Silly rant, but people keep steeling my tissues

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

And it is driving me CRAZY! I leave mid-day, so people are in and out of my office even when I am not here to grab band-aids, ice packs, and apparently TISSUES!!! Seems like an annoying, petty complaint, but I have sick kids in and out all day and I will go to reach for the box and it is gone. I just put a new one on my desk yesterday morning and the entire box walked sometime between 2 pm yesterday and 8 am this morning. They tissues are stored two floors up in a big storage closet so it is a PITA to go get them, and we are not allowed to hoard them. Grrrr....rant over

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Specializes in retired LTC.

People are sometimes so inconsiderate with other people's stuff. Could you just put your stuff away somewhere in your office, so out of sight - out of mind!?!?

Better still, get a big roll of duct tape and TAPE the tissue box down securely to the tabletop. Maybe they'll get the hint?

Of course, do you really know who's taking it?

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Specializes in School Nurse, past Med Surge.

Last year I had several items go missing: a brand new tube of TAO, disinfectant wipes, handfuls of cough drops...

I finally put a sticky note on my counter that said "PLEASE stop taking my stuff!!"

Did the trick.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

I love you guys. Hang in there!!! We finally had to lock everything up because band aids and mouthwash walked away one evening.

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Specializes in kids.

I am the dispenser of things snot related...there is a case in the waitng room. Not sure why it is my issue however....

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The water cooler disappeared from my office one summer. Desk chairs, wheelchairs and even the scale have walked away since I have been here.

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Specializes in School nurse.
I am the dispenser of things snot related...there is a case in the waitng room. Not sure why it is my issue however....[/quote

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Me too Meg. SMH. I put the case on the floor behind my door because I got sick of people waking through my office all the time, being nosy, and complaining about everything.

I did finally get rid of lost and found, thankfully.

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Specializes in retired LTC.
The water cooler disappeared from my office one summer. Desk chairs, wheelchairs and even the scale have walked away since I have been here.
Two gomco machines (the ones with their own little table).

Like how does a gomco just walk out of a NH?!?

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I have one staff member that takes handfuls of the cough drops. Drives me bonkers! Like dude, they are here for an as-needed basis, not to stock your pockets every time you have a tickle in your throat!

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I started locking up my tissues and Clorox wipes. They kept on disappearing. I think the teachers send the kids/students to come down and get them from my office. Unfortunately, I have a very limited budget for my school and my tissues and wipes come out of this budget.

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.

I let them take tissues and such, but things like medication for the staff, I tell them they need to get their own crap, because I don't have enough budget to buy them Tylenol.

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I started locking up my tissues and Clorox wipes. They kept on disappearing. I think the teachers send the kids/students to come down and get them from my office. Unfortunately, I have a very limited budget for my school and my tissues and wipes come out of this budget.

I have almost 1300 students and an $800 budget. Hard to make it stretch even when people don't help themselves to stuff. SPED department has already "borrowed" 3 boxes of gloves this year. We will pay you back when our order comes in. Problem is they never give the office manager an order. I told them with box #3 that this was the last I can spare this year.

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