Office etiquette: Coffee

Most people at my place of employment don't understand the first thing about coffee etiquette. The brewer in our area has three burners, and my boss (the IT director) will make three pots as soon as he gets in (first person here usually). By 9:30, all three pots will be bone dry or close to it, and most of the time, the idiots who take all the coffee won't even bother turning the burner off, much less make a new pot. The part that pi**es me off the most is that to make a new pot, all you have to do is throw a new pack in the basket (filter and coffee all in one), and press a button (brewer is fed by the building's water supply), yet if you call someone out for not making a new pot, they make it sound like you're asking them to go down to South America, pick the beans, roast and grind them and brew it after they had to walk 20 miles to get the water. I spend most of my time in the NOC, so I just bought my own Mr. Coffee machine and put it in there. Only IT can get into the NOC, and only two of us drink coffee. Now, since we don't drink from the office machines, it's fun watching the rest of the non-coffee makers fret and fume because there's never any coffee for them. :bigsmile:

Got tired of the offic etiquette here. Nobody ever cleaned the Coffeemaker and often left half a cup in the pot. Last year, I bought two new coffemakers. I replaced the communal one and put the other one on my desk. So as not to hurt everyone's feelings, I told them I had switched to Decaf and would be using my own private coffeemaker and bought them a new one to replace theirs.

Worked perfect. I now keep a clean cofeemaker on my desk, use a premium selected blend and theirs looks like hell again.

NICE!!

I solved this problem by making my own coffee at home before I head out to work! I mostly only drink coffee in the mornings. Plus, my coffee grounds are WAY BETTER than the "bulk" kind at work!!!!

We do have an issue with the water cooler though, it seems like everyday I go to fill up I have to change it out. People are just lazy and disrespectful!

We have a Flavia machine, so someone can always make their own individual cup. We also have 3 pots of coffee on the counter, so if there is room in another pot to dump it, we are supposed to start a new one. Usually though, the Office Professionals end up starting most of it I think.

If you have the room at your desk, or a back desk, get a Keurig. There was a guy who did that in my last office, and the office ended up getting one of the commercial ones for the whole place and put one in every break room. Was the best thing ever.

it's Roll Up The Rim season here in Canada, a sure sign of spring, so all coffee pots in offices across the land have been abandoned, as we line up for our chance to win a donut!

I keep a French press, bean grinder, and my own beans at work. I guess I take more prise in my coffe than you do.

Typically we "man up" enough when there is almost nothing left to take a big swig of coffee, kill the pot, and refill it... but no coffee typically leads to riots where I work. People get stabbed.

Got tired of the offic etiquette here. Nobody ever cleaned the Coffeemaker and often left half a cup in the pot. Last year, I bought two new coffemakers. I replaced the communal one and put the other one on my desk. So as not to hurt everyone's feelings, I told them I had switched to Decaf and would be using my own private coffeemaker and bought them a new one to replace theirs.

Worked perfect. I now keep a clean cofeemaker on my desk, use a premium selected blend and theirs looks like hell again.

Just wait until someone gets pregnant or if someone's doctor tells them they need to cut back on the caffeine! :laugh:

I've since switched to Decaf. I have no problem sharing.