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  • #1

    It not listed in our amenties!

    (suspected demon member)...detected

    Ok, soooo...we're supposed to make lobby coffee every shift, but I usually don't because the breakfast crew does it for me in the mornings. The manager said technically we're not supposed to leave the desk, but if someone asks for a fresh pot, then do it. Fair enough, and I have.

    Enter Stupid Old Man. SOM for short. So the coffee's been out for five hours or so, and it's now tepid. I know cuz I had myself a cup five minutes ago. SOM makes himself a cup, and spits it out...

    SOM: Coffee's cold!!!!!

    Me: Oh, um, well, the breakfast crew is about the make some in a few minutes.

    SOM: Huh?!

    Me: *repeats*

    SOM: You should alwaaaaaays have hot coffee, alwaaaaaays.

    Me: *internal growl*

    Why is it that they think coffee is 24/7? IT'S NOT LISTED IN OUR AMENITIES! Ergo, they're not paying for it. It's completely free from our pockets. And yet they still complain!

    And yet they still think we're a @*#$*@# coffee house! We're @#*$*#ing hotel, not a @*#$#@*ing coffe shop!!!!!! ARgh!!

    I figure I have to write a note for the manager in case he complains. So I won't be sentenced.

    As for SOM, he came again for coffee five minutes later after the BF crew made a fresh pot, giving me dirty looks all the while.

    SOM: Alwaaaaaaays. *leaves*

    I thought about bringing up the fact that 24/7 coffee is not in our amenities, but I figured it wasn't worth it. Old men tend to be stubborn.
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    Wow, I've never had this complaint. I work nights and I generally don't make coffee until 4am. Our rooms have mini coffee pots, so that might have something to do with it. Former full time night guy always appreciated when there was a fresh pot at the start of his shift. I don't drink the stuff, so I'm not sure how old the stuff is by the time I get there.
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    • #3
      Quoth HotelMinion View Post
      SOM: You should alwaaaaaays have hot coffee, alwaaaaaays.

      SOM: Alwaaaaaaays. *leaves*
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      • #4
        Quoth HotelMinion View Post

        SOM: Coffee's cold!!!!!
        me: Is it? I don't drink coffee. (works if you don't have a cup visible). Luckily the coffee maker will be here shortly and they will make a fresh pot.

        (most coffee drinkers don't want a non-coffee drinker to make coffee. In their minds it will not be done right.)

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        • #5
          Non-coffee guy here. So...just to make sure: It goes: filter in the thingy, pour pouch of coffee grounds into filter, thingy into machine, pot under spout, water in the top, brew, then pour coffee back into the top after it's done, right?
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          • #6
            Ya beat me to it, Jack.
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            • #7
              Quoth EricKei View Post
              Non-coffee guy here. So...just to make sure: It goes: filter in the thingy, pour pouch of coffee grounds into filter, thingy into machine, pot under spout, water in the top, brew, then pour coffee back into the top after it's done, right?
              The coffee has to be measured out, otherwise it will be TOO strong.

              This is why I prefer to make the coffee at work . . . some folks will dump half a CAN into the filter just to make one pot!

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              • #8
                Quoth Mr Hero View Post
                Our rooms have mini coffee pots...
                O/T, but those are really good for making Easy Mac if you don't have a microwave.

                Hubs isn't allowed to make my coffee anymore. He always gets it wrong, or puts the filter in lopsided and I end up with a pot full of grinds.
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                • #9
                  Quoth Aragarthiel View Post
                  O/T, but those are really good for making Easy Mac if you don't have a microwave.

                  Hubs isn't allowed to make my coffee anymore. He always gets it wrong, or puts the filter in lopsided and I end up with a pot full of grinds.
                  Those mini coffee pots sound like a handy thing to have around . . . I think I still have a 4 cup model packed away somewhere.

                  Too bad I don't have room for it near my desk at work . . . otherwise I'd have it there with me if I didn't have to worry about somebody messing w/it while I was gone.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth DGoddessChardonnay View Post
                    The coffee has to be measured out, otherwise it will be TOO strong.

