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You will generally be using two cloths.
Carry the drier cloth over your shoulder
so it's easy to reach. When that cloth gets
too damp for streakless cleaning (chrome
fixtures, glass, etc.) but is still usable for
general wiping, hang it out of an apron
pocket between uses, and sling a fresh dry
cloth from your apron supply over your
shoulder. If your company uses microfiber cloths, your
directions for managing the cleaning cloths may be slightly
different. Ask your supervisor.

Cleaning fingerprints is a task where we are careful to apply
Rule 4: "If it isn't dirty, don't clean it." If all you need to do is
remove a fingerprint or two from an otherwise clean cabinet
door, just spray the prints and wipe dry. It only takes about five
seconds. Don't haphazardly spray a large area of the cabinet
door (which takes longer) and then have to wipe this larger area
dry (which takes longer still). You've forgotten that all you
wanted was that fingerprint and now you're cleaning the entire
door. Stay focused on what you're doing, which is only the five-
second job of a quick spray-and-wipe of a few fingerprints.

The places that often don't need cleaning are the vertical surfaces
of the kitchen (the front of the cabinets, for example). The
horizontal surfaces like the flat top of the counter will need
cleaning every time. We have Newton to thank for this principle,
plus his falling apple, gravity, and such. This is not an excuse to
be lazy or to skip things that need to be cleaned. Rather, the idea
is to learn to be efficient and aware of what you are doing. That
includes not cleaning clean areas. After the fingerprints on the
cabinet door, wipe the wall between the cabinets only if it has
splatters. Otherwise it's not dirty, so don't clean it.

Spray and wipe the countertop area in front of you. (Pick up
your carryall tray, spray and wipe the counter underneath it,
and replace the tray.) Work from back to front, moving items to
clean beneath and behind them. The "items" we're talking about
are the sugar, flour, and tea canisters, the toaster, the food

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