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Tuesday morning, Zack Milligan ’16 stepped out of his room to witness an elderly janitor whistling as he put a dangling exit sign back in place. Authorities arrived on the scene just five minutes after the distraught freshman reported the incident, and tackled the custodian off his stepladder before any real damage was done. “I’ve seen him around before,” said Milligan. “Every time one of us swats the exit sign into oblivion, he’s there within 24 hours, repairing it and making a racket. Enough is enough.”
Milligan is not the only student who has seen this janitor causing trouble. Callie Lambert ’15 claims she saw him recycling “empty beer cans from bushes, like some kind of savage.” Lambert also noted that this same janitor had disturbed many of her friends by cleaning their dorms’ bathrooms “like he owned the goddamn place,” as well as emptying trash cans “like a raccoon.”
When questioned about the recent rise of exit sign repairs, Director of Custodial Services Donna Butler condemned the actions of this rogue employee. “The incident with the sign-fixing was totally disrespectful to the Brown community. I’d like to say, on behalf of the entire custodial staff, that we are still committed to keeping the dormitories decrepit," she said. "The students of Brown are paying top dollar to receive an excellent education; they deserve to live in the worst conditions that money can buy.”
