How do you leave things for the next person?

These reflections will focus on work, but if you extrapolate slightly they can function for everything from toilet paper rolls to butter dishes. I've mentioned obligations earlier on in this Blog, and so this diatribe will be an extension of those in a sense. If you were raised in a certain way and especially within work processes, you were trained with obligations toward the person or persons who would either work beside you or follow you in. (I'm not sure how common that is today.)

Which meant that you cleaned and put tools back where they could be found, you did not leave tools and other objects in the way of work passages, you were aware that what was done in the environment might affect the work others (eg. excessive noise from a boom box), etc. This does not take a high degree of intelligence, but does require a sensitivity to the needs of others. Yes?

Part of this has been "inspired" by the sounds coming from a work site boom box quite a distance from where I hear it. Also, I've had a few experiences with some workers who are new around here, and thus haven't run up against my expectations before (!). It would seem that signage might be called for in some instances, at least temporarily. My hope is that brief mentions to people will do the trick, I am unhappy with redundancy in this area. Undoubtedly part of the problem is what I describe as "self-preoccupation," which makes memory about the needs of others seem to pale. With age I need to be more and more mindful of this myself.