[rant]Some sort of PC statement, maybe?[rant]

[Sac Arrow]

I'm quite sure the cleaner maid is not going to go out of her way to tote my gym bag for me.

 

[jordane93]

I call them janitors. Is that wrong now?

 

[SkyDog58]

Another definition of porter is: a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building,factory, store, etc.

 

[Sac Arrow]

Another definition of porter is: a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building,factory, store, etc.

I've never seen that definition, and it didn't Google as such.

 

[Sac Arrow]

Although, in fairness, going by definition #2, she is brown...

 

[SkyDog58]

I've never seen that definition, and it didn't Google as such.

I'm not saying it is the definitive source for definitions but Dictionary.com had it as such.

 

[SkyDog58]

Although, in fairness, going by definition #2, she is brown...

But is she bitter?

 

[Sac Arrow]

But is she bitter?

Actually, she is pretty sweet.

 

[GlennAB1]

Can she handle a large load?

 

[Matthew]

We used to have a situation like that: I knew the locker room was being cleaned, and I knew there was a girl working. All I needed to do was go inside to grab something out of a locker room. She saw me when I walked in and thought things might get awkward until she realized what was going on.

Now we have a guy that weighs about 350 lb, has a long scraggly white beard, and always says, "How are you, brother?" I have no idea how the ladies locker room is handled.

 

[RJM62]

We used to have a situation like that: I knew the locker room was being cleaned, and I knew there was a girl working. All I needed to do was go inside to grab something out of a locker room. She saw me when I walked in and thought things might get awkward until she realized what was going on.

Now we have a guy that weighs about 350 lb, has a long scraggly white beard, and always says, "How are you, brother?" I have no idea how the ladies locker room is handled.

Well, aren't they all pretty much unisex these days?

Rich

 

[Acrodustertoo]

Just be glad it still says "MENS"

 

[eman1200]

<------this guy doesn't usually hang around men's locker rooms. but when he does, it's between 2:00 and 3:00am.

 

[SoCal RV Flyer]

I call them janitors. Is that wrong now?

So 1980s. Now they're porcelain sanitation technicians.

 

[GlennAB1]

I value those individuals, no joke.

 

[Sac Arrow]

I value those individuals, no joke.

As you should. Life would suck without them.

 

[Sac Arrow]

Just be glad it still says "MENS"

Around here it probably should have said "Mangs."

 

[DaleB]

But is she bitter?

I like porters (of the liquid variety) because they are NOT bitter.

 

[flyingron]

Another definition of porter is: a person who does cleaning and maintenance work in a building,factory, store, etc.

The OED hasn't heard of that definition.

 

[Graueradler]

In some foreign public places, Frankfort airport for example, it would not be unusual in the middle of the day to have a woman come into the men's restroom and start cleaning the urinal next to the one that you are using.

 

[SkyDog58]

The OED hasn't heard of that definition.

Maybe not, but here are two others. Merriam-Webster Cambridge Dictionary
I agree that it is not a very common usage but it seems to be common enough as to not be considered incorrect.

 

[GlennAB1]

Google: porter cleaner

 

[SkyDog58]

I do think though that words matter and here are a couple of Porters who might agree.

 

[paflyer]

Can she handle a large load?

 

[Sac Arrow]

Oh jeez, a horrid thought just came over me.

After January 20th, she may become a de-porter...

 

[eman1200]

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