User blog comment:LegoI3rickI3uilder/Quick Poll/@comment-5111283-20150401222610/@comment-25995065-20150401230656

It's actually a common analogy to associate administrator rights with a janitor. On wikipedia:Wikipedia:Administrators even, the first image's caption is: Wikipedia's administrative tools are often likened to a janitor's mop, leading to adminship being described at times as being "given the mop".