At my workplace, despite having free coffee on each floor, employees are allowed to clock in, then 1-2 hours later waste 30 minutes going down to stand in line at the coffee shop.
Or they’ll clock in, then go get a full breakfast.
It’s ridiculous and a waste of money, but I blame the infantilization of the workforce.
(“If we don’t let them buy coffee and scroll on their phones, they’ll quit!”)
Dang .... I can learn to like coffee more ......
I might even ... actually ... work! ...
I’d take the free coffee any day. On my floor at headquarters in Maryland — I’m mostly remote in Florida — there was a good Keurig machine that somebody who recently retired was letting people use. I brought my own pods into the office and used it. As far as I know, the machine is still there, but it was failing the last time I was up there. Free coffee!