Phe-UPEI SUN, Oct. ll, 1979, page T 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     by Ed Orlowski 
     
    
   
   
    
     In being a janitor, one 
     
     most always’has to resort 
     
     to talking to mops or brooms 
     
     for companionship. At times 
     
     the conversation gets one— 
     
     sided, but not always: 
     
    

    
     When I read in the , 
     
     ‘SUN‘, an article like Ann 
     
     Higdon’s, titled 'Graded 
     
     as Learned', I say to my 
     
     broom,"Now grimmy one, 
     
     WOHld you-look at that, 
     
     here is a gal with a fine 
     
     mind. I wonder when she 
     
     gets to be president of a 
     
     university, whether she 
     
     will change things for the 
     
     up and coming generations‘ 
     
     of students? What do you ' 
     
     think 'wet head'?"" (Wet 
     
     head is my fantastic, go 
     
     lik€"8®',light weight, 
     
     79—80 aluminum mop handle.) 
     
    

    
     But, they just keep a 
     
     Very sober face, especially 
     
     if they know there is a 
     
     mini-pole involved, but 
     
     they can get very excited 
     
     too,wethead. When I put 
     
     Mr Clean in the water, she 
     
     just gurgles and giggles, 
     
     until I put the squeeze on 
     
     her. 
     
     But, you know, I guess my 
     
     mOps have the ultimate in' 
     
     What life has to offer 
     
     them; They.are getting the 
     
     Practical experience in 
     
     their employment, and at the 
     
     university level too. 
     
    

    
     By now the popcorn syn— 
     
     drome in my cranium is a 
     
     humpin and a pumpin and I 
     
     am carried in thought, back 
     
     to what I had read about 
     
     "Tibetans" still going on 
     
     at the turn of the century. 
     
     When writing exams they 
     
     were led into a cubicle. 
     
     Alone ,and in the exact 
     
     manner they came into the 
     
     world (naked) they were 
     
     'given only water to drink 
     
     during their exam.The tests’ 
     
     ran anywhere from one to 
     
     three daYSr My thoughts 
     
    

    
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     come back to 1979 and I 
     
     muttered to wet head," you 
     
     have come a long way baby". 
     
    

    
     From my Kleaners Kloset;, 
     
     ‘1 can see , and foresee, 
     
     that up and coming "Ann's" 
     
     will make the system more 
     
     flexible, even in my life- 
     
     time. No. I'll go one bro— 
     
     om further,\I'll say that 
     
     flexibility is here, yes its 
     
     here,NOW, and the people 
     
     who are using it are the 
     
     people who are ahead of 
     
     their time. 
     
    

    
     So I said to my scruffy 
     
    
   
   
    
     KLEANER’S 
     
    
   
   
    
     KLOSET ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     looking 'wethead' mop. 
     
     (That is a fantastic, go 
     
     like 80, light weight, 79— 
     
     80 model, aluminum mop han— 
     
     dle.) "Come on old girl, 
     
     we need a little more prac— 
     
     tical experience here on 
     
     the fourth floor, 'Duffy'. 
     
     So we waltzed onto the 
     
     walking lane, and were soon 
     
     absorbed by dusty footy” * 
     
     Prints on the through lane. 
     
     And I said to 'wet head', 
     
     you are making history 
     
     right here and nowJ you 
     
     Should be grateful. Your 
     
    
   
   
    
     ancestors used to sweep 
     
    
   
   
    
     up dingy old caves. I had 
     
     to giggle to myself when 
     
     my wet'head mop' ( that is 
     
     a fantastic go like 80, 
     
     light weight 79-80 model, 
     
     aluminum handle) gave out 
     
     a creak as if to reply to 
     
     my imposition—" yes but 
     
     they never suffered metal 
     
     fatigue. 
     
    

    
     And , I guess, just 
     
    
   
   
    
     felt a little speechless, 
     
     and kept right on giving 
     
     'wet head' more experience. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     “I used to think banks 
     
     employees of their 
     
     ‘ 'ty and gave it 
     
     backwhen they retired? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tony Busbridge, 
     
     Honours Business Administration 
     
     Wilfrid Laurier University, 1973 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _ ‘Plus the fact that I wouldn’t get lost 
     
     . in the shuffle—and I could make my own 
     
    
   
   
    
     “\When it came to picking a career, 
     
     banking was the last thing on my mind. 
     
     The reason was, I pictured myself 
     
     disappearing into the woodwork and 
     
     surfacing 40 years later with a gold 
     
     watch. a slap on the back and one ofthose 
     
     ‘good old boy' retirement parties. 
     
    

    
     “Brother, was 1 wrong. 
     
    

    
     “Before graduating from Laurier, 
     
     I talked with one ofToronto Dominion‘s 
     
     campus recruiters. He stressed the 
     
     personality ofthe bank and its people. 
     
    
   
   
    
     opportunities ifl worked hard at it. 
     
    

    
     “He talked a lot about 'l'l)‘s manage- 
     
     ment opportunities, too. He explained 
     
     that they were into everything from 
     
     market research to international banking. 
     
    

    
     “l was impressed. And so I decided 
     
     to giveTD a chance. 
     
    

    
     “I started in their Banklab Training 
     
     Course and it gave me some impor- 
     
     tant insights into management.Then I 
     
     did some work in research and 
     
     deve10pment, followed by commercial 
     
     credit training. Now I‘m an Assistant 
     
     Manager of commercial credit—a good job 
     
     with a lot of responsibility. 
     
    

    
     “Today, things are moving along just 
     
     fine.The future looks bright and 
     
     prosperous. And Tony Busbridge is 
     
     getting ahead in the world? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thebankuiuaepeopk 
     
     make the difference '