opportunity knocks

so, no one likes to clean the office microwave.

but everyone seems to like to dirty the office microwave.

result: dirty, splattered, smelly, crusty office microwave.

scary.

so scary my Lean Cuisine-eating coworker now goes hungry instead of eating contaminated food.

so scary I wrapped my twice baked potato in a double layer of paper towels to protect it from debris that just might fall off during the zap, zap zapping.

so scary that I finally decided to do something about it.

I spread the word that I would be cleaning the office microwave.

Three people gave me a dollar and said they'd pay me a dollar every week I cleaned it.

I then realized cleaning that microwave was not worth it for only $3.

Then I had an idea.

That night I left a note by my garbage can, it read:

Cleaning Crew

Do you clean microwaves?

If so, will you clean our microwave?

[ ] yes [ ] no

The next morning the sticky note was gone, but the microwave was spotless.

Everyone thanked me for cleaning it and promised my weekly payment.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud as I pocketed my first installment of $3.

That will almost get me 2 loads of wash...

p.s.

i finally felt too misleading and had to admit to them all that they paid me $3 to write a sticky note. I'm not sure if I'll get next week's installment...stay tuned.