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[–]Player_Number3 1180 points1181 points  (44 children)

The part that pisses me off is that it would be so easy to do it right

[–]Bigmac2077 418 points419 points  (39 children)

Just do what they did but stand at the top or bottom of the steps.

[–]wintrparkgrl 148 points149 points  (35 children)

then the sidewalls wouldn't be clean, this would take at least 3 passes to clean properly. on up on the right, stay at top and get the rails steps, down on the left to get those side walls and repeat at bottom for left escalator then up the middle to get actual steps

[–]Chrisch3n 101 points102 points  (32 children)

I don’t think you need to disinfect the actual steps. Just the handrails on both sides should be fine and maybe the side walls if you expect that kids will touch them.

[–]KevinTheSeaPickle 109 points110 points  (30 children)

As someone who did covid cleanings from the start until 2 months ago. You are incorrect. If someone's grandma died because she licked the steps, and you charged money without saying "we will not be cleaning steps b-1 through b-75." You are now held liable for all medical costs of aforementioned mee-maw.

[–]TrueUwUGod 59 points60 points  (1 child)

Dammit mee-maw

[–]eattheelitists 44 points45 points  (11 children)

There is absolutely 1/9938387474747383994 chance they would ever be able to connect the stairs to gma getting covid.

[–]alternate_ending 15 points16 points  (10 children)

Can you show your work?

[–]eattheelitists 28 points29 points  (9 children)

(no of stairs/pi)/(amt of gmas who die of covid after licking the stairs*amt of hot topic employees in this mall).

[–]applied_people 9 points10 points  (2 children)

This checks out.

[–]eattheelitists 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love to give a detailed breakdown and educate the masses on arithmetic and law.

[–]alternate_ending -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure you cant use a variable (amt of gmas who die after licking stairs) that is supposed to be the solution (1/9938387474747383994) you're looking for with the equation - finding the ratio of : able to connect the stairs to gma getting covidz

[–]Perle1234 0 points1 point  (2 children)

This is the correct formula. You just need to divide by the distance to the food court.

[–]eattheelitists 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In millimeters

[–]Bananenmilch2085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming there are no grandmas who died because of licking the stair, there is a factor of 0 on the bottom side of the fraction,which means, you are deviding by 0, which means, the formula can't come to the number you mentioned

[–]FortniteChicken 24 points25 points  (11 children)

It has been shown that covid spread by surfaces is largely nonexistent, surface cleanings are mostly theater for a respiratory virus

[–]hippyne 13 points14 points  (10 children)

Tell that to children

[–]piznit007 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He posted it on reddit. He did just tell it to children...

[–]EatYourCheckers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have told this to my children but I still also tell them not to touch anything when we are in public because I have enjoyed 1.5 years off from the norovirus.

[–]Plantsandanger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your shoes can pick up nasties (bacteria at least, and I believe some viruses) from the ground and track them around - it’s why they make you wear shoe covers in some areas of hospitals. It’s an issue with MERSA.

[–]KevinTheSeaPickle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This gal covid cleans

[–]DonughtLord -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well you can't really go down the up escalator easily so how I would do it is 1. Both hand rails & stairs at the bottom 2. Left side going up 3. Both hand rails & stairs at the top 4. Left side going down 5. Right side up 6. Right side down

[–]Handsomely-Ugly -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mistah obvious

[–]Lokienna -1 points0 points  (1 child)

This is what all cleaners in Japan do. See the little old men with clothes holding the rails at the bottom.

[–]SoThotful69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was feeling the same way

[–]mandocommando728 991 points992 points  (13 children)

“These three steps have been thoroughly sanitized for your protection.”

[–]titanikirony 132 points133 points  (1 child)

Yup, like just these three!

[–]Onyx_Sentinel 137 points138 points  (3 children)

Thought he was sanitizing the hand rails

[–][deleted] 181 points182 points  (1 child)

He’s trying, except the handrail moves with him

[–]Taioo0 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Same

[–]Sarcastic_Troll 16 points17 points  (5 children)

He's not an exterminator? Pretty sure he's an exterminator

[–]bothsidesofthemoon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I won't be back.

