousands of dollars for a vacation at WDW. If they are not met then we have a right to complain.

Also, maybe dirty bathrooms are a positive feedback loop? A dirty bathroom becomes dirtier faster. For example, somebody might miss the waste basket with their paper towel and just leave it on the floor. However, if the basket is full then a much larger percentage of people leave their paper towel on the floor, thus exacerbating the situation.

I'm ok because :

A I didn't have that problem during my week long trip in October. Never saw a dirty restroom, which makes me think

B It is not the new standard, but something that happens on the rare occasion. Dirty restrooms are not 100% preventable, unless you have an attendant standing by each stall, checking them before letting the next guest in. Some people don't sit, but hover and pee on the seat, and don't clean it up. Some use TP for seat covers, and don't flush it down. Some people apparently mess on the floor and leave it. I didn't see any of that, which doesn't mean it never happens. To me it means it happens on the rare occasion. And sometimes you are just the unlucky one to walk in after someone who is messy. As long as they clean it up fairly promptly I'm ok with it.

 

[North of Mouse]

I'm ok because :

A I didn't have that problem during my week long trip in October. Never saw a dirty restroom, which makes me think

B It is not the new standard, but something that happens on the rare occasion. Dirty restrooms are not 100% preventable, unless you have an attendant standing by each stall, checking them before letting the next guest in. Some people don't sit, but hover and pee on the seat, and don't clean it up. Some use TP for seat covers, and don't flush it down. Some people apparently mess on the floor and leave it. I didn't see any of that, which doesn't mean it never happens. To me it means it happens on the rare occasion. And sometimes you are just the unlucky one to walk in after someone who is messy. As long as they clean it up fairly promptly I'm ok with it.

This has been my experience also - don't think I've been in any of the restrooms that an attendant hasn't been working away to clean up after some of the slobs that use them - wonder what they do at home - or, gasp, do they turn into neat niks as there is no one to 'clean up' after them???

 

[maxiesmom]

This has been my experience also - don't think I've been in any of the restrooms that an attendant hasn't been working away to clean up after some of the slobs that use them - wonder what they do at home - or, gasp, do they turn into neat niks as there is no one to 'clean up' after them???

I think part of my attitude also has to do with the fact that the store where I work, we share a restroom with the public. I know how often that restroom is cleaned, and I know that some days it gets messed up as fast as it gets cleaned. I know they can fill the paper towel dispenser, and it ends up out a few hours later. I think it makes me more understanding that someone can indeed be working on housekeeping, and yet messes sometimes still happen.

 

[Art 1]

Or they could cover it by paying the fat cats at the top a fraction less.

It's ok to reduce pay rates as long as it not yours I guess.

 

[GAN]

It's ok to reduce pay rates as long as it not yours I guess.

I would question anyone who feels it's alright to accept a $1M+ bonus, but leaves their bathrooms unkept. So the question is not so much cutting pay, but rather making sure your house is in order before accepting exorbitant benefits. There was a time when executives were actually proud of the end results, rather than the value of their compensation package at the end of the year.

 

[larryz]

So, why is this man smiling?

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Just back and although the parks were crowded, the bathrooms were fine. Lobby restaurant at the Wilderness Lodge had a bit of toilet paper on the floor.... But far FRO disgusting. It was clean paper on a clean floor.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I'm ok because :

A I didn't have that problem during my week long trip in October. Never saw a dirty restroom, which makes me think

B It is not the new standard, but something that happens on the rare occasion. Dirty restrooms are not 100% preventable, unless you have an attendant standing by each stall, checking them before letting the next guest in. Some people don't sit, but hover and pee on the seat, and don't clean it up. Some use TP for seat covers, and don't flush it down. Some people apparently mess on the floor and leave it. I didn't see any of that, which doesn't mean it never happens. To me it means it happens on the rare occasion. And sometimes you are just the unlucky one to walk in after someone who is messy. As long as they clean it up fairly promptly I'm ok with it.

