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Dec. 8th, 2009 02:40 pmTEMPEST IN A COFFEE POT.
This afternoon, one of our managers emailed the operation staff (of which I am the lowest rung and yet hold all the power...interesting) to notify us that every morning, when she comes in to brew her pot of decaf coffee, the coffee pots from the night before have not been rinsed out. She is outraged! She demands the cleaning staff be reminded of their position!
1. While I hate to say it, nobody thinks decaf coffee in the morning is in any way worthy of their time. I know people like the taste of coffee, and like not being caffeinated, and I'm not going to say morning decaf is stupid. It's just that nobody else in the world cares. I can guarantee you my hard-caffeine-drinking bosses, ALL THREE OF THEM, went "Oh fuck that noise, decaf junkie."
2. The cleaning staff are under no obligation to wash our coffee pots.
I emailed her back that the coffee pots are communal kitchen responsibility, because the cleaning staff can wash the coffee pots but it'll cost us $50/night, which is a trifle prohibitive.
She asked about the possibility of a rota, or of a no-new-coffee-after-3pm rule.
I am hoping she will compromise on a "please rinse out the coffee pots if you see them full after 5pm" sign. It won't actually work, but she'll get a warm feeling of martyrdom when she sees them as she's rinsing out a pot for decaf every morning.
Coworker Fail saw the email and said, "If BossBoss makes cleaning out the coffeepots part of my evening duties, the union's getting involved."
I might have LOLed. On the inside.
This afternoon, one of our managers emailed the operation staff (of which I am the lowest rung and yet hold all the power...interesting) to notify us that every morning, when she comes in to brew her pot of decaf coffee, the coffee pots from the night before have not been rinsed out. She is outraged! She demands the cleaning staff be reminded of their position!
1. While I hate to say it, nobody thinks decaf coffee in the morning is in any way worthy of their time. I know people like the taste of coffee, and like not being caffeinated, and I'm not going to say morning decaf is stupid. It's just that nobody else in the world cares. I can guarantee you my hard-caffeine-drinking bosses, ALL THREE OF THEM, went "Oh fuck that noise, decaf junkie."
2. The cleaning staff are under no obligation to wash our coffee pots.
I emailed her back that the coffee pots are communal kitchen responsibility, because the cleaning staff can wash the coffee pots but it'll cost us $50/night, which is a trifle prohibitive.
She asked about the possibility of a rota, or of a no-new-coffee-after-3pm rule.
I am hoping she will compromise on a "please rinse out the coffee pots if you see them full after 5pm" sign. It won't actually work, but she'll get a warm feeling of martyrdom when she sees them as she's rinsing out a pot for decaf every morning.
Coworker Fail saw the email and said, "If BossBoss makes cleaning out the coffeepots part of my evening duties, the union's getting involved."
I might have LOLed. On the inside.
