Dishwasher at Work

We have a dishwasher at work. Which is cool, because we use a lot of dishes… however there is a serious problem of people not loading the dishwasher, instead leaving their dishes in the sink. If you don’t want to work somewhere which smells like a frathouse, you have no choice but to put the dishes in the machine yourself…

Minor I know, but still annoying. The protocol should be very simple:

  • Rinse your dirty dish, put it in the dishwashing machine

  • If the machine is running, you can leave it in the sink. Come back later though!
  • If you are taking a clean dish from the dishwasher, you have to unload the rest of the clean dishes.
  • If the machine is full and not running, whether you are picking up or dropping off, unload the dishes before taking or leaving a glass

Today I got in and found that someone had apparently tried to wash the dishes with yogurt. A long smear of white goo, possibly a detergent which we hadn’t previously stocked; possibly not detergent at all, was running down the inside of the machine.

Gah. Need more coffee.

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