Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: getting people to wash dishes and do post-meals clean up

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi Kathryn --

 Am I correct in reading that sweeping the dining room is not expected after 
meal? Who then cleans the dining room? How do you keep the mice down with all 
the crumbles and food spills?  Is there another team of people that does that?

I really do think your point about people bussing their dinnerware and cleaning 
The tables really helps a lot with cleanup. That's one thing we don't have in 
our culture. Some folks are very good about bussing the dishes but others just 
leave them and almost no one cleans their own table. We haven't figured out how 
to get that into the culture of dining together.   Suggestions?

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington DC
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> On Oct 5, 2015, at 11:59 PM, Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] 
> COHOUSING-SOLUTIONS.COM> wrote:
> 
> 
> Clean up has not been an issue here in Nevada City. Officially, the cooks
> are in charge of clean up. I like this because those who make big messes
> are also on clean up, and those who clean up as they goŠ get the benefit.
> But we also have a culture of people jumping in to help a little with
> clean up which can make it much easier. That way I can help a little or a
> lot if I have time, but not feel guilty if I don¹t have time. People bus
> and wipe down their own tables. Dining room sweeping is not expected, only
> sweep and mop the kitchen.
> 
> 
> Katie 
> -- 
> Kathryn McCamant, President
> CoHousing Solutions and Nevada City Cohousing
> 
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