I work in an office with a typical lunchroom/kitchen for the use of the employees. My peeve is that someone, either the cleaning woman or co-workers, insists on putting the
dish soap and the spongy-brush under the sink. Presumably
this person (or persons) believe it’s unsightly to have
anything on the counter top unless it’s being used right this second. Why can’t the brush and sponge be left out
all day? People use them throughout the day, and it’s not like we’re selling a house and have to have the kitchen
abnormally neat. Besides, in our case the drain under the sink leaks and a truly fetid odor prevails underneath, so
it’s unpleasant to open the cupboard and reach for the brush and soap.
This sounds like one of those male-female things, as if women would be more bothered by things left “out” on the
countertop. But my wife is very neat and even she leaves
the soap and sponges out at home.
Well, javaman my friend, it sounds as if you have (at least) one extremely anal-retentive co-worker.
One possible solution to this is to encourage everyone you can to leave the sponge and brush on the top of the sink, making the one who wants to put it underneath do more of the bending and dealing with the fetid odor (very descriptive, BTW. I can almost smell it from here!).
If you make it a big enough pain in the butt for this person, maybe he/she will get the hint and either stop or get frustrated and careless and give him/herself away, so you can give them a good whallop.
Sometimes they have a discarded plastic top from a bakery cake box sitting upside down under the drain to serve as
a catchbasin, and the sponges are IN IT!:eek
I leave the sponge out, too, so it can air out.
I agree, someone is really anal about it, so they keep putting it away.
I think you’re better off leaving it out so it can dry and get aired out, rather than putting under a leaky sink. Yuck.
I suggest putting up a sign, make it look official and post it when nobody is around. The sigh should state something like, please leave the spunge on the sink, other people have to use it
If you think it’s the cleaning lady, talk to her next time you see her. Otherwise, just leave a sign by the sponge next time, saying, “Please leave sponge by sink.” No big deal.