                    This is why I prefer to make the coffee at work . . . some folks will dump half a CAN into the filter just to make one pot!

                    I'd like to drink coffee, not Oklahoma crude, thankyouverymuch.
                    lol, don't hate me! I'm that person. Yup. Nothing worse than weak coffee, except instant. *shudder* Since I'm pretty much the ONLY person who brings the coffee (meaning that I pay for it), I figure I'll make it how I want. To be fair whenever I've seen someone about to pour a cup I'll warn them about how strong it is, and mostly they've replied that they also like strong coffee.

                    You know, some places supply the coffee for the break room. I wish I worked at a place like that. Oh, and my mom hates coffee, but she makes the best coffee ice cream I've ever had! This time of year I start making coffee ice cubes, makes great iced coffee or slushies. I generally have a bit left in the pot which would go to waste anyway. Now I want coffee.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth EricKei View Post
                      pour pouch of coffee grounds into filter
                      Quoth DGoddessChardonnay View Post
                      The coffee has to be measured out, otherwise it will be TOO strong.
                      Would you trust YOUR co-workers to measure the coffee properly (especially if they haven't had their first cup yet)? That's why it's shipped in pre-measured pouches.
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                      • #12
                        Quoth notalwaysright View Post
                        You know, some places supply the coffee for the break room. I wish I worked at a place like that. Oh, and my mom hates coffee, but she makes the best coffee ice cream I've ever had! This time of year I start making coffee ice cubes, makes great iced coffee or slushies. I generally have a bit left in the pot which would go to waste anyway. Now I want coffee.
                        We used to have a 3rd party company that supplied coffee and accessories when we had hot coffee for sale in our deli, but Corporate decided we weren't making enough money off it so they had the coffee maker and supplies removed.

                        So our former ass man (Gump, how I still miss him) gave us money out of the petty cash to buy a basic coffeemaker for the breakroom. We employees buy everything else (foam cups, the coffee, creamer, sugar etc.) to use.

                        I'll buy filters and have brought in creamer before, so when I can I donate (it's usually been Tina getting the coffee since I rarely have damaged coffee coming back to reclaim) and I have a thermal travel mug that I take to work with me so in case I want to get fresh coffee, I've got my own cup so I don't have to use any of the foam ones.

                        And I think I'm the only one who takes my coffee mugs home and clean them regularly - Grasshopper has one in the back office that's been there at least a month or more now (I think his other one is in the front office also.)

                        And I've tried carrying my own creamer when those new portable Coffee Mate bottles came out but they spoil too quick (but then the freshness date is not very far out either. I think the one I had went bad within a month.) And if I try to keep a bottle w/a receipt in the dairy cooler, somebody could mistakenly throw it out (and I"m the words' worst for finding damaged stuff in the cooler - out it will go unless it's got a receipt w/somebody's name on it. We have had to warn coworkers to put their name on stuff if they don't want it thrown out but half of them won't listen, but I digress.)

                        Either way, I'll need a portable fridge w/me just for my creamer, otherwise it could disappear b/c of the other coffee nuts we have.

                        Guess I'll have to start carrying a cold bottle in my insulated lunch cooler and keeping it in the dairy cooler . . . I've kept it in there before and nobody has offered to mess with it (actually I think they know it's mine and they are scared to look at it directly.)
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                        • #13
                          Quoth DGoddessChardonnay View Post
                          And I think I'm the only one who takes my coffee mugs home and clean them regularly - Grasshopper has one in the back office that's been there at least a month or more now (I think his other one is in the front office also.)
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                          • #14
                            I'd like to drink coffee, not Oklahoma crude, thankyouverymuch
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                            • #15
                              Ice Cold Coffee

                              I only make and drink my coffee cold.

                              Ice Cold that is, with milk, cinnamon, sugar and a pinch of salt.

                              Yes, I know a lot of you will say that is not real coffee, but the original SC would get nowhere trying to convince me that coffee must always be available hot. I am the guy who puts the pot in the fridge to cool down in the first place.

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