[Magdalen] coffee

[Molly Wolf]

We used the system at a local B&B where we were having a meeting, and I experienced the same queue problem, especially as folks dithered over their options.

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Jan 4, 2015, at 12:47 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One other problem with Keurig in the office (doesn't apply to
> home):
> we had one but gave it up, first because of the landfill issues,
> when the hospital told us the K-cups were not accepted in their
> recycling stream,
> but second because of the queue.
> 
> When we brewed a pot, we passed it around at meetings, or
> else a staff member would play ganymede. The Keurig system
> made us queue for a cup at a time, broke the stream of meetings,
> became a major distraction and something of an issue.
> 
> Turned out that while people expressed preferences (Newman's
> Own, French Roast, Kirkland decaf medium roast), and bitched
> if somebody forgot "their" coffee (or bitched when somebody
> too the last of their fave), meetings worked better without that
> prelude to the first act.
> 
> I called it the K-cup Overture,
> 
> Went back to the old system.
> -M