Confessions of a church custodian

The church custodian is an unknown person in some circles around town. You would think living in a small town that everyone would know what your job is and where you work. Not so.

Today I went down to my local store to pick up Swiffer liquid and a Glade air freshner. Now usually I like to shop for my janitorial stuff out of town. You get a better bargain and there is more to choose from. But this week I forgot to get more Swiffer floor stuff while I was at the Well-town Wally World.

I am checking out with my products and I know the clerk pretty well, or at least I think. Her son and daughter was in our church pre-school when I was a substitute teacher (I've held many jobs) approximately seven years ago. I tell her to charge the products to the church account. I get this wary look from her. I smile and say, "Yeah, I use this Glade air freshener in the church many times." This one was a cinnamon one, so I could get that "Christmas season aroma" going in one of our lounges. I sign off on the slip of paper and she hands me the receipt. "Now, make sure that B gets this." B is our secretary. The clerk still giving me this look like "are you sure you are authorized to do this?"

I wonder what she would do if I bought lemon juice, vinegar, and soda (all to use as green cleaning products) and charged it to the church account? It makes me wonder what she would say then. LOL!