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Coffee in the Office
Feb. 9, 2011 | self

Posted on 02/09/2011 6:53:00 PM PST by CH3CN

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1 posted on 02/09/2011 6:53:03 PM PST by CH3CN
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I too am a dinosaur - I say GO 4 it!


2 posted on 02/09/2011 6:54:30 PM PST by Sioux-san
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Are you the secretary?

Let the boss get his/her own!


3 posted on 02/09/2011 6:55:09 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

Agree...totally obsequious!

Ugh...if the same sex..kinda too personal.


4 posted on 02/09/2011 6:57:03 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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Where we are, it is more like an Olympic race to drink it before everyone else, and in my case, get to it and clean it before someone makes coffee on top of coffee that has been sitting over night.


5 posted on 02/09/2011 6:57:25 PM PST by mnehring
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Well, I guess I’m a secretary. I take care of a gang of graduate students and am the only “staff” person there. I make the coffee for everyone, have for 25 years. The new boss didn’t seem to mind the coffee the first year, but suddenly he tries to beat me to the coffee maker to get his own, or hides his cup and I have to ask for it. It’s obvious someone has told him it’s not a good thing to let me get him coffee in the morning.


6 posted on 02/09/2011 6:58:31 PM PST by CH3CN
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When I was the boss (I am retired), I always appreciated it.


7 posted on 02/09/2011 6:59:08 PM PST by ixtl ( You live and learn; or you don't live long.)
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It’s ok because it is a nice thing to do but first ask the boss if he’d have an issue with you doing that. The world needs more kind-hearted servants.


8 posted on 02/09/2011 7:00:18 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (Supreme Court overturns car)
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If some toady screwed up my coffee by putting cream in it, I'd find cause to fire him. Oh, wait, this is an "At will" state. I don't need a cause. "Your services are no longer required, security will escort you out" is all that's needed.

/johnny

9 posted on 02/09/2011 7:01:14 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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What is so strange these days is that everyone needs a coffee or a soda when they work.

Today at the post office all the clerks had large (very large) cups of soda. The other day at a restaurant the hostess has a large coke which she spilled all over her list of reservations, and at the bank every single teller had a cup of coffee or soda. Reading through the restaurant health inspection reports the #1 infraction was a personal container of liquid on a counter near food preparation.

Why is everybody so thirsty all of a sudden?


10 posted on 02/09/2011 7:02:29 PM PST by ladyjane
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but suddenly he tries to beat me to the coffee maker to get his own, or hides his cup and I have to ask for it.

Then stop doing it! What's the problem?

11 posted on 02/09/2011 7:03:44 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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Yea, I like mine neat, too. But the boss likes cream, and some of the other guys do too so I keep it in the office. Sugar and the pink stuff, too. (Yuck!)


12 posted on 02/09/2011 7:03:57 PM PST by CH3CN
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I would suspect that someone had peed in it and would dump it.

Thats our world today.


13 posted on 02/09/2011 7:04:05 PM PST by right way right
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Everyone wants to get their coffee and soda before Michelle outlaws caffeine?


14 posted on 02/09/2011 7:04:42 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (Supreme Court overturns car)
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It's only thoughtful if he appreciates it. If he's hiding the cup, he doesn't want you to make him coffee.

If he's this touchy, I wouldn't show up topless, either.

15 posted on 02/09/2011 7:05:08 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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Courtesy is never out of date.


16 posted on 02/09/2011 7:06:13 PM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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I’ve known my boss 18 years. He’s a guy, too. Getting him a coffee is like getting him a beer.


17 posted on 02/09/2011 7:08:14 PM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

The boss is a kindly, older Chinese gentleman. He was quite honored at first. I finally asked him if someone had told him the coffee thing was taboo and his shook his head yes. He thinks he offended me by letting me bring coffee. I tried to explain it’s only demeaning if he demands I bring coffee. I just don’t understand why it’s suddenly become a problem, so I thought I’d run it by you folks. Is it really taboo now?


18 posted on 02/09/2011 7:08:25 PM PST by CH3CN
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Why is everybody so thirsty all of a sudden?

HEY HONEY! FETCH ME A BEER!

19 posted on 02/09/2011 7:08:42 PM PST by MountainDad (Support your local Militia)
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To: right way right

Where you in the USN?


20 posted on 02/09/2011 7:09:07 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
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