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Posted by G lib on 2005-04-15 20:35:19 +0000

First Fruits

This morning at work I went to the coffee pot and filled my clear travel mug up to the brim. I couldn't wait to have my third good, steaming, strong cup of joe to start my morning off right.
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It looked like weak tea.
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If this had been my 4th cup of morning coffee, I would have gone completely postal, and heads would have rolled at the library! Luckily, I was still pretty groggy.
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Let me back up--
We get Pete's Coffee here, and most people know how to brew it correctly. And most of the time the coffee tastes pretty good. It's just every once in a while that it just isn't right.
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After nearly 3 years at my job, and at the sunset of my second to last week here, I found out that my two closest colleagues are the ones who unabashadly take 'first fruits,' and RUIN the rest of the pot.
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What's worse is that they DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING WRONG
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Tell me, how could I have not noticed this for three long years? How could I have neglected to pass on my former barrista knowledge to people that have become like a family to me? How could I have overlooked their overwhelming flaws for so long?
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What have I done to deserve this?
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The pain and guilt are overwhelming.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-15 20:42:26 +0000

Bastards.

We have two carafes at work. In the one labeled "Decaf" the coffee is brewed using a single packet (about 10oz. of Green Mountain "Our Blend" or "Nantucket Blend"). In the one labeled "Regular" the coffee is brewed using two packets.

Sometimes the "Regular" carafe is pulled away and about a third of the coffee is reserved in the coffee pot used to fill the machine. It's a bit bizarre, I haven't found the culprit yet. I'm wondering now if the coffee is being brewed with a single packet and it's being split between a first fruits and a dregs carafe.

What's additionally puzzling is how many people actually prefer the brownish water in the "Decaf" carafe.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-04-15 20:43:01 +0000

I feel your pain, G. I'm known as the Coffee Nazi here, I call people on their poaching loudly and publicly. I even called Jack on it once... he was very apologetic.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-15 21:18:50 +0000

I have never heard of this first fruits thing before- is it because I don't work in an office?

Posted by Miriam on 2005-04-15 21:51:34 +0000

People in my office just go downstairs to Toscanini's.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-16 05:59:21 +0000

I just make myself a double espresso over ice....

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-04-18 12:55:23 +0000

You'll get your hand slapped in my house for that shiite.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-04-18 12:56:42 +0000

Hear hear, Dawn. Buying coffee is such a rip off. I make a pot at home in the morning and put it in a thermos, then I have good coffee all day. Fabtabulous.

Posted by rladew on 2005-04-18 13:08:52 +0000

Being a coffee junky for years w/ the same problems, Ive slowly been converting to Diet Pepsi in the morning...Not as bad as it sounds...
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Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-04-18 13:20:26 +0000

Bunny had Coke for 8 AM classes in college... Paging Dr Hanselman?

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-18 13:28:40 +0000

I need a bigger thermos.

Posted by G lib on 2005-04-18 17:52:52 +0000

The thermos: A little easier for those of you who drive to work, rather than us bus/walk/bike people.
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I like buying coffee, especially when the price of coffee includes the 2 hour rental fee of a table and chair in a cafe'. However, the $3 coffee bought on the way to work every single day doesn't make much sense to me. I once did it, now I'm too cheap.

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Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 19:08:24 +0000

How can a thermos be easier in a car than on the bus, subway, or walking? Logic is lost on me...

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 19:57:23 +0000

Cars have little cup-holders. Buses & subways don't. And if you put down your thermos whilst walking, it won't still be next to you when you get thirsty again. Probably.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-18 20:06:05 +0000

Most vacuum bottles do not fit in car cup holders.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:07:30 +0000

Oooh! Is this the male version of the pockets controversy?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 20:11:41 +0000

No. The question was a thermos in a car. I just don't see that being easy.

And the pocket thing is not controversy. It's simply female stupidity...

