Yvonne LamShared whiteboard markers as synedoche for what happens when people don't take care of a shared common resource.
(No, I don't know why people don't throw out the markers that don't write, but they don't.)
I don't think it's inevitable, but I also have no idea what is going on in people's heads when they put the non-writing markers back on the whiteboard tray.
Dawn Ahukanna@yvonnezlam … because if they they put the non-writing implement in the bin, they’d have to find it’s replacement?
Marsh Gardiner 🌱🐝@dahukanna @yvonnezlam oooh, great point… plausible deniability. Ooof.
@earth2marsh @yvonnezlam I’ve observed similar “not my ‘paid job’ to clean up & provide the replacement” behavior in office setting with people:
- putting virtually empty milk cartons back in the fridge rather than replacing it
- putting virtually empty coffee pots back on the plate rather than brewing a new one, etc.
Making the effort to “replace used marker with new one” situation is more of the same “taker” attitude.
Give & take Book-https://adamgrant.net/book/give-and-take/
TED talk-https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker
@dahukanna I am Team "I'd rather be able to tell at a glance that there are no whiteboard markers than find out the hard way that while there appear to be whiteboard markers, none of them write."
0xC0DEC0DE07EA@yvonnezlam @dahukanna yes! 100%
@c0dec0dec0de @yvonnezlam me three and comes right back, full circle to the never ending story of “housework”.