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The price of efficiency

Discussion in 'General' started by BigBird, Jun 12, 2019.

  1. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    Got lunch and stopped for a coffee along the way.

    Things that got difficult along the way:
    -Trying not to spill said coffee (avoided one of those hole cover things for the environment and all)
    -Opening the multiple doors along the way
    -Getting security card out for entrance
    -Elevator
    -Swiping time clock

    What about the rest of you? What was more difficult when it started as an efficiency move
     
  2. Airport „security“
     
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  3. rd400racer

    rd400racer Well-Known Member

    About 50% of the time I was the first guy in the office, so I started the coffee. But when I wasn't the first, nobody else started it. So I did a little experiment and quit making it at all. Sure enough, nobody else stepped up and they even had the nerve to asked why I wasn't doing it. So my simple reply was, "what happened, did you break your arm!"

    Being the vindictive asshole that I am, I simply brought my own in. And it tastes a hell of a lot better than the free swill at the office.

    I realize this doesn't really fit the original question, I just felt like rambling on:D


    Oh, and a Thermos is your friend[​IMG]


    I'm picking out a thermos for you
    Not an ordinary thermos, it's true
    But the extra best thermos money can buy
    With vinyl and stripes and custom right in
     
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  4. Yeah, that was even more random than the OP :)
     
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  5. pickled egg

    pickled egg Tell me more

    Well played, ya jerk! ;)
     
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  6. stangmx13

    stangmx13 Well-Known Member

    id argue the plastic lid was made it increase efficiency. just think how much coffee waste there would be without those lids. thered be so much spillage and cold coffee poured down the drain without them.
     
  7. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    i was talking these little stopper things (google said they are called "splash sticks" by Starbucks)

    [​IMG]
     
  8. pscook

    pscook Well-Known Member

    I leave the wooden stir stick in the hole, and while it doesn't eliminate the splashing, it reduces the amount of coffee loss by orders of magnitude.
     
  9. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    How in the world do you get out of the coffee shop with enough in the cup to spill out of the little hole?
     
  10. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    I don't use a stirrer generally. Usually it's a latte so no need.

    Sent from my smatrfone
     
  11. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    I pickup from a mobile order. It's usually filled to the top.

    Sent from my smatrfone
     
  12. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    That doesn't change my question :crackup:
     
  13. eggfooyoung

    eggfooyoung You no eat more!

    Coffee? Random story time? Ok!

    So the story goes...

    When old man Huseman was still around on site at HGC, "break time" was defined as being as long as it took to drink a cup of coffee. He would fill up last while everyone else settled in to break time. Apparently the old man would down a scalding hot cup of coffee in one gulp, and then proceed to tell everyone break was over, get back to work.

    So the story goes...
     
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  14. nigel smith

    nigel smith Well-Known Member

    Don't any of you people have coffee pots at home? There is nothing efficient about paying six dollars for a bitter cup of over brewed swill courtesy of your local hipster barista. Gullible fools, the lot of you!
     
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  15. 10MM

    10MM Action Reaction


    He said lunch :p

    What if home is not efficient for a lunch break?

    Occasionally it is nice to be served a treat with no effort other than an exchange of funds :cool:
     
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  16. 10MM

    10MM Action Reaction

    To answer the original question, the day began its transition to the complex once the second foot hit the floor ... grrrr ...
     
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  17. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    Did you order a piece of quiche too? :Poke:
     
  18. Jed

    Jed mellifluous

    Bring your own cup with lid to Starbucks. Save ten cents and don't worry about spilling.
     
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  19. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    then how do you do a mobile order on a whim? :Poke:
     
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  20. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    well if you had an Eastport fanny purse you can always carry your favorite beverage container with you. If you were super cool and wanted to be my facebook friend...that cup might say YETI on it...
     

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