This letter is in response to Diane Duncan’s letter about the “lies and games” being played with her.

I would like to let her know there wasn’t a hearty effort put into the research behind it.

My janitor, Dona, does vacuum before 9 a.m. and always before 8 a.m. The residents on my floor have complained several times. Her supervisor insists it be this way, and Mr. Alexander’s master plan is not considered a spoonful of sugar among my housemates.

When Dona began to vacuum at 8 every morning, all we did was grumble among ourselves. When it became regular a number of us approached her about it. She said she didn’t think it was fair, either, and would speak to her superior.

The result of this conversation was no change. This is the way it is, and the way it is going to be. To me that implies a threat of trouble if the floor is vacuumed before 9 in the morning.

I agree that, no, residents are not unhappy with their janitors. We appreciate the work they do and can take pride in our buildings because of them.

If they are in a hall long enough, they become as much a part of the family as any other house member, and these are the reasons we don’t want them to go.

We don’t have any renegade cleaners who like to wake people up; they’re just following orders. Honestly, though?

`If I had a quarter for every morning I have rolled over and said to my roommate, “You could fucking set your watch to that thing,” I would be able to buy Randy Alexander, and we wouldn’t have this problem.

I don’t know why someone is screwing with the janitors, most of whom have been here multiple years and ought to know their job better than anyone else.

Unfortunately, though, vacuums are roaring around 7:30 a.m., and people are upset, residents and janitors alike.

So give the Daily some credit; they do a solid piece of reporting now and again.

Kate Bierman

Sophomore

Animal Ecology and

Environmental Studies