My first Saturday in rehab was my first Super Clean. You see the inmates, I mean patients, had to clean the premises and Wednesdays and Saturdays were Super Clean days. Saturday had more chores than Wednesday.
My video is the one from the old movie "Car Wash", the song was by Rose Royce.
I just want to say that any resemblance of actors in the movies to inmates at rehab is purely coincidental. But to my buds are rehab, some of you can see yourself there. Especially that guy with the bunny ears..
Super Clean. The rehab had 4 cabins that held the inmates, a lodge where we ate and held our AA meetings. We also had study hall there along with our Yoga sessions. We also had a workout cabin and then the nurse's station which included a detox area. Finally there was the Group room where we had most of our meetings.
First of all the cabins had to be really deep cleaned. Sweeping, moping and cleaning the baseboards. Clean off all the nightstands, wipe the window blinds down and spic and span bathrooms. One of the lady RAs was a real hard case on the bathrooms. I am sure that she had a magnifying glass when checking the bathrooms. If she found one hair around the sink, the toilet or in the tub, you lost points. Rarely did we not lose points. I really think she got down of the floor and looked. If you are an RA and reading this you know who you are. I won't mention any names. I forgot to mention that we had to wash all the windows.
After cleaning the cabins, each cabin was given duties outside the cabin. You usually got two extra duties.
They were: Cleaning the nurses station, cleaning the lodge, cleaning the workout cabin, cleaning the group room, cleaning the smoke areas, 1 for women and 1 for men. Picking up trash on the grounds of the rehab. And last but not least, washing the vans.
At this point I would like to remind you it was mid-November and pretty cold. You guessed it, our cabin got the vans. That is what reminded me of the "Car Wash" movie. I know we looked pretty silly out there washing those vans. But I got through the first of many Super Cleans.
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