Strange and alarming coworker behaviour.
I work as a cleaner, there's about 4-8 of us on shift and, while we work independently, we can see each other often. Anyway.
I went on holiday for a couple of weeks, and when I came back yesterday I asked for the usual catch-up. Usually it's just wherever I happen to see someone, but this time my a coworker pulled me aside for a more private convo.
She tells me one of the male coworkers, let's call him Richard, has been "cleaning" his hair and face with the chemicals we use for the floor - literally spraying it onto his hair. She tells me she had a chat with him about the obvious health and safety concerns and hadn't seen anything since, but to let her know if I see anything because our supervisor won't be back till next week.
So yesterday I see him combing his hair - a lot. Like, not multiple times over the evening but like for 10 minutes combing his short hair over and over. But I never see him spraying anything, and I didn't see him again that night.
Tonight Richard's working very close to me and I see him again combing his hair, running his hands through his hair, whatever for like 10 minutes, and then I see him wipe his face with a cleaning cloth. I'm like something's going on here, so I tell coworker 1.
About an hour later she comes back to tell me what she figured out - he's dipping his comb into the bucket with the floor solution and then combing, dipping again, combing. This is worse than before because that's the mop bucket. He's putting dirty, chemical-filled floor water on his hair. Does this strange ritual once an hour. It's weird and hazardous, not to mention a waste of time. I don't know why he's doing that but I fear for his health tbh. :v
I can only hope the supervisor or the building manager calls him in about it sooner rather than later because if he didn't care about my other coworker's warning, then he certainly won't care about anything I say.
Anyway, have a good evening :) don't use floor cleaner on your face.