Lazy coworker: We have a winner!

[gratuitous]

All right, we've all had lazy coworkers: Folks who can't be bothered to clean up after themselves or show the least bit of consideration for everyone else in the common areas, like the lunch room. I've dealt with empty coffee carafes, one-eighth of a donut, half gallon cartons of milk with three drops in it, and so forth.

But this last week had to take the prize forevermore: The industrial size bottle of ibuprofen put back on the shelf with ONE TABLET left rattling around in the bottom.

Anybody want to try to beat that? I'm not talking about the slobs who leave their dirty coffee cups laying around for someone else to put in the dishwasher, or who filch all but the last ice cube out of the tray and put it back in the freezer because they can't be bothered to refill it. One goddam ibuprofen tablet left! Like someone's going to go looking for one tablet.

[Oneironaut]

1. I used to work in cattiest office ever, and

a dirty cake knife was once left out unwashed (complete with pieces of cake crusted on it) for over two months. Everyone either A - believed cleaning to be below them or B - wanted to prove a point to the people in A.

[47of74]

2. Yeah we've had that too

As supervisor I liked to have the place clean but if it wasn't attracting bugs or rodents a lot of times I would leave stuff because I didn't want people thinking they could just leave a mess and I would get it.

There was one time when someone stuck a pop can in the freezer to rapidly cool it down then forgot it was in there. So as a result after some time the pop can exploded and left a pile of ice in the freezer. I left it sit hoping the responsible party would clean it up. No dice. The day my Grandpa died I was at work and I got tired of looking at the icy mess. I had a fair deal of idle time that day and really needed something to do so I went and cleaned the whole fridge, including the icy mess in the freezer. I sent a message to the entire floor (minus my supervisor) saying that I cleaned out exploded pop can and to please not put pop cans in the fridge.

[Avalux]

3. Sorry - the worst is food dumped in the sink.

There's no garbage disposal here. SOMEONE always has to clean the mess out of the drain (can't go down the drain) that the lazy and inconsiderate person dumped there instead of the garbage can.

It's really, really gross to walk in the break room and see that.

How about not washing hands after using the bathroom? I've been in the ladies room on more than one occasion and witnessed co-workers walk out of the bathroom stall, bypass the sink, and go right out the door.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. What was the proper thing to do with the ibuprofen?

[qnr]

5. I tend to agree with your point. Two tablets isn't necessarily a minimum

dose. The one tablet would have done someone some good while the bottle was being replaced. Better to leave it than throw it away or take an extra tablet (or capsule, or whatever) that wasn't needed.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. My bottle of Advil 200mg (ibuprofen) says 1 tablet is a basic dose but take 2 if 1 doesn't work.

[gratuitous]

7. I tossed it

We have persons available to re-stock depleted office supplies, and so I told him that we were out of ibuprofen. Which is something anyone can do, either in person, or by leaving a sticky note at his work station, or e-mailing him, or sending a carrier pigeon or . . . well, it's really pretty easy.

One. Goddam. Tablet. Fu-u-u-u-u-u-uck.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. I didn't realize that was considered office supplies. My job only supplies the headaches.

[noamnety]

12. I can't understand your mindset on this one.

One tablet was potentially going to save someone from an afternoon of pain, the pill was perfectly good, but you threw it out. Why not just tell the supply person it was time to restock without throwing out the last one?

[Phentex]

13. I thought it was a joke...

but I guess not.

[noamnety]

15. Maybe you're right.

I don't hang out much in the lounge anymore; I don't really know people's sense of humor here.

[gratuitous]

14. Our office doesn't employ 8-year-olds

One ibuprofen tablet is the pharmaceutical equivalent of a single sheet of toilet tissue.

[Major Nikon]

9. Refrigerator freezer, frozen solid

After thawing it out, we found several frozen dinners that were somewhere between 10-20 years old. We put a label on them that said "Free" and they were all eaten within a week.

[lunatica]

10. The worst for me is using the microwave

I just know something really gross and breathing is going to drop off the microwave ceiling right into someone's food. I haven't used office refrigerators or microwaves in years. It's too gross. The only hot things I eat are soups that I can heat up with the scalding water that comes out of the sink's self heating water dispenser.

[47of74]

11. Yeah we had that too

There was one microwave that quit working, so a new one was brought in. The inside of that the paint started peeling after about a year. Plus we had the science experiments growing on them too. After a few years the peeling started to get worse, so I finally talked my supervisor into letting me pick up a new microwave. Even though it cost a bit more I went for the Kenmore that was on sale for a little bit more than he said to spend. I figured I'd get crucified for doing that but he just said that was cool. I think he was on the same wavelength as I was - that it was better to spend money on a name brand microwave than some cheap piece of crap that would fall apart after a year or so.

[hibbing]

16. I always end up cleaning up the messes

My boss brought a big ass vegetable tray two days before she left on vacation. It is still in the fridge, and there is a stupid McDonald's side salad with about two pieces of lettuce in there too. I just don't get it.

We sometimes have potlucks, I avoid them, I see how these slobs are at work, I certainly don't want to eat anything they prepare at home.


Peace