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The coffee machine on floor 3 broke, so I picked the cheap vending one over walking to the deli for 2 weeks
Our break room coffee maker died 2 weeks ago and nobody put in a ticket for it. I had two choices every morning: hit the $1.50 vending machine on floor 2 or walk 4 blocks to the deli for a $3.75 cup. I went with the vending machine out of pure laziness and I think I made the right call. It spits out this burnt, watery cup that tastes like hot cardboard, but I save $11 a week and I get to sit at my desk 10 minutes longer. My coworker Deb made fun of me until she tried it and now she drinks it too. The ticket for the real machine is still sitting in the queue from what I can tell. Anyone else just accept a worse option at work because the better one took too much effort?
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brian_coleman4d ago
The thing nobody talks about is how fast your taste buds just give up. I drank gas station coffee for a month straight during a rough stretch and by week two I genuinely could not tell the difference anymore. Your brain rewires itself around whatever is easiest and cheapest, and then the "good" stuff starts to feel like a waste of time and money. Deb caving is proof too, once someone else joins in it becomes the normal thing and nobody feels bad about it. The real trap is that the ticket sitting in the queue is never gonna get fixed as long as everyone keeps drinking the cardboard water. Why would management spend money on a machine when the floor is fully stocked with people who settled?
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