Sep 12, 2006 08:28 PM
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How do your co-workers behave in your office coffee/break room?
Over the years I have observed some traits and ... well let me share them.
The Coffee Machine is Mine!
Such folks always tend to take over the coffee machine. They stand in adefensive stance protecting the entire coffee machine. They alwaysfidget with the machine though the dumb machine is just dripping coffeein a glass pot. Such folks will not relinquish control till they havefinished taking enough coffee to wake up the entire office.
I love Decaf and so should you
I am sure every office has a few people who are health freaks. Theywant everything decaffeinated. So they come in bright and early andbrew two to three pots of decaf coffee. In walk the regular folkslooking for a cup of joe and find all pots filled with decaf!
Our break rooms have two coffee machines. Early morning or after lunch I always find two pots of decaf
Why drink coffee at all if you dont want caffeine to perk you up? Why not drink warm water instead??
I love tea
These people are usually meek about their activities in the break room.They will politely wait for you to fill up your cup with coffee. Allthey want is to use the hot water tap on the coffee machine to maketheir tea.
Algorithm inventors and the world is on my shoulders
Yes this category sounds weird but you will notice these folks. Usuallytwo or three folks will be discussing some deep topic related to work.Some will talk some techno stuff. Some will be talking of how great ajob they have at hand, etc. etc.
I have no problems with these people, but after taking the coffeeplease MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. Dont crowd around the coffee machine. Letothers come easily near the machine and take coffee without having tosay 'excuse me'.
I have a 100 foot long kitchen platform
These people are the most irritating. They will take coffee and thenplace the cup at the end of the break room platform. Then they willcome back to the coffee machine to pick up the creamer. Off they go tocream their coffee. Then they have to come back for the sugar orsweetner. And off they go. Then they have to come back for the stirrer.
Please take a minute and make the coffee at one go. Stop interferingwith others trying to take coffee. I guess they love to do this as thisgives them some purpose to be in office.
I have work to do, so let me out quick
These folks come into the room, take their cup of coffee and leave.They dont crowd the coffee machine. Sometimes they will take the extrastep to put on a new cup of coffee to brew if the pot is alsmot emptyafter they have taken coffee.
I save cooking gas at home, I cook in office
These types of folks are microwave hogs at office during lunch time.They put their lunch box inside the microwave, set it for 5 or moreminutes and then go away. Now you have to wait till they come back andremove the lunch box.
Why 5 minutes? Are you cooking in office?? Dont you have a gas stove at home???
I wish to spread my culture to your nostrils
Some folks heat up God-knows-what and the whole microwave and the breakroom smells of something so bad, that not a single hair in your nostrilsurvives and you almost feel there is a bio-terror or chemical-weaponattack. Gaaawwwd, did the cat die in the microwave??
I can take the foulest of far t smells, but some recipes!! I give up!!
The microwave is for me alone, please wait as I reheat
Such folks will put their lunch boxes to heat for 2 or 3 minutes only,but they go off to the restroom or back to their desks and expectothers to wait till they come back.
Sometimes others waiting in line will remove the lunch box after theheating is done so that they can heat their lunch. Now our specialfolks come back and put the box in again. Its fine they reheat it, butthey dont stand in line. Just shamelessly break the line.
Phew, Thou name is Life :-)