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-18 20:12:22 +0000

Any sort of cylinderical object that comes in a variety of sizes can be the impetus for some male dilemna.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-04-18 20:14:45 +0000

We're going back for a bigger thermos, right?

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:18:03 +0000

There are numerous parallels, you know.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:20:02 +0000

Hm. Someone's getting a bit tetchy...

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 20:22:16 +0000

Hey, the Hummer vehicle, muscle cars, and huge pink tank tops are male stupidity. I'm an equal opportunity stupifier...

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-18 20:25:18 +0000

I'm so unsatisfied with my vacuum bottle size right now.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:32:35 +0000

I really don't understand your opinion that the lack of decent pockets in women's clothing is somehow our fault. I realise that if we didn't buy them they wouldn't make them, but pret-a-porter fashion has little to do with what we want and lots to do with what's cheap and easy to make. The turnover is high and the selection limited. To clarify - I'm talking about work clothes for women who have desk jobs which require societally-approved professionalism in dress. Carhartt and Dickies are sadly unacceptable in that environment - in younger years I was actually flat-out told to change my style of dress if I wanted to get promoted.

I also am flabbergasted that someone still uses the term "muscle car"...

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 20:39:11 +0000

Who's fault is it then? Men's? Society's? Please...
Don't be a Meg Ryan!!!

"Still uses the term 'muscle car'"?
That's what Ford calls them in the company report they send me, and I believe it is industry wide. That's what I will use for clarity...
Any other suggestions?

Posted by G lib on 2005-04-18 20:43:23 +0000

MEG RYAN!!!
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That's a low blow, Dawn.
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Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:43:37 +0000

Now you're getting hysterical. It's no one's fault, it's just a pain in the ass (or, not a pain in the ass - if the back pockets happen to be faux). It's some harmless whinging. Have a cookie. x

And, incidentally, would it be bad to be Meg Ryan? I thought everyone wanted to either be or fuck her?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 20:44:49 +0000

truth hurts

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 20:46:06 +0000

'round here, that's not a very nice term.

I loved Joe vs. the Volcano, but everything else... sheesh

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:46:53 +0000

Sportscar. Sporty vehicle. Zippy little number. Muscle car sounds pathetically 80's, which, incidentally, Ford is.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:48:53 +0000

What's not a nice term? Cookie?

She's a cute little gibbon-monkey-girl with a shag haircut. No harm in that. And surely you're not suggesting that any quality films have been made in Hollywood in the past 30 years?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-04-18 20:51:19 +0000

There is an enormous difference between a sports car and a muscle car.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 20:54:00 +0000

Imagine, if you will, that I am stepping away from the podium and gesticulating for you to take the stage. Please, dear DB, do explain. Keeping in mind that I understand about as much about cars as I do about fine wine. Which is to say, precious little.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-18 21:08:30 +0000

See my post RE: cylindrical object.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-18 21:15:25 +0000

OK, since DB seems to be napping (or puzzling over how to answer this question), I found out myself: A muscle car, by the strictest definition, is an intermediate sized, performance oriented model, powered by a large V8 engine, at an affordable price. Most of these models were based on "regular" production vehicles. These vehicles are generally not considered muscle cars, even when equipped with large V8s. If there was a high performance version available, it gets the credit, and not the vehicle that it was based on. Examples: Buick GS, Chevrolete Chevelle SS, Dodge Charger R/T, Ford Torino/Cobra, Plymouth GTX, Plymouth Road Runner, Oldsmobile 442, Pontiac GTO.

According to www.musclecarclub.com, sports cars are not muscle cars because sports cars tend to be more expensive and have a more specialised design. So... muscle cars are simply crappy-ass sports cars?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-19 02:16:24 +0000

I go away for the weekend and all this cool shit goes down. Whoooo!

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-19 16:00:46 +0000

It is now time!

I'm off to lunch at home, and I'll be right back with an iced double espresso.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-19 17:02:36 +0000

Got a pot going right now myself.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-19 18:50:12 +0000

EXCELLENT!

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