Why is it office culture to make the admin take care of your dishes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be the voice of dissent.

I would be *mortified* if our admin was putting away my dishes. She's not my mom.
OP, we actually have a sign in our kitchen that says "Clean up. Your mother doesn't live here."
Cheesy, yes, but it gets the point across.

Did your boss tell you that putting away the dishes is part of your job? Do you have other facilities/food related responsibilities that this could reasonably be seen as an extension of? If so, suck it up and do it.
If not, just stop putting away the dishes. People will figure it out eventually. Or not. Not your problem.

OP here and THIS is the response I was looking for. No, my boss never told me it is. It has just somehow evolved into my job apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At ours they don't handle dishes but they clean the microwave and fridge which seems worse.

I agree it sucks but I don't know a better way to do it. Nobody is going to come back and put away only their personal items from the drying rack, that's weird.

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[Anonymous]

Personally I would rather just bring my lunch container home at put it in the dishwasher then stand at on office sink doing dishes...with that gross sponge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally I would rather just bring my lunch container home at put it in the dishwasher then stand at on office sink doing dishes...with that gross sponge.

OP here and agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll be the voice of dissent.

I would be *mortified* if our admin was putting away my dishes. She's not my mom.
OP, we actually have a sign in our kitchen that says "Clean up. Your mother doesn't live here."
Cheesy, yes, but it gets the point across.

Did your boss tell you that putting away the dishes is part of your job? Do you have other facilities/food related responsibilities that this could reasonably be seen as an extension of? If so, suck it up and do it.
If not, just stop putting away the dishes. People will figure it out eventually. Or not. Not your problem.

OP here and THIS is the response I was looking for. No, my boss never told me it is. It has just somehow evolved into my job apparently.

Basically you did it once and now it’s your job.

[Anonymous]

I assume they're on the drying rack to dry. How can they put them away immediately?

If you don't want them on the drying rack- toss the drying rack and make everyone use a paper towel.

Our cleaning crew is the one who cleans the fridge and tosses everything/ makes sure the kitchen is clean.

[Anonymous]

If it’s not your job, stop doing it. Every place I’ve ever worked has had paid janitorial staff who do dishes. Dishes is not administrative work, regardless of what some people are saying here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume they're on the drying rack to dry. How can they put them away immediately?

If you don't want them on the drying rack- toss the drying rack and make everyone use a paper towel.

Our cleaning crew is the one who cleans the fridge and tosses everything/ makes sure the kitchen is clean.

The dishes have been sitting in the drying rack over night and into the next day before I finally put them away

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it’s not your job, stop doing it. Every place I’ve ever worked has had paid janitorial staff who do dishes. Dishes is not administrative work, regardless of what some people are saying here

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume they're on the drying rack to dry. How can they put them away immediately?

If you don't want them on the drying rack- toss the drying rack and make everyone use a paper towel.

Our cleaning crew is the one who cleans the fridge and tosses everything/ makes sure the kitchen is clean.

They can either dry them, or wait until they are dry. Presumably these dishes are used around lunch time. So by the time someone is leaving for the day, they would be dry. Swing by the kitchen on your way out of the office. It's not hard. I am really horrified at most of these responses, and so thankful I don't work with the entitled lazy people in this thread.
- A senior manager who usually just brings my own lunch and uses my own plates, but wouldn't tolerate the attitude of some of the people in this thread

[Anonymous]

It's not about culture or respect or manners... companies would rather one admin whose hourly pay is low put away the dishes at the end of the day instead of expecting several highly paid employees to come back to the kitchen at days end to put away their cup/bowl. Do you want them to empty their own office trash bins at days end too? At our company the the building cleaners do this, not admins, but I've worked at small companies where they did such tasks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be the voice of dissent.

I would be *mortified* if our admin was putting away my dishes. She's not my mom.
OP, we actually have a sign in our kitchen that says "Clean up. Your mother doesn't live here."
Cheesy, yes, but it gets the point across.

Did your boss tell you that putting away the dishes is part of your job? Do you have other facilities/food related responsibilities that this could reasonably be seen as an extension of? If so, suck it up and do it.
If not, just stop putting away the dishes. People will figure it out eventually. Or not. Not your problem.

We have a similar sign posted in our kitchen and it pisses me off. Because even if your mother (or father!) did live there, she still shouldn’t have to clean up after her grown kids with jobs. Clean up your stuff, people!

[Anonymous]

At a previous job we had a rotation where all staff members were involved in cleaning out the fridge.

In your situation, I would just worry about my own dishes and let them pile up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll be the voice of dissent.

I would be *mortified* if our admin was putting away my dishes. She's not my mom.
OP, we actually have a sign in our kitchen that says "Clean up. Your mother doesn't live here."
Cheesy, yes, but it gets the point across.

Did your boss tell you that putting away the dishes is part of your job? Do you have other facilities/food related responsibilities that this could reasonably be seen as an extension of? If so, suck it up and do it.
If not, just stop putting away the dishes. People will figure it out eventually. Or not. Not your problem.

We have a similar sign posted in our kitchen and it pisses me off. Because even if your mother (or father!) did live there, she still shouldn’t have to clean up after her grown kids with jobs. Clean up your stuff, people!

Exactly this. OP, just let it sit there.

Entitled responders, we'll wait to see the future posts about why the admin in your office doesn't seem to want to help you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll be the voice of dissent.

I would be *mortified* if our admin was putting away my dishes. She's not my mom.
OP, we actually have a sign in our kitchen that says "Clean up. Your mother doesn't live here."
Cheesy, yes, but it gets the point across.

Did your boss tell you that putting away the dishes is part of your job? Do you have other facilities/food related responsibilities that this could reasonably be seen as an extension of? If so, suck it up and do it.
If not, just stop putting away the dishes. People will figure it out eventually. Or not. Not your problem.

We have a similar sign posted in our kitchen and it pisses me off. Because even if your mother (or father!) did live there, she still shouldn’t have to clean up after her grown kids with jobs. Clean up your stuff, people!

Exactly this. OP, just let it sit there.

Entitled responders, we'll wait to see the future posts about why the admin in your office doesn't seem to want to help you.

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