28.Novpetty and pettier
You’ll find most offices will have signs in their kitchen saying “tidy up” with varying intonation & colourful languages.
Our current office space share the kitchen with 2-3 companies. So the building admin keeps on posting laminated & professionally written notices as above. Then one time I saw a sign that made do a double-take (picture to follow), it says: “STOP USING MY STARBUCKS MUG!” (excuse me but I have this strange feeling I mentioned this before, deja vu?)
It was handwritten & I could feel the “irritated” tone screaming at me while reading it. Not guilty, sorry. Why bring a personal mug anyhow when the kitchen is communal? You’re asking for trouble.
Then we received an email from the Building Admin this morning that says “polite notice - milk”… huh?
The email says…
“Unfortunately we had to move to another provision for the milk due to the fact that numerous people were using the milk for their breakfasts and not for teas and coffees. The milk we provide is on the understanding that this is used for teas and coffees only and this has been abused to such a point that we moved to the milk jiggers.”
Honestly, I can’t imagine writing that email with a straight face. But then I actually saw a guy using those “milk jiggers” to fill a cereal bowl! He must have used at least 10 of them in one go when he could have nipped out & bought a pint for less than a £1.
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That would have been practically using up all the available milk and a little inconsiderate.
Talking about kitchen posts, we had one in our faculty lounge which I consider to be very clever. It said:
“Judas messed up the last supper. Don’t be Judas, clean up your mess” Witty diba?
It must be an english thing, writing emails like that. the newly-bought microwave at the office is causing a stir because of all the “polite notices” email.
Pag communal property, this petty wranglings are inevitable. But in the case of our staff lounge (equipped with microwave, fridge, toaster, etc.), each of us has his/her own locker where we store our Starbucks mugs or Noritake plates or Roger’s silverware. Tapos, kanya kanya ding hugas. So we avoid getting into each other’s throats.
Pero sa fridge, kanya kanyang label: do not touch, this leche flan is arsenic-laced. hahaha
I guess the guy needs a raise. What a cheapskate.
This may seem cruel but a friend once told me how one of their classmates (they were then student nurses) kept drinking from everybody else’s juice, milk or water. Name labels and handwritten warnings didn’t work until one time, they put a few (non-lethal dose) pills of diuretic. The filching never happened again.
In my other workplace, there is a sign that says something like this: “This is a self-cleaning kitchen so clean up your mess.” Not the exact words though. Plus, those food in the fridge are not being eaten by those who don’t own them. Sometimes the food gets spoiled if the owner forgets that he/she put something in there. Siguro iba talaga mga teachers,
When I was working for a printer company in Makati, we also had a communal place, there was a microwave, several plates, mugs and utensils that anyone can use, dispenser of hot and cold water, instant coffee, juice powder and biscuits.
There was a time the admin questioned why the juice and coffee were always consumed too fast. There was no email but the admin requested through word of mouth to try to make the monthly supplies last.
We also practiced individual tidying up. You clean the plate, mug and utensils you use and put them back in order. It was acceptable and everyone followed.
it’s really a problem with communal kitchen — those cheapskates, hehe. merry christmas!