Friday, February 24, 2006
But what does it all mean???
I'm not a big coffee drinker, I usually drink tea, but I often will have one cup first thing in the morning while at work. I'm not really sure why that is because I don't really love the taste of coffee but I attribute it to being just too lazy to make tea. So this morning I walked up to the coffee machine, put my quarter in and pushed the button. Generally while the machine makes my coffee, I turn around and peruse the stuff on the company bulletin board to see if there is anything new or interesting on there. Today was no different, and seeing that nothing had changed on the board from yesterday, I turned back to the machine just in time to see it dispense the milk and then my coffee onto the cup. Not INTO the cup, but ONTO the cup, which had dropped out of the machine and fallen on its side. Great. I could do nothing at that point but let it finish pouring my purchase down the drain, and then mock me by beeping and flashing "Beverage Ready" on the display. Mildly annoyed, I put in another quarter and stood ready to right the cup if it happened again. This time, the machine made some of its coffee making noises, then stopped, beeped several times and flashed the cryptic message "product volumetric meter fail". I am guessing that means that it failed to volumetricly meter the product. Then, as a final insult, it refused to return my quarter. So I did all of the things one is socially obliged to do in such instances, push the coin return button maybe 53 times, shake the machine, stomp, grumble. None of that helped.

I returned, coffee-less, to my office and told my boss that he was lucky that I was still at work. My rational was that nothing good could come of the day starting off like this and that if I had any good sense at all, I would go home, climb into bed, seatbelt myself in and wear a helmet, in an effort to protect myself from the bad things that are no doubt going to befall me as this day wears on. His reply was that the rest of the day ought to be a breeze, as I have likely gotten the worst event out of the way early. I really hate these "The-Glass-Is-Half-Full" types, and told him so.

We'll see how this goes today. I am going to stay at work, but I'm wearing both my hardhat and my tinfoil beanie, just to be on the safe side.
thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 8:04 AM
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