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I've had this problem in almost every office I've worked at. It shouldn't be different but for whatever reason, people seem to think it beneath them. I often wo

I've had this problem in almost every office I've worked at. It shouldn't be different but for whatever reason, people seem to think it beneath them. I often wondered what state some of my co-worker's houses were in.

macNchz 9y ago
I've had the same experience, it seems to be a microcosm of the "tragedy of the commons" that has led to the spoiling of the environment, shared spaces, natural resources etc. That said, I've worked in an office where the company took a nagging/shaming/signs/emails approach instead of upping the cleaning budget as the team grew, which was frustrating and ineffective. Encouraging people to clean up after themselves is good, but if it's not immediately effective the rest of us shouldn't have to live in filth while we try to get the worst offenders in line.
- foobarian 9y ago
  Well, privatization is how you deal with tragedies of the commons. Maybe there should be a ID-card unlocked kitchen where you have to accept T&C before every use that stipulate public surveillance and loss of privileges if not cleaned up. If you don't like it don't use it.
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dsfyu404ed 9y ago
> I often wondered what state some of my co-worker's houses were in. They look like trailer park post tornado except for right after the help has been there.
musage 9y ago
My apartment regularly is a mess when I'm not expecting visitors, but at work it still annoys me that people just put cups they drank some water from into the sink instead of the dishwasher. I bring my own thermos and tend to not eat at work so I never need to use the sink or the dishes, yet I often clean it up a little or completely because it's a 2 minute job that makes things better for everybody. But just walking by that pathetic mess (pathetic not because it's so gross, but because it's so unnecessary and lame) lowers my opinion of my co-workers in a vague and therefore unfair way, so this thread made me decide that enough is enough. I'll address each and every person I see putting their dishes in the sink, friendly, but firmly. I want to encourage everybody to join me in this quest, in their corner of the world. It's not a small thing, and we can't very well talk about big things like integrity, justice, pollution etc. while people put their cup in the sink instead of the dishwasher half a meter away, to make it someone's else problem.

macNchz 9y ago

I've had the same experience, it seems to be a microcosm of the "tragedy of the commons" that has led to the spoiling of the environment, shared spaces, natural resources etc. That said, I've worked in an office where the company took a nagging/shaming/signs/emails approach instead of upping the cleaning budget as the team grew, which was frustrating and ineffective. Encouraging people to clean up after themselves is good, but if it's not immediately effective the rest of us shouldn't have to live in filth while we try to get the worst offenders in line.

foobarian 9y ago
Well, privatization is how you deal with tragedies of the commons. Maybe there should be a ID-card unlocked kitchen where you have to accept T&C before every use that stipulate public surveillance and loss of privileges if not cleaned up. If you don't like it don't use it.

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dsfyu404ed 9y ago

> I often wondered what state some of my co-worker's houses were in. They look like trailer park post tornado except for right after the help has been there.

musage 9y ago

My apartment regularly is a mess when I'm not expecting visitors, but at work it still annoys me that people just put cups they drank some water from into the sink instead of the dishwasher. I bring my own thermos and tend to not eat at work so I never need to use the sink or the dishes, yet I often clean it up a little or completely because it's a 2 minute job that makes things better for everybody. But just walking by that pathetic mess (pathetic not because it's so gross, but because it's so unnecessary and lame) lowers my opinion of my co-workers in a vague and therefore unfair way, so this thread made me decide that enough is enough. I'll address each and every person I see putting their dishes in the sink, friendly, but firmly. I want to encourage everybody to join me in this quest, in their corner of the world. It's not a small thing, and we can't very well talk about big things like integrity, justice, pollution etc. while people put their cup in the sink instead of the dishwasher half a meter away, to make it someone's else problem.