Milk thief at work

dktreesea

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Would anyone actually leave because the tea and coffee were not free? I doubt it.

No, but would it affect your output/attitude to know you are working for a scrooge firm AND your colleagues or persons unknown - for all we know it could be the owner - help themselves to your property when you are not around?

shortcrust

dktreesea wrote: »

I've never worked anywhere, except for myself, where the coffee and tea weren't free, and there's been a few places over the years where there were free biscuits thrown in as well.

Wow! I really was 99% sure that you were joking. I've never had tea or coffee provided in 20 years of working in the private and public sector. I've never cared because as a proportion of the total package a few tea bags, hot water and half a pint of milk a week are pretty insignificant. I guess I've been too focussed on trivia such as salary, training opportunities, pension contributions, bonuses, annual leave, flexible working and so on.

"So Mr Davies, why are you thinking about leaving your current employer?"

"Well, I love working there really. The money's good and I enjoy the work. It's just that we don't get free tea and coffee..."

Madness.

Tiddlywinks

dktreesea wrote: »

So your workplace doesn't provide milk/coffee/tea for their workers? I can't believe what I am reading here.


Change jobs. Working for an employer that is too mean to fund something hot to drink for their employees - or a water cooler - is madness. OP, your employer is too greedy for words. How about putting in a grievance with your union?

dktreesea wrote: »

It's not petty. There's a principle at stake. Presumably these people are all working for the profit of the company. For every pound they earn for themselves, based on some of the coproate profits, the company's making £10 or more. Why shouldn't the company stump up the cost of hot drinks throughout the day?

So, you'd endorse free refreshments for all public sector employees as well would you?

Fair's fair.

[Deleted User]

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Would anyone actually leave because the tea and coffee were not free? I doubt it.

No, just stinking headache due to dehydration...
let's face it the employer who don't provide tea, coffee, a water cooler isn't often the nicest of employer :cool: (whether or not that is reciprocated in pay packet so could also be argued I guess)


Often where there is this issue, it's always the kinda place where one is also not allowed to go to the toilet on employer time either...

System

The employer must provide drinking water, not necessarily via a cooler

DevilsAdvocate1

I've only ever worked in the private sector and in most of those a kettle was provided but the staff had to private the tea / coffee/ milk / biscuits. Usually this was done by us making a contribution of 50p per week. This covered everything plus left a bit over. The bit over mounted up and was used for a lunch at the local pub at Christmas.

The last company I worked for banned kettles (using health and safety as their excuse, despite there being no accidents). They put in coffee machines and it was 15p a cup. The cups were so small you had to buy 3 just to fill an ordinary mug. Most employees started bringing in flasks of hot water instead of paying for the drinks.

pingug

sometimes cleaners are asked to remove old milk during cleaning, usually just a friday though

duchy

Seriously ?

You want to buy a £20 fridge -to save you spending 50p extra some weeks ?

In all honesty I wouldn't want to drink 5 day old milk anyway - not from a fridge that is opened multiple times a day.

Why not buy daily and split the cost with your co-workers ? Certainly cheaper than a fridge (and the padlock and security camera you may need for it !)

maninthestreet

The OP needs to be careful - they may be getting cheesed off at the thefts, but accusing work colleagues of theft could sour relationships...

moneyistooshorttomention

dktreesea wrote: »

Having colleagues suspecting each other is not just bad for business, it's a health and safety issue. Even if you knew who was doing it, it would be stressful.


Say you are a colleague and you know Joe steals other people's milk because one night, having drank a bit too much on the town, he confided this to you? back at the office, Sally and Mick are annoyed yet again, because their milk has gone down another's throat. Maybe you don't care, because your beverage of choice is lemongrass tea, sachets of which you always have at hand, and which you don't leave in the office overnight. What do you do? Do you tell Mick and Sally that you know Joe helps himself to their milk or do you just keep quiet?



The management of the OP's company are morons, imho.

Personally - I'd keep quiet until I saw potential redundancies in the offing and then I'd tell the employer (just in the course of conversation) that Joe wasn't trustworthy and it would be such a shame to make trustworthy mate nearby redundant and Joe got to keep his job.