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Re: My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based water cooler

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Post by John4234 »

sjcsjc wrote: post #42
mythrwy wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That $800 plant isn't even a cactus as advertised (much less a desert cactus). Cactus are native to the Americas. The plant in the photo is a Euphorbia (closely related to the poinsetta sold around Christmas) and is from Africa. It looks like a cactus but isn't related at all. One way to tell the difference between cactus and these "imposters" is that real cactus have spines protruding from a detachable pad that can…

No doubt I'll feel silly for asking but what is IMOP? Google didn't provide any sensible answer.

The easy way to find such unknown jargons is to search google with " internet slang".

Re: My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based water cooler

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Post by detritus »

detritus wrote: post #65
justin wrote: post #16

I'm a customer of Bevi. I got it for our office after seeing it in another startup. I think Bevi is pretty great - cuts down on La Croix can wastage at the office. Some things could be improved: sometimes it runs out of CO2 and everything comes out flat.

How many [somewhat efficiently recyclable] cans of fizzy drink product would it take to match the sunk cost of building this thing, with its own plethora of [recyclable?] components requiring periodic replacement? And, is the end-product more enjoyable?

I guess I'll just have to accept the downvote as my answer... .

Re: My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based water cooler

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Post by dorkwood »

taneq wrote: post #39
philliphaydon wrote: post #25

I remember reading the book, the inmates are running the asylum. Where it talks about how Engineers take things like the alarm clock which just works but we make it over complicated.

Nobody forces you to buy the overcomplicated clock.

I tried to buy a set of scales the other day and could only find electronic ones. I chose not to buy any of them. But still, I was pretty close.

Re: My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based water cooler

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Post by econochoice »

Viker wrote: post #41
econochoice wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Humans are capable of both wonderful and terrible things. We're letting the ones who are willing to do terrible things for personal gain run wild with little accountability.

What is worse? The people doing that harm at least do it for personal gain. But the rest of the "bystanders" actively avoid taking action or raising any alarms because they "don't want to be that guy"....

Often, being "that guy" means inflicting a disproportionate amount of misery on yourself and your family.

Re: My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based water cooler

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Post by PotatoTomat0 »

raverbashing wrote: post #52
justin wrote: post #16

I'm a customer of Bevi. I got it for our office after seeing it in another startup. I think Bevi is pretty great - cuts down on La Croix can wastage at the office. Some things could be improved: sometimes it runs out of CO2 and everything comes out flat.

> I think Bevi is pretty great - cuts down on La Croix can wastage at the office. This sounds way entitled. But there are carbonated water machines that are not "smart" (meaning they aren't online and don't cost an arm an a leg to have a sw button running on a tablet)

Bevi truly sucks, I don't know if it is the way it is configured, the level of carbonation is too weak and the Temperature is just not cold enough.
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