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Alright now that we got that out of the way lets start this off with 2 direct quotes from my mother (Mama Wubben),
"The most important places in your home that should be clean is your bathroom and the kitchen."
The second one is:
"The reason that I know where everything is in my house is because I put things back right after I use them, in the place that I got it from."
So now you are probably wondering what those things have in common with the blog ...well hello the title says it alone. Clean up after yourself is a more polite way of saying what I really mean.
This refers to everyone but more importantly this blog stems from my wait for it, wait for it . . . my job. Yes remember when I said that I'm a rehab bitch? Well some of my job also includes picking up things when people leave them out. Now under normal circumstances when someone leaves something out I'm happy to oblige them by picking it up. But then you have those people, yes those people, you know who I'm talking about. They take everything and the kitchen sink out, play with 1 item and then a) leave it all out taking up the room for who knows how long or b) place a sign on it that says it is all dirty and must be cleaned. Now c'mon people, c'mon! I don't mean to bitch and complain but seriously its like you're intentionally doing this. I understand that giving a kid some options can be very valuable and persuasive in getting them to do what you want them to do.
But no one in their right mind wants to pick up all of that shit after you've used only one item. While you are showing them ADLs teach them that after you use something you have to put things back.
My favorite thing is also when a therapist comes to ask me where such and such object is....like oh i dunno maybe in the closet where its supposed to be. Oh wait you mean you're the last person to have used that particular item and forgot to put it away and now can't find it. That's awesome!
I hope you can discern (oops sorry Kaitlin thats a big word huh?) my sarcasm, because this blog is going to be full of it.
Now don't get me wrong there are some therapists that own up when they leave a mess. They leave a note, or clean it up themselves
...or even better they come up to you (cough cough Jackie) and tell you how sorry they are that they are leaving a mess and will come back to clean it. Or they give you a pumpkin latte (hint hint OT therapists) for cleaning it all up.
But seriously pick your shit up please.
Because we are tired of doing it for you and even though its our jobs you are being a pain in the ass by being completely and utterly lazy.
Ok so now that I got that off my chest lets go to the second topic. Please put things back where you got them from. I absolutely despise, well not really despise but a real strong aversion when someone comes up to me and asks me where such and such thing is. Literally I'm like why even bother labeling things when they never get put back in the right spot. Or that they, god forbid, actually put something back but not where they got it from. Yea thanks guys I'm so happy to help you look for something that you conveniently placed somewhere else.
Now I do understand that things get misplaced, but when it happens all the time its like do you even care about the people that you are working with. I know I'm no saint and I realize that we are all human but it just sucks sometimes when people take advantage of a good situation because they can. So let's all just do the right thing, and help us help you by occasionally picking your shit up. Oh and a thank you once in awhile wouldn't hurt either.
you like pumpkin latte's too? :) love ya Wubben
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