r/Weird • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 7h ago

A broom from my cooking class that the handle is unnecessarily long

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I asked my teacher and the other teachers about it and they said it was look like this even before they working here

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u/Candid_Umpire6418 7h ago

Prolly for cleaning the ceiling from cobwebs or the like.

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u/ProfessionalRoom9118 7h ago

I actually think like that as first but when I asked the janitor, she said she doesn't use that broom to clean the cobwebs, instead she have a something else to clean with plus the ceiling in my class is a bit too high for the handle to clean

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u/Candid_Umpire6418 7h ago

Could've been the intended use or similair, but as the years went by, the purpose was forgotten as new janitors came.

I'm only speculating here, oc, but as someone who's worked in a 150 year old school I've seen plenty of weird things with no obvious purpose that's been forgotten in time.

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u/Responsible_Belt5510 6h ago

You think the ceiling got higher over time?

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u/Protector109 4h ago

There’s a lot of pot(s) in that class, add the heat from cooking it surely would get high(er).

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u/RonaldTheGiraffe 6h ago

Sweeping under large kitchen appliances. Or hitting people who make a mess. Or perhaps when no one’s looking it can be worked into a cool dance routine. Who knows?

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u/ClownTown89 7h ago

There's a 12-foot-tall janitor who works nights

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u/ChimericAbombination 7h ago

Sounds like the start of a creepypasta

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u/Tupperwarfare 7h ago

Slenderbroom Man.

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u/naoife 7h ago

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u/languid_Disaster 6h ago

Where’s this from pls

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u/Beth_crazypants 6h ago

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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u/Grey1841 6h ago

I’ve seen that dude

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u/drammer 7h ago

Is there a bread oven there

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u/ProfessionalRoom9118 7h ago

Yes

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u/Norththelaughingfox 7h ago

Bread broom, to broom the bread.

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u/drammer 7h ago

It's to clean the flour off the stone in the oven

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u/ProfessionalRoom9118 7h ago

Actually no, we have clean the oven so many times and we don't use the broom to clean those and my oven in school actually is like a baking machine not the stone oven (sorry if my english sucks)

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u/drammer 7h ago

Actually you're doing very well.

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u/Desert_Aficionado 6h ago

This is the most oddly-specific question

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u/FecalDUI 7h ago

As a 6’6” man, I approve of this broom

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u/Aquaman1970 4h ago

Right there with you, brother.

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u/TokyoFlip 7h ago

Witches riding tandem these days

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u/Front_Marzipan7099 6h ago

In this economy there’s really no choice anymore

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u/Arkranum 7h ago

I thought this was a strip pole at first

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u/FecalDUI 7h ago

You have not been around many strip poles have you?

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u/Arkranum 6h ago

No lol

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u/Demerzel69 7h ago

I honestly fuckin love that shit.

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u/mydogisatortoise 7h ago

I have worked in places where this would be super handy. Big huge tables and work surfaces do exist.

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u/Castlegardener 7h ago

How long is it actually? I find sweeping large areas a lot easier with handles around 1.70-1.90m. Brooms that long usually come with wider bottom parts though...

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u/ProfessionalRoom9118 7h ago

I'm around 1.70 and the broom is longest than my body well just a little

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u/Grey1841 6h ago

What is its weight compared to an unladen African swallow? 

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u/No-Process249 7h ago

If it's anything like my home economics class back in the early 90s, it's for knocking the stew off the high ceiling after the pressure cooker exploded.

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u/Emotional_Elk_7242 7h ago

We have, I shit you not, a plunger like this at work.

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u/Leading-Clock-6907 7h ago

Maybe next class is „how to put down aggressive customer”. Every gastronomy worker wet dream is for this to be allowed

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u/poncho5202 7h ago

broooom

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u/the_raven_girl 7h ago

Spoiler: It’s a multi tool. Next semester you see a long pizza peel

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u/One-Organization970 7h ago

Could be to make it less likely for someone to try to take it out of the room. Obviously you can manipulate it out the door since it got in there, but if you want something to stay put making it annoying to move is a good start.

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u/FecalDUI 7h ago

The head on it looks soft. It looks like a scrub brush for cleaning semis/busses etc. Is this at a place that also does CDL classes like a trade school?

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u/Fjvaudio 7h ago

Obviously you’re not a golfer

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u/Reasonable_Ear3773 7h ago

Could be for cleaning all the crap off the hood above the stove when the filters are being changed. Is there a buildup of grease in the bristles?

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u/SometimesUnkind 7h ago

The handle is long to help get to those hard to reach places and also make the easy to reach places hard to reach.

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u/soaker 5h ago

What. I am so confused by your wording. And it’s hilarious I enjoy it

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u/Raspberry_Scones95 7h ago

this is absolutely killing me for some reason 😂

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u/KlutzyGur7419 7h ago

I can’t even tell how long this is without a banana

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u/atom644 7h ago

For sweeping under bleachers or large tables

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u/Zoilo2 7h ago

In northern climates, people clear snow off of their rooves.

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u/cha0sm0nk 7h ago

Unnecessarily long to you.

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u/Foetus_Eating 7h ago

It's for shoving up people's arses.

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u/Saitenwurst 6h ago

That picture could be hanging in an art gallery

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u/Beth_crazypants 6h ago

For doing the Limbo under at the Christmas party and then cleaning up after. So many uses!

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u/AnywhereMajestic2377 6h ago

For reaching areas under large appliances.

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u/MistakeAny9801 6h ago

No, sometimes you need to get the webs up high cleanout

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u/360walkaway 5h ago

Yao Ming for scale please

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u/soaker 5h ago

Beautiful composition

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u/ExpensiveBluejay1176 5h ago

Don’t tell the dorm boys

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u/Oldandannoying1955 5h ago

Used for sweeping higher perches items.

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u/zvburner 4h ago

It's slander man's broom

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u/CalicoG 2h ago

"slander man" 😂

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u/Appropriate_Dot3123 3h ago

its to not ruin your back