Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dirty Grout and Cooking

By Bryon Zipkin

Let me start by telling you about myself. Like many of you, I work 8 hours a day, for six (sometimes seven) days a week. Growing up, I've wanted to cook for a living, but at one point, I decided against it and went for another career instead. Office life can be boring and repetitive; fortunately I'm dating someone who has a certain knack for spicing it up.

Many have decided to cut back on spending with the advent of our country's recession, and I'm no different. My busy lifestyle used to take me to restaurants for almost every meal, but as of late I find myself going back to my roots. Packing my own food and cooking my own dinner seem a lot more practical these days.

When I checked my apartment's kitchen counter, though, I found the area to be a bit dirty. Due to neglect or poor maintenance or even to the previous owner's uncleanliness, I was sure as heck not going to prepare food there. The tiles were that dirty, I was sure I'd get sick.

Determined to cook my own dinners, I decided to roll-up my sleeves and get to work cleaning the counters. And the rest of the house, too, while I'm at it, so I can invite my girlfriend over. Unfortunately, a few minutes of scrubbing made me realize just how hard it is to clean grout. I did some light reading and found out it was made of porous cement. Being so, it had absorbed all the food particles that it made contact with. Maybe for years. So all the grime have seeped in thoroughly.

If I had the time to, I'd spend hours cleaning the grout in my kitchen until it's a perfect white again. But, working six days a week does take its toll and I prefer my Sundays as a day of relaxation and rest. So, I went online and searched for people who cleaned grout professionally.

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