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Clubhouse Concerns
by Karen Simmons
Club members arriving at the clubhouse are leaving me messages, with photos attached, showing the disarray left behind by departing guests: people are leaving lights on in rooms that haven’t been used for days; some folks are leaving their rooms with the heat on; clutter covers the dining area tables; dirty dishes pile up in the kitchen; no one is restocking paper products in the bathrooms or kitchen; trash overflows from wastebaskets and compost bins; guests are rough on the basement game room equipment; someone needs to vacuum the floors.
I know how dreary this sounds, but every one of us has a responsibility to clean up after ourselves and maybe clean up after someone else who didn’t.
We are a carry-in carry-out facility. If you arrive with food, soap, snacks, etc, take home what you don’t use. Leaving it behind means that another member has to clean up after you. You may think that you’re doing someone a favor, but the result is that three refrigerators contain questionable food and showers have used bars of soap that no one wants to touch.
We all appreciate the gift that our Clubhouse is, and I feel a responsibility to bring the negatives to everyone’s attention as well as the fact that there are a few dedicated members who donate 100’s (yes, you read that right) of selfless hours every year to maintain and improve what we have. We can all show our appreciation to them by taking good care of our treasure.