This cannot be emphasized enough.

We aren't doubting that fellow posters saw poor conditions. But why make the leap that the rest of us saw the same conditions and are okay with such standards after it has been stated repeatedly that we did not experience the same conditions

Not that anyone wishes to waste park time--but I wonder what the bathrooms in question looked like 15 minutes later? Were the dirty ones cleaned and the clean ones dirty?

Making an assessment that dirty is standard after a 2 minute bathroom stop does not make any sense at all.

And since I saw this thread during my vacation--I certainly kept my eyes peeled. All I found was 2 full trashbags next to the trash can (rest of bathroom was clean so I figured this was an oops or the attendant had to do something and would be back to it) and occasional tidiness issues that were not sanitation issues (bits of paper on the floor, water on the sink counters from dripping hands). Not that I wished to find poo on the floor--but I didn't. And the thread prompted me to look with a more critical eye than I usually would.

I am not sure why folks who had a bad experience think that we saw the same conditions and give it a stamp of approval.

Not a single one of us said the messes were okay--but many offered logical explanations and cast member experience as to how it works.

 

[Art 1]

I would question anyone who feels it's alright to accept a $1M+ bonus, but leaves their bathrooms unkept. So the question is not so much cutting pay, but rather making sure your house is in order before accepting exorbitant benefits. There was a time when executives were actually proud of the end results, rather than the value of their compensation package at the end of the year.

So maybe they should fire the janitors. There was also a time when people did their jobs correctly.

 

[SuperTink]

I would question anyone who feels it's alright to accept a $1M+ bonus, but leaves their bathrooms unkept. So the question is not so much cutting pay, but rather making sure your house is in order before accepting exorbitant benefits. There was a time when executives were actually proud of the end results, rather than the value of their compensation package at the end of the year.

Exactly!

 

[epcotty]

I emailed them about this thread including the basic details of the thread, and ended up just getting their basic response about cleanliness being a priority. If the people in this thread who personally saw a dirty bathroom all complained in detail to the address posted earlier on in the thread (with pictures if they have them), maybe things couldn't be ignored so easily and might possibly be improved. Hopefully others would complain too

 

[yankeepenny]

I verbally let a supervisor know, always. I am polite about it. I just ask for a supervisor, and then say , "the restroom over by --------- is in dire straights."
That is all I say.


For me, dire straights is what many stores looked like after Black Friday, disheveled and messy and dirty. Multiple empty tp holders and no paper towels and water everywhere and full garbage constitutes a need for help in a restroom.

Fecal matter everywhere? I have seen it, both on and around toilets and baby stations in the world. Freaking gross.

 

[GAN]

So maybe they should fire the janitors. There was also a time when people did their jobs correctly.

With the proper leadership, anyone can do their job correctly. Congratulations, you just passed Management 101!

 

[JanaDee]

It's ok to reduce pay rates as long as it not yours I guess.

Iger makes upwards of $50 mil a year, he can spare a couple bucks.

 

[kbelle8995]

Iger makes upwards of $50 mil a year, he can spare a couple bucks.

 

[GAN]

Iger makes upwards of $50 mil a year, he can spare a couple bucks.

But why do that when you can just freeze the "janitors" pay at $10/hour and cut some benefits ....they can't do their job correctly anyway. That should solve the problem.

 

[NotUrsula]

I've read on here before (not sure if it is true or not) that some of the not so great smells are some of the plants they use in the parks. Not sure why they would choose to use nasty smelling plants to green up the parks, but I guess it is possible.

The plants that are used don't smell like sulfur; they smell like bug-repellant. The ones that I have seen include citrosas, geraniums and marigolds; they help to repel flying insects.

 

[aprilp]

They aren't always messy. I went mid October of this year with two ladies who have to use the restrooms constantly (ok, more like every hour or so). We hit the majority of the restrooms in all of the parks. They all were quite clean. Not sure what is going on to have such varying experiences but the reason why some of us dont report them is that there is nothing to report when we go.