I heard that some people suffered strange reactions to the daylight savings time this year. I don’t know about that, but on Monday I slouched into work and started the coffee, as I have probably hundreds of other times. But this morning I somehow put in the filter and pressed “Brew” without actually putting the coffee pot in place. Then I staggered away to check my email.
I came back a few minutes later to find the VP of Sales and another co-worker frantically scooping up and bailing out the coffee as it cascaded onto the countertop, as though they were sailors aboard a submarine in a coffee-filled ocean, and the hull had been breached by a gigantic sugar cube.
I have a couple of justifications I’ve been giving about the incident:
- Studies show that caffeine is good for the countertops; I’m doing my part to protect the integrity of the company’s internal infrastructure.
- It was abstract art. Medium: coffee on countertop.
- I wanted to foster teamwork and cooperation among my colleagues, so that they would join together in service of a common cause.
Regardless, it was worth it to get those extra daylight hours a few weeks early.
Anyone who sees me at work knows that I believe coffee is good for the front of lab coats.
Oh, that’s awesome. I feel so much better now. On Monday, I failed to track how many spoonfuls of coffee I was dumping into the pot. When my boss poured a cup and took a sip, she made a face and spit a mouthful of chewy black liquid into the sink. My excuse? No one should have to make coffee before they’re fully caffeinated. Which is, of course, the main conundrum of the modern cubicle world.
Hi, Greg. I owe you cookies. I have not forgotten. I’m just lame.
I’ve never done that, I am however often guilty of failing to add water, coffee, or both before pressing the button.
Call your art “Works in Coffee.” Anything called Works in or on something is always artistic.
Today, I had coffee on my socks -
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See, this is why I drink Mountain Dew for my caffiene intake. The most I ever have to worry about is reading someone’s blog and spitting refreshing pee-colored liquid over the screen because I’m laughing so hard. I am going to remember the giant sugar cube all day and laugh at inappropriate moments. Thank you.
you know, i sort of did the same thing, except i did it at home with our little one-cup thingy. except i forgot to put the filter in and just put all the coffee into the, um, other thingy, and it got all backed up and went everywhere. now i feel less bad, too. and stuff.
Several days ago I had one of my employees do something similar but he forgot to put the basket into the coffee maker so hot water sprayed out through the sprinkler - like nozzle.
We had to wait for the brew cycle to end because no one could get to the machine through the spray of boiling water.
Later that day, the guy got promoted.