Coworker vent

cookinfreak · ‎03-31-2010

I work in a smaller office with about 40 EE. We have a production warehouse and the majority of the EE work there or are out and about in the field with installation. There are about 12 people in the main office, the majority of who drink coffee as well as myself. I usually get 2 pots of coffee ready in the afternoon for the next morning so the guys who need to get to the job sites can grab a cup and go. They start sometimes and 6am or so and that is why I usually have it ready so they don't have to stand around and wait for the coffee. Here is my vent. The people in the main office will NEVER make a pot of coffee when they take the last of it and just expect that I will do it. Then, they will come back for coffee and complain and whine when there isn't any made. There is even one female who announces to me that the coffee pots are empty. I usually have 1-2 cups when I get to the office and then I am done. Others drink it all day. I have made up to 6 pots in one day all for other people. I have been polite, I have been stern and even put up a joke about making coffee and it falls on deaf ears. This is the only place I have worked that people have this attitude. The places before where I worked, it was understood if you took the last of the coffee, you made a new one. I know there are worse things in the world, but after 10 years of this bull, I'm tired of it.

Thanks for letting me get it off my chest

cookin

PS I haven't made any (or drank) coffee for the last 2 days. Now all of sudden, others can make it.

Drythe · ‎07-09-2011

@cookinfreak

Good for you!

It is very kind of you to think of the people who come in early. Other than for them, I would only make a pot if and when I wanted one.

Too bad some people are this way.

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chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Sorry but this is all on you. By your actions, you voluntarily took on the role of the coffee lady. Obviously, you do like doing it and that came through loud and clear. But after a while, you got a little irritated.....and said NOTHING to NO ONE and that irritation grew and grew. That's what happens when you sort of expect people to read your mind. Since you took on the role yourself, its' up to you to post the rules. You haven't made coffee in two days and my guess is, your co-workers don't have the foggiest idea why. So, either stop and let someone else do it or post the rules in friendly way.

Imaoldhippie · ‎06-10-2015

I does not make any difference who started it or did not start it. You did the right thing. Let the others make coffee. Later on you can take your turn.

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newagain888888 · ‎12-31-2010

I would create an inoffensive, (but pointed) notice that if YOU partake of the coffee, it’s only FAIR to contribute to the coffee-making and clean-up. Put an interesting (even humorous) graphic with it and have it laminated. Mount it where it can be seen. Often, individuals will respond to visual requests more than verbal ones.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@cookinfreakwrote:
...when they take the last of it and just expect that I will do it.

Because you will.

But it sounds like the tides are turning in your favor.

Problem solved.

cookinfreak · ‎03-31-2010

@chrystaltree

If you read my post again, you will see that I said I brought it up by being nice, stern and even posting a joke about others making coffee. This has been brought up to others for 10 years!! I was brought up to live by the golden rule and it only seems to get me used and abused

cookin

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@cookinfreakwrote:
@chrystaltree
If you read my post again, you will see that I said I brought it up by being nice, stern and even posting a joke about others making coffee. This has been brought up to others for 10 years!! I was brought up to live by the golden rule and it only seems to get me used and abused
cookin

I did miss that but it doesn't change anything. If this is something that you've been complaining about for 10 years.....why didn't you stop making the coffee 9 years ago??? Since you continued in your coffee making duties, they tuned whatever you had to say out. It became white noise that they shrugged off. The coffee thing isn't as important to anyone as it is to you. It's just coffee to everyone else. If you don't make it, someone else will or they'll bring their own coffee in when they come.

roxxy1 · ‎11-12-2016

All the coffee drinkers should chip in and buy a Keurig......Problem solved.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Imaoldhippiewrote:
I does not make any difference who started it or did not start it. You did the right thing. Let the others make coffee. Later on you can take your turn.

Bingo! She said someone else was making the coffee now, my guess is that they'll take turns if the coffee is so important to them. The problem seems to be solved. But I suppose the OP misses doing it now.