Break room is getting an upgrade...thanks, but...

[Dreamstalker]

So our break room was painted a few weeks ago...cool, it looks a little nicer. I hope they don't put any dumb motivational posters on the walls. Then I see a brand new full sized refrigerator! That's great, but who's going to be responsible for actually keeping it clean?

SM says "oh, that's not going to go live [meaning that the shitty repurposed drink cooler we have now gets removed] until the big-screen TV is installed." Wait, what? A TV? Oh hells no. That's going to be a straight disaster; nobody's going to want to come back from break and you'll have people fighting over the channel...most of us who actually use the break room want to get away from noise.

The new fridge will be nice, but with the money they spent on the TV they could have given us a small sink (presently if we want to wash any dishes we need to do it in the restroom), another microwave, or an actual table and decent chairs.

[RealUnimportant]

Oh that's gonna last 15 minutes before it's broken, stolen, or both. And why pray can a fridge not be plugged in before the TV arrives, are they afraid it'll get jealous?

[Dreamstalker]

Oh, the fridge is plugged in and working, but the handles aren't installed yet and the crappy drink cooler is still in front of it. The handles are actually still inside wrapped in cardboard! Those of us 'in the know' (it's amusing that most people see no handle and assume it's not functional) have been storing our food in the new one; so far it's safe because nobody else uses it.

[taxguykarl]

A TV? Oh hells no. That's going to be a straight disaster;

On the plus side the losers that the management insists on hiring will be in front of the idiot box instead of making unsafe conditions in the rest of the store.

[dbuzman]

Watch them just show training videos all day on the TV.

[taxguykarl]

Watch them just show training videos all day on the TV.

or puff piece propaganda from corporate.

[Dreamstalker]

Right now it's just showing ads for airport parking (wtf) and assorted random 'in the know' junk, and there's no sound. The date/time/weather display (arguably the only useful bit of it) is frozen on 9:43AM Wednesday.

[Dreamstalker]

So the TV--er, 'digital signage' according to the manual--is now working, or at least the date/time/weather is (I suspect they got the 'digital signage' cheaper than an actual TV).

We did get a 'new' microwave, but there's a mildly-disconcerting 'CLUNK' (relay?) whenever it turns on or off. It's obviously not brand-new, likely some floor model or factory second. I don't recognize the brand and it has an induction plate--rather than a turntable--that has already nearly created an 'incident' with someone's frozen meal in a paperboard tray.