Male student: Carrie, how come I always see you eating in the cafeteria lately? Didn’t you tell me you had a kitchen in your dorm and you were gonna start to…
Female student: Uh-huh ... and I was gonna start cooking my own meals there.
Male student: So you changed your mind?
Female student: It's not that. The kitchen's just always a mess. It's filthy—dirty dishes everywhere, the trash is overflowing. Nobody ever cleans up so it's gotten really disgusting.
Male student: We had that problem in my dorm last year. We ended up making a schedule. Maybe you should try something like that.
Female student: What do you mean a schedule?
Male student: Well, people had to sign up to use the kitchen. Then whoever used it that day was responsible for cleaning it up.
Female student: So you mean if the kitchen's a mess on Tuesday, you just check and see who used it on Monday? Track 'em down and make 'em clean up the mess?
Male student: Uh-huh. It kinda works ... as long as people sign up like they're supposed to.
Female student: Well, I was wondering if we could just pay to have someone clean the place, maybe once a week or something. If everybody chipped in a few dollars, we could hire someone to clean the whole kitchen area.
Male student: Wow. That'd be great if you could find someone. You mean like a student or something?
Female student: Yeah. As long as it's not too expensive.
Male student: You should check out the bulletin board in the student center. I've seen notes from students looking for different jobs—even cleaning jobs.
Female student: Good idea. And I’ll see what the other people in my dorm wanna do.
Male student: Well, good luck! I hope it works out.
