Coffee Swindle any suggestions?

[puddicat]

We have a coffee swindle in work and as per usual we are getting problems with people not paying, we have tried hiding the coffee and tea and they still find it! anyway we have just been bringing in supplies when we run down,but the usual buggars are still helping themselves, any good methods of making this fair without too much of a fuss, as we have 3 diffirent shifts through the day!

[funnygirl]

Do what we did once.

We mixed the coffee with something unmentionable.

The greedy folks soon left our coffee alone!!!!

[mccfluff]

how big a company do you work for and does everyone drink tea/coffee?

[puddicat]

About 10 to 12 staff, we are a charity and we work out of service users house, so we cant kick off when these things occur sadly!!

[mccfluff]

ahhh i was going to suggest a coffee machine but that won't work. Can you make a member of management responsible for collecting a kitty? maybe if they pounce of payday they can get a set amount each week off people and that can fund the tea coffee

Failing that you can individual portions of coffee, ob tea is in bags anyway why not just carry your own!

[mrrsjn1919]

You can also get the names of each person in the office to pay the amount and once they have sone so, you can tick their names off the list of all the one who have paid for the weekly TEA CLUB SUBSCRIPTION.

[Rtaxron]

Cant you lock the tea and coffee in a cupboard and just have keys for the subscribers?

[Octavius]

You are not legally obliged to provide tea and coffee facilities for employees, merely drinking water and a well kept clean place for them to eat and drink during breaks.

As suggested, finish off the current stoock then advise people to bring their own and lock it away. Either that or get everyone to do their fair share.

[~spaced~]

lock it away in a cupboard with only one keyholder

[theonlyone]

Mix sennacot in the coffee ..they
won't steal again ..

[theonlyone]

I was a shift worker for years and you
just took the stuff with you ..we did try the
kitty ..but people didn't want to pay up ..

[Drisgirl]

ooo youre taking as much as a chance answering on puddis thread as one of mine -I have taken one chance ande only but note -I havent proferred any advise YIKES !!!!

Sorry puddi lol !!

[~max~]

It's a pain isn't it? you'd think you were back living in a student house with the "house thief" again sometimes!
Personally, I'd either 1/ buy some cheap brand and forget about it 2/ each bring their own jar.
Pity some people can't be relied upon for even a small thing like that! Unfortunately, there will always be those who think everything is their due, and won't bat an eyelid at using other people's stuff. In a charity organisation too!