Coffee Machine Failure
So, I was at work the other day, getting cheap “break-room” coffee from the coffee machine, and I put in my seventy-five cents and it dropped down a cup and proceeded to do nothing whatsoever.
This has happened to me in the past, and really all it means is that have to walk all the way to the next break-room and get a cup of coffee there. But, now I have lost the seventy-five cents I put into the first machine. Fortunately, it didn’t take long to convince myself that if I buy enough coffee from the machines, my average number of failures tends to zero-ish and so I lose no money at all. That’s how that works, right?
On the other hand, the machine supposedly gives away a free cup of coffee every fifty cups purchased. I have experienced this phenomenon twice, I believe, in the 3 years or so now that I have been at my present job buying coffee from the break-room. So, I guess I’m making money on the deal? It is funny when it happens though, because you put in your money, make your selection, and it spits your money back out at you, as if to say, “Pfft!Your money is no good here, my friend. Have some coffee.” And then the little cup drops down and the coffee pours out and I am happy.
Tags: break room, coffee machine, failures, free coffee
From "That which must be mocked"
Darcy said,
January 27, 2007 at 8:29 am
You could fill out one of those forms and get your money back.
me said,
January 27, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I thought about that, but that’s a lot of work…
Darcy said,
January 28, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I’ll fill out the form for you if you give me 50 cents of it.
me said,
January 28, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Hehe. So I end up with a quarter. Hmm. It’s a quarter I don’t have today, that is true.