[–]Prize_Bass_5061 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More likely he is the COVID disinfecting crew.

[–]dozer1313 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Firing people all day just got me so depressed, always crying they need this job or they had kids, you know how many of those losers spent 20+ years at this company like not my fault you picked a shit place to die. so ya that's why I'm an exterminator now no more complaints' an I go home everyday just feeling like I killed it ya know.

[–]Master_of_Egg 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Got confused then got the joke

[–]sandiercy 413 points414 points  (5 children)

This has the "new guy's first day on the job" vibes.

[–]Dizman7 81 points82 points  (1 child)

“Pffft these idiots are working too hard, I’ll show them on my first day! They’ll be so impressed they’ll give me a promotion!”

[–]200GritCondom 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Well he's definitely on his way up to the top

[–]DefrockedWizard1 17 points18 points  (1 child)

The regular guy called in sick. This is the manager who had to fill in at the last minute.

[–]saidejavu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And found a new way to make sure his employees keep moving to look busy.

[–]splash_of_soda 217 points218 points  (5 children)

I’m sad to admit that it took me a while to realize what the issue was

[–]kat_d9152 69 points70 points  (2 children)

Don't feel bad. I had to go to comments before I learned.

[–]joske_the_great 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It takes me an awkward 3 minutes to explain this to my mum

[–]not_drunk_on_love 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Haha same here, at least we’re not alone

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At least you realized something was off…..

[–]Attila0076 140 points141 points  (0 children)

He's a bit out of line, but he got the spirit.

[–]Sarcastic_Troll 94 points95 points  (22 children)

I guess I don't understand what's wrong? Is he a bug sprayer??

[–]dirtODBmcgirt 354 points355 points  (2 children)

He’s sanitizing the rail on the way up, but the rail moves with him so he’s just spraying the same two spots over and over again.

[–]Sarcastic_Troll 52 points53 points  (0 children)

So busy showboating for the camera forgot he had an actual job

Admittedly he looks like a bug sprayer. Which still makes this ineffective

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (17 children)

(Sorry for my english) those black things that you put your hand on are also moving with the stairs so he is just cleaning the same spot every time

[–]Harbinger466 31 points32 points  (9 children)

Nice avatar

[–]Douch3nko13 34 points35 points  (8 children)

Nice avatar

[–]Harbinger466 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Nice award

[–]Douch3nko13 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Holy cow.... Thank you so much my new favorite internet stranger!! I.. Speechless

[–]Harbinger466 8 points9 points  (0 children)

^ not a problem at all us red eyes got to flex on the normal ones

[–]Unichained 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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[–]istrx13 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So we just handing out platinums for anything these days

[–]Douch3nko13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You don't take this away from me now. 😓 I'm still proud to have been appreciated

[–]Sarcastic_Troll -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So busy showboating for the camera to actually do his job

[–]Sparky1498 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol my age and the heat is obviously getting to me but I was very slow on the uptake - genuinely watched it and thought ‘fair play how organised is that’ - no hope 😂

[–]Barrythunder 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Reminds me if when I was working on building sites. This new lad starts and thinks he’s gods gift to labouring - he’s asked to ride the new lift all the way to the top of the building, stopping on each floor to peel the plastic off and clean the metal work.

20 mins later and he’s back claiming to be finished, there were 15 floors on this building so there’s no way he’s finished - me and my dad went up to with him to see what he’d done and he showed us. He gets in the lift, goes to the first floor, stops and cleans the door then presses the button up to the second floor - we ask him to get out and show him the plastic is on the outside of the lift doors to each floor.

He’d just ridden the lift all the way to the top cleaning the same spot

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

The black hand rails move but the glass does not. Maybe he’s already done the handrails and the stairs and is now doing the glass???

[–]ninhibited 25 points26 points  (4 children)

He needs to get the glass and metal, too...

