[Magdalen] coffee

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Whenever everyone shows up at once it is a disaster... at one of the 
seminaries I visit, they've  switched to one (1) Keurig and when the 
students pile in for 'that 5 minutes before class starts'.... 
forgetaboutit...

Lynn

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From: "Molly Wolf" <lupa at kos.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:11 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] coffee

> 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