Breakroom Do's and Don'ts (mostly Don'ts)

You guys still work at jobs that have break rooms?

I figured svtp-ers all had their own in office kitchens complete with personal chefs, scantily clad waitresses, and bathrooms whose doors look like walls

Guess I'm the only one? ;D

I can concur with everyone of these.

I have my own Keurig and my own mini-fridge.

I don't use anything in the break room unless it is wrapped and sealed in plastic.

Coffee creamer is the most stolen commodity from the fridges (I don't use any, it would be in my own fridge, but I do not put it past anyone to break in a get it).

People are disgusting...

black4vcobra said:

I don't really drink coffee so it's not a big deal to me but at a prior job the first guy in would not make coffee. He'd wait until someone else came in and they made coffee and then he'd go get a cup.

Even though it didn't affect me, it was pretty aggravating to see.

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You would love my business partner, he fills the coffee machine with exactly one mug of water every morning. Just enough to make his cup.

Blown 89 said:

You would love my business partner, he fills the coffee machine with exactly one mug of water every morning. Just enough to make his cup.

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Assuming there are other people in the office that drink coffee regularly, that is a total dick move.

Shit like that drives me nuts though. My younger brother use to frequently put the filtered water pitcher back into the refrigerator when it was completely empty. Between that and some of his other behaviors I started to think he was semi-retarded or something. Turned out he was just lazy AF.

SolarYellow said:

Keep me up to date on the situation.

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no time for lunch today
will prep for monday

On the last day of work place a bag of popcorn on 10 minutes in every microwave you can find...then leave. Or the first day of work if you're balsy.

Do: Put canned cat food burritos in the fridge if someone is stealing yours.

Don't: Mess with my vintage Star Wars lunch box.

My break room is my car with dark tint and a sunshade. I prefer to spend my lunch in the quiet not talking with co workers. Most days I get a nap in out there lol.

What I have noticed in the limited time I do go into our break room is people leave food in the fridge for weeks at a time. They bring lunch decide to eat out instead and just leave what they brought growing it’s on ecosystem in there

Throwing a damn little Cesar’s pizza box in a fresh garbage bag is big pass the buck for me.

Take it to recycling or throw it in the dumpster.

Some of you guys have it pretty bad. I'm lucky enough to have my own office with a kitchen, no one else uses it until the next shift.

It's part of the training that your shit will be thrown away if it's left in the fridge more than your 3 or 4 day turn. Anything past the expiration date gets tossed, even mustard. Luckily everyone is good with putting a new jug on the water cooler and cleaning up after themselves.

1. If you get a personal phone call, don't talk on speaker the entire time. No one wants to hear your family crap. Same goes for face time.
2. While awesome that we have a garbage disposal, would be even more awesome to actually use the damn thing instead of leaving your rotting food in the bottom of it.
3. If the dishwasher is done and clean (we have dirty and clean signs with velcro), empty the dishwasher instead of putting your dirty plate in the sink for the next person
4. Take the filter and used grounds out from the coffee pot and it actually won't drip onto the counter top all day. No, putting a coffee cup under the drip isn't a solution. Walking 4 steps to the trash is, though.

That's all for now, but I'm sure I'll remember more.