what to do with all my time...I know! Count cubic feet!

01/25/2008 Subject line: READ: New Guidelines for the Refrigerators Take Effect 2/1/08

Good morning,
After a pleasant morning of cleaning out spoiled milk, outdated dressings, no-name bags and a myriad of other eye-opening delectables, it is obvious that while we've made great strides in keeping the refrigerators clean, there are some further guidelines that are needed.
1) Putting a name and date on your lunch is only good for one week. While we found many lunches today that had dates -- they were for early January and others that dated from 2007.
2) No more plastic or paper bags. They are environmentally unfriendly and they take up a lot of room (see guideline 3 for further information). Please purchase a reusable lunch container. This way your name can be on it permanently and we don't have to worry about your name falling off of your bag.
3) We have 170+ employees working out of this office. We have 30.8 cubic feet of refrigerator space*. If we are fair, and divide that by the 170 employees who occupy this office (give or take a few), that means you are entitled to .1812 cubic feet** for your daily lunch. Yes daily lunch -- not two day's worth, a week's worth or a month's worth.
4) Guidelines are rules and you bear the responsibility of following those rules. The refrigerators are cleaned out the last Friday of every month at 8:00 a.m. ET sharp. No more, "I didn't know," "I didn't see the reminder," "I thought," "But" ... or any other excuse.
* This is refrigerator space only. We have a little less freezer room -- 20 cubic feet.
** This works out to 313 cubic inches of refrigerator space per employee (approximately 7" X 7" X 7" or 8" X 8" X 4") and 203 cubic inches of freezer space (about the size of one frozen entree).

Thank you for your cooperation.