Wesley T. W. Shih '01, who lives in Cabot House, says his roommates have resorted to cleaning on their own.
"We just do it every couple weeks, he says. "We generally don't wash the shower, but we scrub the sinks."
Students say their complaints have been honored courteously and promptly.
"I was impressed by their responsiveness," says Marvin B. Tagaban '00, a Pforzheimer resident who e-mailed a complaint. "Within a couple of days a guy came and cleaned it up."
But that responsiveness intensifies the problem, diverting workers from their normal routes.
"You could argue it's not actually fair, because people who don't call don't get [their rooms] cleaned as quickly, but we want to take care of the biggest problems," Sunderson says.
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