Got the Jimmy Legs

For some stupid reason they have been keeping the air conditioning on full blast here, even though it's October (albeit, a rather warm October). This has something to do either with our LAN room (sort of makes sense) or the building renovation next door (makes no sense), depending on who you talk to. Whatever it is, it's totally annoying. I'm cold.

So I've been drinking lots of hot beverages, which is not unusual. But for the past week, I swear every single time I go to get coffee from our sub-par coffeemaker, there is barely any left. So not only do I have to drink the burned, sludgy dregs of the carafe, I gotta make another pot.

This wouldn't bother me but I know by the time I get back, it'll be back down to almost nothing again. I have made 3 pots of coffee today, and benefited from none of them. This is why communism doesn't work.

I hope our new parent company has Flavia.

Labels: Bad Stuff, Office, Weather

posted by Jimmy Legs at 12:06 PM

Comments:

We have Flavia. It's okay, but most people in the office apparently haven't figured out how to empty the bin when it's full. Not rocket science, but I sometimes feel like I'm the only one in the office who has mastered that particular skill set.

Posted by jenblossom | 1:20 PM

Jimmy Legs, this little story is sooo funny! The last time I worked in an office we had Flavia too and I really liked being able to make my little single serving coffee. Shouldn't that be standard for all corporate offices by now? My God, my Flavia experience was way back in 2000!

Posted by The Changeling | 3:17 PM

Flavia may not be the greatest, but i like its implicit libertarianism! but jen is right, people pretend they don't know how to empty the bin, but at least nobody has to wait for 10 minutes while the pot fills up again.

actually when i worked downtown they cut a hole in the counter to the empty packets would fall through into a trash can. but then of course the whole garbage can filled up and still nobody emptied it out. i love america.

Posted by Jimmy Legs | 3:31 PM

You know what, though. In my office we have Keurig, which I guess is similar (ours has pretty blue Star Trek lights, which is kind of cool). I can't stand it.

Yes, it's always there and it's never been sitting around all day turning into neutron coffee. But it's awful. It tastes like coffee-flavored cardboard juice. The French Roast tastes like coffee-flavored cardboard juice with damp paper towels. And when people have been making the French vanilla or hazelnut, then my normal coffee smells like the flavored kind.

I miss the kind of coffee that actually brews in water. They all have downsides. When it's all too much, there's a Starbucks downstairs.

Incidentally, it's my theory that they sold these individual serving coffeemakers to everyone on the promise that they'd save money, since employees wouldn't be able to steal the coffee any more.

Posted by Linus | 5:21 PM

IT IS CALLED A THERMOS. YOU MAKE THE KIND OF COFFEE YOU WANT AT HOME AND YOU BRING IT WITH YOU. YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF AND YOU FEEL GOOD AND YOU LAUGH AT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE THERMOS. YOU THEN BUY A BIGGER THERMOS.BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT AND WANT MORE.
JEEZ,
aL

Posted by Al | 3:45 PM

Al - Like I'd be capable of something that organized before coffee! It could never happen.

Posted by Linus | 11:46 PM