Talk:Janitor

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Janitors or Custodians are both awesome people who clean up our messes. We should thank them at ny chance possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AaBbCcDdZz (talk • contribs) 03:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC) Janitor should be refered to as Custodian.

Working as a janitor, I can honestly tell you that we tend to like being called what we are - namely housekeepers or janitors. The article implies that the janitors come up with the alt names (e.g., Sanitation supervisor), but usually it's bestowed upon the staff by their supervisors (my job title is Environmental Services Associate Level II, for example).

[edit] Alternative names outside US

The word janitor is not used in the UK - the closest equivalent is probably "cleaner". Can anyone comment on usage in other countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, ...)? Mtford 03:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC) yes do u guys know anything about Swash men? they are throwbacks to the old ways of cleaning.

The term "char force" is still used in many places to refer to the janitorial staff. The term refers to "char," as in charcoal, and is a reference to the days of chimney sweeps cleaning out soot and "char." This term is still used by some government agencies in the US, including the US Department of State, for both domestic and overseas cleaning crews.169.253.4.21 (talk) 18:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC)TexxasFinn

[edit] Dubious Salary Statistics

The salary statistics cited at the bottom of the page appears to be from a self-reporting career website. The particular category that was cited only had around 100 people who responded with their salary info, not nearly enough to be considered accurate. Much of the other "self-reported" info on that particular webpage seems highly dubious and contradictory as well. One graph shows the median salary for janitors in the city of Washington to be $40,000 (!), but another shows the median salary for federal government janitors to be $19,000. HoosTrax 02:41, 17 February 2007 (UTC)