“There is a container in the office refrigerator that predates my employment. No one will claim it. No one will discard it. We have begun to refer to it by name.”
Validated & mostly ignored
::RESPONSE::
The Office acknowledges that the refrigerator is a shared resource, and that its contents are, by longstanding convention, no one's responsibility in particular.
A labeling initiative was launched and logged as 100% compliant, as the sign itself is clearly marked. So long as the item is marked, it may remain and be observed for performance improvement.
Your experience is validated in full. The container has outlasted three current employees. This Office cannot discard property no one has claimed, and no one will claim property they would then be obligated to discard.
::DETERMINATION::
Escalated to Pending, where it joins 4,051 related filings. The container has been entered into the record as a fixture. A nameplate has been requisitioned and denied.
::DETERMINATION:: The Annex for Unspecified Urgency · Disposition
A committee has been formed to determine ownership. The committee meets inside the breakroom. No member will open the refrigerator.
::SIGNER::
D. Brown
Doody Brown · Reviewing Officer · Bureau of Acknowledged Grievances
