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is removing cups and plates from office desks to the kitchen part of office cleaning duties?
Asked by deggers 145
my wife doesn't want to ask her employee this,I say its not but she does it as a favour
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I think she should ask her employer if it is part of her duties. She could make it clear she is happy to do the job.The situation as to what is expected of her would then be clarified. When I was working, some cleaners did, and some didn't. I wouldn't have considered it part of their duties, everyone should be responsible for their own.
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The best way to find out is to ask your supervisor.
Answered by distractionsdi
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I would say so.. If the plates and cups belong to the company, then yes but if they belong to individuals, I would say no
Answered by leximac
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IMO, depends on the office. If its a small comfy office I probably would, but if its a big company, then unless specified I wouldn't.
Answered by whatchagonnado
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I would say yes.
I have worked in offices for 20 years.
Answered by PHIL P
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it depends on her hours and on her contract no way of knowing
if she does her cleaning in the daytime it can be part of her duties but really staff should not be eating at their desks
if she wants to get out of it tell someone she has seen a mouse
may make them eat in the kitchen and not at thier desks
Answered by june o
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If nobody else collects the cups I wouldnt either
Answered by Paula B
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No. Washing them up isn't either in our company. Or apparently wiping desks. Emptying bins appears to sometimes be okay. Cleaning the loo is apparently 'degrading' but hoovering sort of between chairs is fine. I'm not actually sure what our cleaner actually gets paid for.
Answered by piggle
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If she's happy doing what's the problem? she's there to work the same hours anyway and it's hardly a strenuous task. If she's not happy about it she could politely suggest they leave their own crockery in the kitchen or better still, wash it themselves!
Answered by Burning delusion tonight
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In most large offices each person is responsible for their own cups and plates. If you bring a cup to your desk then you should leave it back to wherever you got it, e.g. Tea/Coffee Trolley, kitchen or rest room.
Answered by John D
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Sounds as if it could be
Answered by Lily B Talus
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The general rule is for places without cleaning staff is everybody cleans away their own stuff and at least once a week take it in turns to clean the toliets and tea room. But it is just coutesy if someone is clearing their cup away to take everyone elses but it should not be exclusively for your wife alone. If your wife feels comfertable doing it then its not a problem because sometimes problems can arise from workmates who refuse to lift a finger. Also if she clears away she can do it on the company time not her own, 10 minutes can be stretched to half an hour very easily if there is no washing up liquid, gives the missus a chance to have another coffee. It can be made a perk of the job.
Answered by 5 percent genuis 95 percent knob
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Yes - when I worked in a communal office it was called "domestic duties" and everyone was expected to do it (although normally it fell to the more junior members of staff)
Answered by carmelia.marcella
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No she should not touch them. For 1 thing, if she does move them and then someone complains that something has gone missing off their desk then she may be wrongly accused and for another if they are that lazy that they cant clean up their own cups then its their hard luck isn't it. I mean how difficult is it to put a dirty cup in the kitchen. I work in an office and the cleaners dont touch anything on our desks.
Answered by gemma o
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