A stunned WOW and flabbergasted look was all I could manage when I heard that office supplies run out the doors during back to school time.
I had been working late the night before and noticed a couple of guys I didn't recognize in the supply cabinet. I was letting one of our administrative assistants know when she said "yah, our supplies get drained during back to school time". I was stunned. I work in a very large corporation and apparently several admins had been discussing how their supplies were down 60%. I couldn't believe it. Listen everyone....if you take office supplies from your place of employment for your own personal use and/or for your children's back to school needs you are STEALING!
The Admin I was talking to told me about how for the last couple of years she would take the good supplies out of the cabinet and put in cheap notebooks that were .50 each instead of the nice notebooks that she normally stocks. She also replaces a lot of the 'new' pens, pencils, and highlighters with left-over used ones in an effort to deter the theft problem. It is pathetic that a corporation has to take those types of measures. Kudos to our Admin for being creative in helping to thwart off the THEFT.
I realize I keep using words like Stealing and Theft, because that's what it is. It may seem to some that its no big deal to take a few supplies, after all the corporation makes millions of dollars. Guess what - it doesn't matter. Let's say YOU made millions of dollars. Does that make it right for your friends and neighbors to take a few things from your home for their own needs? You would say "NO" - it's not ok they have no right.
If I were in a position to fire people I would fire every single one that was caught helping themselves to office supplies for their own back to school needs. I don't care how much something costs - if you didn't pay for it and you take it - you are STEALING.
Thoughts - what do you all think about this type of behavior?
