Mar 31
How much to remove water bottle labels?
Posted by editor at 12:42 pm in workplace spirituality
I’ve watched the Los Angeles County Supervisors in action, but I did not realize that they had customized water bottles (to avoid advertising one brand). And, with that, you might suspect that removing the real labels and replacing them with the LA County Supervisor’s label was someone’s job:
Every week, a college student who earns $9.92 an hour for a range of tasks peels the labels off water bottles, uses a computer to print out new ones emblazoned with the county seal and slaps them on. The customized bottles are waiting for the five supervisors as they take on the official business of the nation’s most populous county.
Some suspect the real brand is Arrowhead. Some suspect that the college student will look back on this job and laugh.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Some suspect it would be more sustainable to use glasses and a pitcher. But then, who would wash the dishes?
March 31st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
You’d think so!
I wonder if they don’t use a pitcher for security reasons. Those supervisors are extremely powerful.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:26 pm
And we have a recession going on now, correct? Massive job loss? Curbing of unnecessary waste?
March 31st, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I don’t think they want to fire the college student….
The mayor’s office actually tried to use less bottled water, but I don’t think this worked.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:15 am
I wonder what is wrong with bringing your own bottle and drinking the county water? Or using those big, brown water dispensers that hotels use?
April 1st, 2009 at 7:20 am
That’s an interesting point. They could bring their own like everyone else!
The water dispensers seem not to be used at all(for security reasons, I’m guessing), but there’s nothing stopping them from bringing their own.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:52 am
Or save half the labor/time by removing the labels and not replacing them.