Who would have thought that the most contentious thing in an office was a cup of joe?
Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In, she spotlights themes from her inbox that help explain the modern workplace and how we could be navigating it better.
There is a coffee shop directly across the street from our office. As a caffeine addict, I usually make a coffee run at least once a day during business hours. I usually ask if anyone else in our office wants anything, and usually people doHowever, I’ve become increasingly wary of volunteering to get coffee for others. Some people, including the owner of the firm, rarely pay me back. Others order complex drinks and complain if it’s made incorrectly.
There were meetings hijacked to discuss the coffee issue. There were meetings scheduled to talk about nothing BUT the coffee issue. Truly ludicrous amounts of time were wasted on the coffee conundrum. I’m talking hundreds of man-hours from people who are paid very nicely per hour, who are willing to go to the mattresses for their coffee.
People around campus are outraged! Outraged that I keep my office locked at all times due to laws that require student documents to be secured. I’ve found sticky notes on the door, asking me to bring coffee to people in their classrooms, had people say rude things to my face, and had multiple administrators come by my office to say, “We’re investigating your office coffeepot on the basis of a complaint. Keep your coffeepot.
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