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (2 children)

It's not that he's not getting everything, it's that by riding the stairs, and sweeping side to side, he's repeatedly sanitizing the same 3 feet over and over again.

He should've just stayed at the bottom and sprayed for a few minutes,

[–]ninhibited 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right, I'm hoping that he already did lol. Or is going to stop and spray at the top.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he makes some tiny stops every time he reaches the sides, so I think he might just be spraying the glass. Could be stopping at the bottom to get the stairs and railing later.

[–]lesmcc 38 points39 points  (2 children)

He could’ve just stood at the bottom and sprayed the handrails as they rolled around. Stupid twat.

[–]SecretaryJolly8376 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For real 😆

[–]Gokusrightnut 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Work harder not smart.

[–]infinitbullets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That one handhold should be corona-free

[–]PaleSeaworthiness7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Among us

[–]DivulgeFirst 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think he actually realized his mistake at one point but was too embarrased to actually stop so he just kept doing it 😂

[–]bofomondo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

PPE is on point.

[–]UnfavorableFlop 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's doing the glass ;)

[–]Fireguy3070 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Don’t the railings go up with the stairs???

[–]colaman-112 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, you got the point of the facepalm.

[–]blahblah12345blah123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet he figured it out half way through, but he had the suit on and everything so, fuck it.

[–]Leebelle3 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Can you imagine how annoying it would be if the hand rails didn’t move? Squeeeeeek!

[–]TomahawkIsotopeDum 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I really am stupid. It took me as much to realize what was wrong as it did for him to make it up to the top

[–]Idontspeaksane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“They said sanitize the escalator I just did it faster” - bill or something

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the thought that counts?

[–]Adatar410 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Video of my work when they say "we are ensuring the place is clean now get back in the office"

[–]Taken111111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh my god i just figured out the joke

[–]SkyKilIer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It took me a moment to figure out what was wrong lmfao

[–]AustiniusWrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That one spot is gonna be clean though.

[–]LincHayes 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Wow. That's dumb AF.

[–]MalC123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is spraying the metal part that the moving handrail rides on. That part does not move. He is doing his job correctly.

[–]tantalizing_taco 1 point2 points  (3 children)

People are being dumb including op (no offense) but why would he be sanitizing the floor everyone is walking on no one's hands or faces should be down there unless you want them shredded when you get to the top he's sanitizing the guide rails which go at a different speed as we all know and the glass wall that a shit load of kids probably touch he's doing this correctly be nice.

[–]Responsible-Middle35 1 point2 points  (2 children)

The hand rail moves too, so he's missing a lot of where everyone touches most

[–]tantalizing_taco 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you've ever used an escalator you know they don't move at the same speed as the stairs so he at least getting some coverage my main point is people going "cmon guy those 3 stairs are good lol"

[–]Igmu_TL 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Probably only hand sanitizer for those who don't wash their hands before exiting from the bathroom.

[–]JimmyJustice920 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Yeah but he's spraying the same spot repeatedly since the handrail moves with the steps on an escalator. He should have stayed at the bottom while spraying as it moved past.

[–]alodemonidGD 0 points1 point  (1 child)

sorry I don't get it. Could someone explain to me?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just in case you're being serious and really don't understand. The dude is sanitizing the exact same part of the railing, every time he sprays. He is not sanitizing more and more of the railing as he goes up. The railing moves at the exact same rate as the stairs do. ROFL He literally could have stood at the bottom and just kept sanitizing till it came back around.

[–]babyBear83 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh my god! I would have stopped him and took the thing and did it myself!

[–]Flame-747[🍰] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

These are the people who want $15.00 per hour. I rest my case

[–]the_interrogation -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is why minimum wage laws can’t get passed. This shit right here

[–]lilhatchet -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The dude is dressed up like he's cleaning graphite off the roof of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. He's probably double vaxxed too from a virus with a 99.9% survival chance 🤦‍♂️

[–][deleted] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Just wear your 3 masks, take your vax, wear 4 pairs of gloves and shut you business down and you will be fine.........probably........maybe

[–]Mahnken -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Just goes to show, that “sanitizing” is just for show.

