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The office coffee pot is not a science experiment, people
I'm convinced half my department in the Denver office thinks the 'brew' button is a suggestion, because they keep leaving the carafe on the burner for 6 hours straight. It makes the whole floor smell like burnt tires and the coffee tastes like battery acid. Has anyone else had to post a literal instruction sheet next to their machine?
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barbara_hall92d agoMost Upvoted
What finally got through to our team was putting a timer right on the counter. I told everyone if the coffee sits for more than an hour, it gets dumped and the next person makes a fresh pot. Did you try something like setting a kitchen timer next to the machine?
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seanperez2d ago
That idea about dumping it after an hour... I always thought that was a waste. My old view was that coffee is coffee, just reheat it. But seeing a timer on the counter actually changed my mind. It forces a real choice instead of just ignoring the old pot. Now the coffee is always fresh, and nobody has to drink the burnt stuff. It turns out dumping a little coffee saves a lot of bad moods.
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