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Friday, 26 January 2007

Friday comix - Procter & Gamble researchers analyze housekeeping at the Millennium Hotel

Posted on 09:24 by Unknown
"You know, new Spic 'n' Span 3-in-1 can cut 27.5 seconds
off the time you spend scrubbing that floor."



From today's Wall Street Journal:
"For my staff, every minute counts," says Terri Muran, the [Cincinnati Millennium] hotel's director of housekeeping. That's why when Procter & Gamble Co. researchers approached her last year with an offer to analyze the way her staff worked, she agreed.

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