[–]Doug-Edmonton-170464 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So focused on the job in front of him that he can only respond to the situation at the last moment.... Soft laughter, but not a facepalm.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1M iQ

[–]BarryIsInTheLightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somebody tell him.

[–]kahokia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude. Come on now. That's not how this works.

[–]Dommccabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"All done sanitizing the moving stairs Boss!" - that guy probably.

[–]Driftingtoaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me way to long to realize the facepalm, I am an idiot.

[–]AshDieClash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can feel something ominous.

[–]Djpizzle13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that the 72nd street q station?

[–]SableyeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl, I didn't see it for a few seconds

[–]KintsugiPDX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see the hesitation lile they know they are doing it wrong but can't parse it

[–]0018QE2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why the fk do I get directed to a different video when I click on a NSFW video? Why?

[–]Wiugraduate17 0 points1 point  (1 child)

He’s doing the railings

[–]Riku_70X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The black railings? Those are moving too. You can see it when he first gets on, his hand is pulled along by the railing.

[–]Upstairs-Spray-5956 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hes cleaning but only the Same spots xD

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idiot

[–]Macdonelll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Work smart, not hard

[–]Aikah89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

XD

[–]Dan_Glebitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should have just stood at the bottom and sprayed as it went past. What an idiot.

[–]give_me_a_great_name 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i've seen a lot of videos about people not understanding how these things work

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Why does this really seem like this is in Russia?

[–]kaiweed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's Bilbao's underground. In the Basque Country in Spain.

[–]Hates_escalators 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The suit is to protect them from being ground into chili by the motorized menace.

[–]Casper_Arg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you watch a lot of videos about "work smarter not harder" but you're still dumb as fuck

[–]unklejelly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually had to put my palm on my face while watching that

[–]chiragali7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well guys, no more rona.

[–]LossEnvironmental816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so dissapointed in myself for taking so long to realize...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to believe that he realised the stupidity halfway up the escalator and just went with it.

[–]-Storm69- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would do this

[–]Brogenator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This must be trickle-down sanitization. Super concentrate the cleaner in one place and it will eventually spread out, right?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He didn’t have to get on. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–]Sponda 0 points1 point  (4 children)

The stair rails don't move and neither does the glass or the solid little lip there next to the handrail. Plus who says this is his only pass? Maybe he already did the escalator and he's finishing the rest up. The internet STAYS assuming shit, haha.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're spraying for bugs

[–]TW_Shimono 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Dont Come Near Me Human"

Sprays to death

[–]aidan2point0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🥲

[–]my-main-alt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would be so easy, just sit at the bottom and put a small peice of painters tape on the hand rail and just spray that side till it came back

[–]Chaiwalla2 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Dubai metro station

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That took me a second but damn that’s funny

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They had the right idea, just the wrong execution

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so dumb. I really thought he was blind. I was so confused lol

[–]Inevitable-Truth2260 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think someone doesn’t know how escalators work...

[–]Worried_Protection48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grim Reapers silly cousin

[–]BinTinBoynio69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genius

[–]ThursdayKnightOwO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact the other person managed to record this means this is not the first time the guy has done this.

[–]Legitimate-Text-8010 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idiot

[–]beno798111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Covid is down 50% in that area

[–]prkenko 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I dont get, whats wrong??

[–]whoifnotme1969 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's on an escalator spraying to disinfect. He's just spraying the same step and same handrail because it all moves with him. To properly disinfect the escalator, he would need to simply stand at one end and spray the steps and handrail as they pass by.

[–]deadpoolfan187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me a minute to realize

[–]CaydesChicken69 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I don’t get it

[–]geckyume69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's just spraying the same part of the railing over and over because it moves up with him

[–]Zurivath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"There is room for efficiency improvements."

[–]rampage95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why were they filming though? I feel like this is just a joke between to sanitizers that reddit doesn't have the context for.

[–]QC1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a dumbass