One night I was in an office all by myself getting ready to do some dusting. Outside, the rain was falling as if to make up for all the days it hadn't rained; lightning, thunder, wind. When I turned on the lights, I saw all the dust just laying there like a sleeping giant. I started to think about dust and it's make up, and what could be done to rid us of it and it's scary mites. If it were a vampire I would only need a cross, a silver bullet, or some garlic. What is dust, and what is it made of?
Dust in an office would most likely be made up of paper particles, hair, dead skin cells, decomposing insect parts, pollen grains, bacteria, and the scariest thing I have never seen...The Dust Mite! And his fecal matter, of course! It isn't the dust mite itself that makes us sick, it's his poop! And the more stuff you have in your office, the more dust you have too. It's an unbeatable war. Where is my dust mask? I certainly don't want to breathe this in.
When dusting, I vacuum the surface first and then spray the area with a disinfectant cleaner. I let it soak for a few minutes and the wipe with a clean cloth. The hardest and most important thing to dust is the air vents and returns in the ceiling. I also vacuum these first, spray them down, let soak and wipe with a clean cloth. You should always put a drop cloth on the floor to catch the dust and whatever cleaner you are using.
The fact is that no matter how well you clean the office, it will never be dust free. There is nothing that can help me with keeping this dust and its scary creatures from falling on me. Wear all the protective gear you can find, but it will get on you somehow, somewhere, someway. And one wrong move and you may start the formation of...The Dust Bunny! Dust bunnies are the demons of dust. They are clumps of dust that form in hard to reach places. Unlike Frankenstein, they are held together by static electricity. They may be made of hair, lint, dead skin cells, spider webs. They are very friendly with the dust mites and other parasites. Sounds like a great witches brew! Dust bunnies are inhaled by your computer fan, causing a short life for them. So make sure to check your computer periodically. Are the dust bunnies choking your computer?
Woo went the wind, and out went the lights and all the little dust bunnies rolled out of sight... for the night anyway!
Dust bunnies have been used as an analogy for the occurrence of cosmic matter in Planetoids.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
