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All it takes is one person to really mess it up. It's kind of like breaking the ice -- the barrier to actually making the area go from "clean" to "not clean" is
by gregmac 9y ago
All it takes is one person to really mess it up. It's kind of like breaking the ice -- the barrier to actually making the area go from "clean" to "not clean" is much higher than just making it go from "messy" to "slightly messier".
In an office with a dozen or more people there's a pretty high chance there's at least one person who is lazy, "too important" and/or "too busy" to clean up after themselves.
- Artemis2 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory might be an interesting read.
- ShorsHammer 9y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons > a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action.
- rosege 9y agoI'm going to throw another link out there and suggest its worth charging a little more and having cleaning staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour
- Mountain_Skies 9y agoWhen my company moved into a new building, there was a problem with employees leaving dishes in the sink, not wiping up spills, etc. One of our coworkers wrote a letter to 'Dear Abby' who responded in her column. That column was clipped out and posted in the break areas. A bit passive aggressive maybe but it was incredibly effective.