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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
A former co-worker used to be involved in large scale erections. (No, not that kind...  ) He was a project manager on large scale construction products. He would keep a pot of fresh coffee and a dish of candies in his office. It went a long way toward smoothing relations with the union guys who were the work force doing the jobs. They knew they could always get fresh coffee and a handful of candies if they had a spare moment. He paid for the cofee and snacks out of pocket, and considered it money well spent. Fortunately, he never had to resort to what you recounted.
(Co-worker's dad was a master millwright, so co-worker learned the ropes early.)
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Dennis |
Yes, of course, but that was greasing the wheels. I did something similar, when I was building hotels back in "the day." Coffee and doughnuts, every morning. That's obviously different than some wanker who helps himself to a communal office pot without contribution. There's simply always at least one who's like that, right? And the pot is almost always the lower-level office workers, not the execs. It's egregious that a manager or exec should do that, to lower-earning staff.
In one office we had a young lady like that, but we all knew she was in dire financial straits, so of course, we didn't mace her and all that. We carried her, as we ought. But a moocher, who's just cheap? Ixnay on that.
Especially if the moocher can well afford it, oftentimes more than the other contributors. That's just mean, in the financial sense of the word. Mousetrap that Mother!
Hitch