to be pissed off about the kitchen politics at work

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Grrr...bosses PA has sent round a snarky patronising sexist email, complaining about the state of the kitchen...

This is after 3 snarky patronising posters she put up to the same effect

Its not her fecking kitchen is it? Control freaky freak!

people can surely stack or not stack as they see fit??

But some women can't shit without their Mum's coming to their rescue.

Perhaps she should've added 'Husbands, Fathers and boyfriends' too...although that would have made it unnecessarily long.

OP, are you one of the people who doesnt clear up after themselves. I can only think that you must be, because otherwise you would see her point.

You don't like her do you?

I think she has been quite restrained.

I would be tempted to be much more blunt. Kitchen politics are a pisser, but I have hideous memories of mould growing in cups and rings of sticky goo.

end of her tether about what?????

that she cant control how people stack their cups/bowls??

No worra I am a SP to 2 young kids...I know how to clean

That's a fab email . I'm with the PA.

OP YABU.

I would have sent a similar email when I was the PA at an office.

There's nothing sexist about it. Clean up after yourselves and she won't need to send such messages.

No I'm with you OP. Very annoying, does she think it is witty?! And yes, it does imply that she either thinks only females clean up at home, or that it is just males making the mess. So she has probably annoyed men and women with the same poster!!

she doesnt have a point

Maybe if you all cleared your mess up she wouldnt have to send the email out in the first place eh!

thanks kak and tiwis

But why not just send an email saying "can EVERYONE please wash their dishes"? No need to bring sarcasm or people's female relatives into it...

I dont understand these threads where people ask aibu then argue when they are told they are

I think she has a very good point.

Unless you're all under the age of 7yrs, I'm sure you can manage to keep the place tidy and the dishwasher properly stacked.

Agreed

She's not suggesting that men are not capable of clearing up. Rather the opposite. She's saying they are capable of clearing up and shouldn't be assuming it's for women to clear up after them.

I think it's funny too.

Well squeaky, I am very clean and organised, and can definitely say I don't contribute to any messes in my work kitchen (rarely use it). But if anyone in my work sent out that email I would think they were a twit.

I've been a PA in my time and I find the tone of her note sarcastic and unprofessional.

If she wants a long term solution she needs to get people onside with a constructive solution or a rota, not just snip and snipe at them like their naughty kids. If I was on the receiving end of that note I would have HATED it.

I understand how these things can be annoying- everyone thinks it's somebody else's job etc, but the way she phrased it is just irritating and incendiary.

She will probably get a big lump of gift wrapped poo when she opens her secret Santa if she keeps this up!

So YANBU.

omg this has just reminded me why i hate working

they're, not their, sorry.

And it is sexist... who says it's the men leaving the mess? Not the OP.

Send it to passiveaggressivenotes.com!

Oh yes, I love that site!

It sounds a bit ranty and unprofessional, and over-personal, like she's projecting her own issues onto other people (e.g. the wives/mothers thing).

Not really appropriate for work. What's wrong with a quick note to say please remember to clean up after yourselves?