Push the Dang Button!

We have a compactor in our store.  Wait...we actually have two compactors in our store...one for cardboard only and another for everything else.  Not too much is more frustrating than when someone

DOESN"T PUSH THE DANG BUTTON!

(is it "dang" or "danged" - English majors...a little help)

Let me explain the process.  Most of our product comes in cardboard boxes.  After stocking the shelves we have to dispose of this cardboard.  We want to make money not spend money so we place the cardboard in a compactor/baler and when the compactor/baler is full we tie up the bale and send it to a recycling center.

Part of the process is after loading the cardboard into the compactor you must compact it so that more  cardboard can fit.  This involves lowering a gate and then pushing a button

very simple

But

for some reason people can't

PUSH THE DANG BUTTON!

This causes inconvenience to the next person coming to dump their cardboard and also creates a culture where nobody

PUSHES THE DANG BUTTON!

This really isn't a rant on pushing buttons but it is a rant on showing each other consideration and fostering a sense of teamwork in the store.  The compactor button is just a symbol for the real issue.

What's the real issue?

Lack of consideration

Lack of teamwork

Laziness

For an operation to have the success desired everyone must be on the same page and must be willing to do the work necessary to accomplish the big picture goals - and the little picture goals for that matter.

Helping each other no matter what your job description

Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork!

Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM)

Yeah you have heard all of the cliches.  But really all you need to do is

PUSH THE DANG BUTTON!

Where ever that button may be and whatever shape that button is in...push it...

And happiness happens

Success happens

Create an Environment that Allows for Success...

PUSH THE DANG BUTTON!