Today I saw an excellent demonstration of just why the cause is lost on the break room etiquette front.
A coworker, actually a decent sort of person, came in, and put a cup of water into the microwave. She checked out the three cups that habitually sit on top of the microwave, each generally used to hold plastic spoons, knives, and forks. All three were empty. So, the she walked down the hall, and to the supply closet, and brought back one spoon.
This is not a matter of absence of knowledge or understanding, she looked for the spoons, and expected there to be some, and she walked all the way down the hall to get one spoon out of a box of five hundred spoons. She just had no interest at all in getting a spoon that she didn’t need herself.
This is not going to get better. I just stopped dealing with restocking the break room supplies at all. I have my own stuff in my locker, and I use that. I gave up buying coffee filters, sharp knives, matches and other things a few years back. My coffee grinder is still there, but without filters, or coffee beans, it is of no use.
Tris