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Our office got a Keurig and everyone brought in their own K Cups.
What I can say to that is beware, to each their own.
Once upon a time, I belonged to an informal office coffee club and about the only rule was that whoever's turn it was to bring in the next can, it had to be the approved brand. Not the cheapest stuff but something like Fodgers or the like.
Things went great for a while. As I was the mid shift worker, I was the only one drinking from the pot I made. THEN, one morning, I walked in, and the drip maker had been replaced by the Keurig machine, that sight greeted me.
No one had asked me, no one had informed me that this change was coming, and it was just right there.
Well, as far as the K cups go, I am not going to contribute that way to the plastic waste in the world so I stopped drinking coffee club and brought in my own means, such as in a thermos.
As to what is decided and how to handle the problem at hand, call a meeting of ALL, make sure everyone is on board, and lay out the rules. If you are going to change the method of making, as my office did to me, make sure to at least post a notification that this happening. When I walked in and saw that, I realized that they didn't think of me as part of the team. Which is another side of the coin in that it can go both ways, that being a separist of the coffee club, be it bringing in your own thermos or not obeying the rules, might make in the minds of others that one is not a team member.
There will always be a few adult-sized children at workplaces. Every single office I've ever worked at had at least one. ... The same juveniles would just compensate by leaving their single use mug brewing supplies around the break room for someone else to clean up.
We have a sign warning people that dirty dishes are considered trash, and there is follow through on that. Didn't completely eliminate dirty dishes being left behind (and I am guilty of sometimes forgetting to go back at the end of my shift and pick up ) but it sure curtailed most of the problem!
We have a sign warning people that dirty dishes are considered trash, and there is follow through on that. Didn't completely eliminate dirty dishes being left behind (and I am guilty of sometimes forgetting to go back at the end of my shift and pick up ) but it sure curtailed most of the problem!
I worked in an office where every morning I would find in the breakroom sink a large cereal bowl and spoon "soaking" in a soapy, milky, soggy cheerios liquid sitting on top of the drain rendering the sink unusable all morning. I wondered who the mystery slob was and one day tossed the bowl in the trash.
Later an email went out from the department manager demanding that whoever stole her bowl immediately return it.
I had to stifle a laugh because her low-class and clueless behavior was consistent with her management skills.
Soon a new dirty bowl began appearing in the sink every morning and met the same fate again, and again.
It was a battle of wills which I eventually won.
I used to work in an office with a K-cup machine that fed the cups into a small bin. (K cups are a terrible wasteful system of course, and we ditched it eventually.)
Whoever showed up to a full bin (there was a light I think) was supposed to empty it into the garbage. One guy figured out that if he jiggled the bin the light would turn off, so he never had to empty it. He even showed me, proudly, how he got out of doing his share. He turned a six-second job into a two-second job, saving himself four seconds.
I worked in an office where every morning I would find in the breakroom sink a large cereal bowl and spoon "soaking" in a soapy, milky, soggy cheerios liquid sitting on top of the drain rendering the sink unusable all morning.
While I agree some slob leaving their dirty dish in the sink every day is inconsiderate, ONE bowl rendering the whole sink unusable? That's a bit hyperbolic don't you think? I'd probably take a phased approach. Dump but not wash the dish and use the sink as usual. Tack up a reminder for people to clean up their own mess. Something like a Dilbert cartoon about break room slobs might send the message that someone notices and is getting annoyed. If they continue, dump the bowl.
While I agree some slob leaving their dirty dish in the sink every day is inconsiderate, ONE bowl rendering the whole sink unusable? That's a bit hyperbolic don't you think? I'd probably take a phased approach. Dump but not wash the dish and use the sink as usual. Tack up a reminder for people to clean up their own mess. Something like a Dilbert cartoon about break room slobs might send the message that someone notices and is getting annoyed. If they continue, dump the bowl.
Nope. There's a dirtball at my work who likes to leave dirty dishes and utensils in cabinets and drawers ... I throw them out immediately.
They've dug their heels in, but have lost a lot of nice stuff over the past two years. At least it's getting to be less and less.
Some people are not going to be reasoned with.
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) but it sure curtailed most of the problem!
