Posted by Rachel | Posted in Coffee and Accessories | Posted on 10-05-2010
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Do you have to clean out the office coffee pot?
I am the accountant/office manager for a very small office (three other employees in the main office, four employees in the field). I also answer the company phone if someone chooses “operator” from the voice mail menu. Every day my boss makes coffee, and he always leaves his cup partway full of cold coffee next to the coffee pot with the leftover coffee in it. He has asked me to always close his window shades at the end of the day (after he’s gone) andhe’s strongly suggested that it’s my duty to clean the coffee pot (which is mine by the way, but that’s another story). I do all that he expects, but I feel sort of humiliated?
I am a 43 year old male. Can anyone relate?
I make my own pot of coffee each morning, which I put in a thermos and begin to enjoy on the way to work (my commute is 45 minutes.) So I don’t drink the coffee that is made at work.
I know someone has to do it. I was just hoping that someone who also has the duty would tell me how they feel about it.
Nope. I told my boss all about my coffee pot “philosophy” (see below) when he said it was my responsibility since I’m the admin. He didn’t fire me and never made the suggestion again. As it is there is only one person who makes and drinks the coffee.
Here’s my coffee pot “philosophy”: You make it, you clean it. You drink it, you clean it and your cup too. That means your boss should clean the pot and his own cup. If there are other coffee drinkers, rotate the cleaning responsibility.
IMO, I think the only people who should be responsible for cleaning the pot are those who drink and/or make the coffee. In your case though, it’s a bit of a catch-22 since the coffee pot belongs to you which is probably why your boss thinks you should be cleaning it.
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