[Sca-cooks] Leaving the site cleaner than we found it

[Aurore]

What happen to the church motto godliness next to cleanliness.
Aurore
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From: "Mary Denise Smith" <costumemag at costumemag.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:44 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Leaving the site cleaner than we found it


> Some years ago when the Canton of St. Pyr's Well in Staten Island NY
> still existed, I did a feast called "The White Feast". One of our
> knights was a member of a local Presbyterian Church, and got permission
> for us to hold the feast there. The pastor was quite dubious, and the
> church business manager charged us a HUGE damage deposit (more than the
> rental fee, as I recall).
>
> When I got to the kitchen on Saturday morning, these were the things
> that we fixed BEFORE we could begin cooking:
>
> Cleared flower stems, grease and a drowned mouse out of the sink drain
trap
>
> Snaked the drains
>
> Swept/vacuumed a dozen dead mice (or more) out from under/behind the
> restaurant stove and industrial fridge
>
> Swept/vacuumed dead birds from atop the cabinets
>
> Hosed down the cabinetry and floors with Lysol, then bleach, then Lysol
again
>
> Disassembled the stove, grill and oven burners, took them outside and
> cleaned them with propane torches to remove 1/2" of grease clogging the
orifices
>
> Scoured the stove top and steel backsplash
>
> Washed every plate, dish, spoon cooking pot and pan etc., in the place
> in dish soap and bleach solution
>
> Sent Staten Island residents home to get their vacuum cleaners and
> bought bags for the church's vacuum cleaner
>
> Vacuumed then mopped the hall floor
>
> Vacuumed the window frames and drapes
>
> Vacuumed the stage and as much of the stage drapery as we could reach
>
> Scrubbed the tables AND chairs
>
> Sent a squire out to the local laundromat with the table cloths and
> napkins stiff with encrusted food with orders that if the tablecloths
> disintegrated in the wash, he was to come back for more $$ so he could
> go and buy new ones
>
> We held the feast, the pastor having declined our invitation to attend.
>
> On Monday when our knight went back to conclude business, the pastor
> insisted on a walk through. Our knight got weak in the knees, worrying
> what we had damaged, broken, etc., that he hadn't known about. On the
> contrary, beamed the pastor. He had been with this church for 10 or
> something years, and the place had NEVER been so clean (!). Henceforth,
> we never paid a site fee at that church as long as St. Pyr's Well
> continued to exist.
>
> MD/Marged
> back in the Outlands for more than 10 years now, thank you very much
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