Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I work with a national gig economy type place teaching art to people in local restaurants and bars. I moved from to another state where it was run like a well oiled machine to a state where it’s a slop shop.

When I moved, I started teaching at a restaurant that’s a god awful mess due to previous classes. I was originally trained to clean up after each class, so this took me by surprise. Everyone who teaches these classes has a kinda “home” restaurant they teach at.

The restaurant manager was pretty pissed even though I didn’t make the mess, so I let them know that I could slowly clean up the old mess, while I clean up anything new after each class and over the course of a year it would slowly get cleaned up. It looks a lot better but it’s a long slow process.

No one has helped me and the original mess was not mine. I buy and pay for all the cleaning supplies. I am not paid for extra time cleaning. I get paid per class. There is another person, for the same company who teaches at this same restaurant who has never once helped me. I know for a fact, doesn’t clean after events. 

Another restaurant that’s not my “home” spot has recently complained about the mess in their restaurant. I’ve been there and have seen it, and it’s bad. 

My boss wants me to go and help the two people who teach at this place clean it up. They want me to buy supplies (says they will reimburse me, but never has for anything else), teach them how to clean up and spend my time and energy cleaning up a mess that is not mine, nor my responsibility as it’s not my home restaurant. 

Am I the asshole here for not wanting to do this? I feel like I’m getting taken advantage of. 

Also.. they didn’t ask!! Everyone just assumed I’d do this.. plus.. there are like six other artists who teach in the area, yet I’m the only one who’s expected to go “help”. 

I already told them what supplies to use and how to go about it. I feel like they are just being lazy and want to put their work on me.. and that irks me pretty badly and makes me want to refuse out of principal.  

I have already said I was “to busy” to take this on, but it seems like that’s not a good enough excuse as I was asked again when I could do this and that it was urgent. 

I hate being forced to tell someone that I’m pissed at their actions particularly when I feel like they should know better.

I obvsly need some clarity.. anyone want to weigh in? I’d appreciate it.