Janitor at San Diego’s Mission Bay Park - Home of USA XC in 2008 and 2011 - Says Runners, Particulary Women, Are Mean

Women throw water on him? Surely this guy is embellishing and was just trying to work Tony for a sympathy tip. He's probably ready to trade in his toilet brush for a doobie and could use a little weed money.

That's a fictional account. Toni wasn't there else he would have known there were port-a-potties all over the place.

First, this janitor is a unionized City of San Diego employee who has pay and benefits that probably are better than what a lot of small business senior employees get. He has a fixed schedule for cleaning that is for the benefit of any and all park users that he does not adjust for events like the XC race. My experience with the men and women who run in the XC series is that they are almost uniformly grateful for all the people who provide race support, including park personnel, and treat them with respect and gratitude. I can't speak to Mitch's experience with the weekend warrior "boot camp" and other fitness program people who train right there (and who set up their hoops and cones and other gear less than 10 feet behind our starting line and then complained about us infringing on their area before each race start. If Mitch did have a bad interaction with any XC runners I have no doubt that the problem was not initiated by the runners.

It's a joke from Toni Reavis. The portable johns were at the start line and finish line.

Veterans Day wrote:

It's a joke from Toni Reavis. The portable johns were at the start line and finish line.

Ummm, some people have a phobia about Port-A-Jons tipping over.

Why is every other post from the same IP Address ?

Plus, at most races there might be one port-a-loo for every 100 runners. Renting additional loos would cut into the profits so only the minimum number of loos is obtained.

So I start a company, Rent-a-John,to suppling roadrace road side restrooms to roadraces and sporting events and the first call I get is from a prostitute telling me I'm a bit mixed up on how the hooker-john dynamic really works.

I took her business advice, redirected and renamed my company and hired her to run it. We fell in love and have been happily married for 20 years now and together we own 11 Rent-A-Hooker companies in 8 major American cities.

The fact that runners appear to have no problem making fun of somebody who makes hardly any money cleaning up human excrement on a daily basis just proves his point.

It's the same OP in Beaverton again. Why hate on San Diego?

reminds me when I see "soccer mom", "My kids are honor students", or a cut out sticker of a family all holding hands on the back window......my first thought is, the driver of this vehicle is a good "safe" driver, but usually the opposite is true. They are worst drivers on the roads.

Hi there Nike Beaverton ! wrote:

It's the same OP in Beaverton again. Why hate on San Diego?

If you're implying that I am typing this from Oregon - you're off by over 1,500 miles.

The Nike trolls before work shifts in the same dept.

Neb wrote:

The fact that runners appear to have no problem making fun of somebody who makes hardly any money cleaning up human excrement on a daily basis just proves his point.

How much money does he make? I don't see the figure in the article, but you seem to know.

If there’s bunch of ‘em around, I wait till they leave.

"I wait till they leave" means there were already women in the rest room.

What a crock. Runners use the bush.

J.R. wrote:

If there’s bunch of ‘em around, I wait till they leave.

"I wait till they leave" means there were already women in the rest room.

Which still means that he never went into the bathroom while they were in there. He used to already be in the bathroom cleaning then they would show up and be mean to him.

The line that you are quoting indicates that now he waits until they leave the entire park before he goes and starts cleaning. That way he doesnt have to worry about them coming in there and trying to kick him out. In both cases he never went into the bathroom if girls were already in there.

Now he waits till they leave.

Before, he didn't wait, he went in when the rest rooms were already full of women.

No wonder they threw water on him.

I am a very good-looking guy - and very fast runner to boot. I find it amusing how the most plain-looking and even ugly female runners think so highly of themselves. I would never date a female runner - I only date very good-looking women who also like to run. I just really am incredulous how some female runners go around thinking they are so hot when they are anything but. I have never had a desire to date a female runner. I could probably get anyone I wanted - but I just choose not to. Sigh.

I love Dago wrote:

There were Port-A-Pottys at the start line both years with no janitor needed so either the story is a fictional account or the writer is a total retard and a puss.

Given the choice between a Porta-Pottie and an actual bathroom, which do you choose? This is what happens at a lot of cross country races. The organizers rent the Porta-Potties for the race, yet most people go in the park bathrooms. The cleaning schedule should not have mattered because the runners were supposed to use the Porta-Potties.