Removal of workplace Facilities

[Bman]

Sorry, another employment question:

My employer has recently decided that a kitchenette near where I work is no longer allowed to be used to store/prepare food. Instead a larger shared kitchen is to be used.

Now I have an issue with using the larger communal kitchen to store my food as it is used by everyone and as a result, I cannot keep an eye on my food that is stored there. Management have already palmed off responsibility for the security of any food stored in either place, so there is nothing I can do there.

I seem to remember a rule where if facilities are provided (for instance in this case a safe, clean and convenient place to store food) there is a reasonable expectation for them to remain. So an arbitrary rule like this should not be made?

Further to this, the kitchenette used by those making this rule is unaffected by said rule..

Am I completely off the mark on this one?

 

[cosmicbike]

They have not removed the facility to store/prepare food, so my money is on there being no case to answer.

 

[bikingdad90]

There would only be a case if you did not have access to the bigger shared kitchen.

Why don't you if possible, do what I do and keep it under the desk if it is tinned and where stuff needs to go in the fridge, freezer etc use a permanent marker to write your name on it/ find a pack lunch with a lock on it to make it harder to break in and steal!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Why do student house communal kitchen=communal food "rules" always seem to apply in the workplace? I store my stuff in my desk otherwise it goes walkies.

 

[Smurfy]

1. Raid the stationary cupboard for some post-it notes.
2. Write 'I lick my cheese' on the post-it note.
3. Attach the post-it note to your cheese.
4. Deposit your cheese in the communal fridge.
5. Cheese is safe, job done.

 

[ASC1951]

....5. Cheese is safe, job done.

Nooo - you shouldn't keep cheese in a fridge! That just dries it out and makes it taste of cardboard because it's too cold. The whole point of turning milk into cheese is that it is stable at room temperatures for days and at cool (eg cellar) temperatures for weeks.

 

[steveindenmark]

Can you not prepare your lunch at home. Thats what I do and I dont need the use of the fridge at work.

Steve

 

[shouldbeinbed]

1. Raid the stationary cupboard for some post-it notes.
2. Write 'I lick my cheese' on the post-it note.
3. Attach the post-it note to your cheese.
4. Deposit your cheese in the communal fridge.
5. Cheese is safe, job done.

until you find an addition to 2 saying 'so do I'

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Sorry, another employment question:

My employer has recently decided that a kitchenette near where I work is no longer allowed to be used to store/prepare food. Instead a larger shared kitchen is to be used.

Now I have an issue with using the larger communal kitchen to store my food as it is used by everyone and as a result, I cannot keep an eye on my food that is stored there. Management have already palmed off responsibility for the security of any food stored in either place, so there is nothing I can do there.

I seem to remember a rule where if facilities are provided (for instance in this case a safe, clean and convenient place to store food) there is a reasonable expectation for them to remain. So an arbitrary rule like this should not be made?

Further to this, the kitchenette used by those making this rule is unaffected by said rule..

Am I completely off the mark on this one?

I think you very likely are, they have not withdrawn facility, simply directed you to use a different one. That you do not like the change does not make it unreasonable.

 

[Fnaar]

I once worked with someone called Felicity, who got sacked. That was 'removal of workplace Felicity"

 

[Beebo]

Why cant the management do something about stealing food.
They would be much quicker to act if people were stealing change out of peoples wallets, so why is food in the fridge any different?

 

[Fnaar]

They would be much quicker to act if people were stealing change out of peoples wallets, so why is food in the fridge any different?

Have you ever tried to pay for a pint of beer with a cheese and spam baguette?

 

[Beebo]

Have you ever tried to pay for a pint of beer with a cheese and spam baguette?

so you're the person who keeps stealing my baguette.

 

[Smurfy]

until you find an addition to 2 saying 'so do I'

Writing 'so do I' would mean they lick their own cheese, which is fine with me.

 

[Smurfy]

Nooo - you shouldn't keep cheese in a fridge! That just dries it out and makes it taste of cardboard because it's too cold. The whole point of turning milk into cheese is that it is stable at room temperatures for days and at cool (eg cellar) temperatures for weeks.

All my cheese is in the fridge, wrapped up to stop it drying. Last week I had a lump of Sainsburys Cheshire that started going blue/green and fluffy exactly one day after the use by date. How long would it have lasted at room temperature? Not very long I expect. Oh, and I don't have a cellar.