office mess

[Lucifera]

I work in a small office, just four of us. One of my colleagues is extremely messy, and this is particularly irksome in the kitchen area - dirty dishes left for ages, spilt food, cruddy bits in the sink, etc. We discussed "keeping the kitchen clean" a few weeks ago in a sstaff meeting - not pointing at her, just generally, and I think she's trying a bit harder but basically it's still crap. Her line manager is very reluctant to tackle her about it. WWYD?

test as my last post went $$

That was annoying!

OK 4 sheets of paper above work top, with your names on.

All crud, dirty plates to be left under relevant name until they get rid of their own mess. Muck/plates in sink? Hoick it out and put it on the counter under relevant name so everyone else can get at the sink. Enormous stinking pile of rat infested plates? Leave it until the person deals with it - no longer your problem.

Practice saying the words "Tough, you did it, you deal with it".

do you work in my office? ours is the same!

ah, Cat, I have fantasised about this approach. Space limitations would make it impossible, but I can see it's along the right lines and I imagine I'll be doing something similar quite soon.
Cupcakes, if I'm ever looking for another job I'll get in touch to make sure it's not your office!

If there's no space in the kitchen, could you dump all her mess into a washing up bowl and stick it on her desk?

It's what I'd dream of doing, though I haven't the balls to actually do such a thing myself....

perhaps I'll do this the day before I hand in my notice ...