Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

[DC]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

Well, the water bottle at my job still hasn't been changed (I believe today makes it nine days). I'm going on vacation next week so it'll be interested to see if anyone attempts to change it while I'm gone.

Has anyone said anything to you?

[CMH]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

This used to happen when someone in the house would use a pan to cook something. I'd usually end up washing it because I knew already that they wouldn't. Sometimes though, I'd leave the pan uncleaned, the dishes unwashed, the counter unwiped, just to see if someone might actually grow weary of a filthy house and take initiative - or at least clean their own pan. A week later, I'm cleaning that pan.

I'm exactly the same. I hate it when people don't take responsibility for their messes or tasks. I refuse, absolutely refuse, to do the job for them. Call it stubborn, but I think it's pure laziness on the other person's part.

This used to happen to me with my siblings. They'd leave an empty glass in my room and I'd just stare at it. I wouldn't pick it up or take it to the kitchen. Wasn't my glass.

I do it at work. I refuse to pick up my coworker's mess. Whenever our table needs cleaning because of a meeting, I'll just pile all of his things into one mess and throw it on his stuff - even if it's garbage. I don't care. Clean your own mess.

[CWSapp757]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

Nobody has said anything to me directly but I have seen a couple people go to get water and yell out something like "this is ridiculous. I wish someone would just change this".

[Scottdau]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

Do it and jack your back up and get workmans comp.

[DC]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

Nobody has said anything to me directly but I have seen a couple people go to get water and yell out something like "this is ridiculous. I wish someone would just change this".

Now THAT is funny

I just got a promotion, so we will see if this will continue

[CMH]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

Now THAT is funny

I just got a promotion, so we will see if this will continue

Perfect. Now you can send emails to someone and make them do it.

[pfunk880]

Re: Having To Change The Water Bottle At Work Unappreciation

This touches on an interesting and frustrating point. One of my pet peeves is when people expect you to do something you probably shouldn't be expected to do in the first place, then when you don't, it turns into a sort of multi-day game of Chicken.

This used to happen when someone in the house would use a pan to cook something. I'd usually end up washing it because I knew already that they wouldn't. Sometimes though, I'd leave the pan uncleaned, the dishes unwashed, the counter unwiped, just to see if someone might actually grow weary of a filthy house and take initiative - or at least clean their own pan. A week later, I'm cleaning that pan.

Haha, sounds like me.

Co-sign. My roommate is horrible. I quit trying and now just tack it on to the electric bill. Pad it by $5-15 depending on how much of his responsibilities i had to do.

Hmmm... might have to consider that.