Early Morning Custodial: BYU's hidden treasure

I love attending Brigham Young University. True, we are known for some pretty peculiar things, but that makes the Y all that more endearing. We have the Honor Code that kicks the boys out of the girls’ apartments and the girls out boys’ apartments at midnight (with the exception of Friday, which any Cougar will quickly and zealously tell you, the curfew is 1:30 a.m. I know, awesome, right?). We have the Creamery on 9^th which provides the hungry freshmen, and the occasional upper classman and alumni, with endless supplies of burgers, ice cream, cracked-pepper fries, ice cream, brownies, ice cream, milk, and did I mention Ice Cream??? And of course, we have Jimmer. Need I really say more about the awesomeness that is BYU? Well in fact, I believe I do. There is a secret among the student body that most of the world is grossly unaware, but we take much pride in.

Early morning custodial.

It is almost a rite of passage at BYU to, at one time or another, brave the sleepless nights for work at 5 a.m. every day. When I started at BYU almost 2 years ago, I promised myself I would NEVER EVER EVER EVER work early morning custodial. My academic pursuits were far too important to risk them to sleepy eyes that would naturally be the consequence of working at such an unnatural hour. However, after semesters of falling asleep in class regardless of my work schedule and meeting the fabulous people that comprise the Eyring Science Center’s early morning custodial crew, I thought, for the summer at least, I could give it a shot. So let me introduce you a bit more to the ESC and the crew and the purpose of this hopefully enlightening, heartening, and down-right funny account of our encounters.

The Eyring Science Center (ESC) is home to the Physics and Astronomy, Geology, Food Science and Nutrition, and Neuroscience departments. Personally, I think it’s one of the coolest buildings on campus. Now at 5 a.m. funny things happen, mostly due to our inability to think, speak, walk, open doors, or pretty much anything else. Combine that with the odd, awkward, hilarious and puzzling people we meet or situations we find ourselves in, and you get what I like to call, Eyring Encounters. There have been just a few too many such incidents now to not record them in the eternal archives of social media. The crew and I will post at least one Eyring Encounter each week, usually Thursday night, so keep following us, and hopefully we’ll provide you with some funnies.