I work for a VERY large corporation in a kitchen as a cook. So we have what is referred to as “the drink shelf”. We are not allowed to keep drinks in the kitchen anywhere and are not allowed to consume any drinks in the kitchen. We are expected to walk about 100 feet, through another department and into a hallway behind doors where the drink shelf resides. We are allowed to keep out drink there and drink there.
So you don't have to be a genius to realize the result of this policy. Employees are very likely consistently dehydrated. Why? Because no one wants to walk 100 feet and leave their work area just to have a few sips of water.
The health department requires that all drinks in a food prep area, have a lid on them and be stored below food prep areas, so obviously, the goal is not to spill on food prep areas or food you are cooking. This has been the policy everywhere I have worked in my 24 years of cooking in kitchens. However, this company likes to make up stupid policies to make my job more difficult and affect my overall health negatively, while working. Kitchens are hot and you need to stay hydrated or you're not going to last very long.
Like, what kind of idiot came up with this and at no point thought that maybe the policy would be detrimental to the employees? LMK what ya' think. Thanks.