There is a serious issue when you have an office filled with programmers and not any sales people.
What is the issue?
The office fridge.
No one cares if the fridge starts smelling bad. You let it go and go until the fridge is so full that you are forced to clean it out.
That is exactly what happened with the RustyBrick fridge.
We got a shipment of sodas today and began to try restocking the fridge. But the cans of soda would not fit. So we began removing the old items in the fridge. There was a milk container that had hard chunks of cheese growing inside of it. There were old chinese noodles growing fungus on it. There were old egg rolls, old sandwiches and all sorts of things. We threw pretty much everything out and started from scratch.
We also popped in a new Arm and Hammer box to hopefully stabilize the smell.
What an experience. :)
Comments
Nasty Barry! Milk w/ chunks of cheese growing in it hit my gag trigger just reading it! I can't imagine tossing it out!
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Posted by: NeO | July 6, 2007 11:41 AM
I hope you didn't throw out my can!!!! I just put it in there yesterday :P
Posted by: Tamar Weinberg | July 6, 2007 5:53 PM
Some insider tips :)
1. For sodas get a soda machine (you can get one and set it to dispense sodas for free)
2. Get a coffee machine with the following features (all others are optional)
- The can is a thermos can to keep the coffee warm (don't get a separate can that requires refilling)
- Sensor that automatically switches the machine off after the brewing is done
- If it requires more than two buttons to push to start brewing, its of no use
3. Have a microwave to reheat leftovers from lunch in the evening
4. Have a snack machine with two slots filled with cookies
after you got all that
5. get rid of the fridge. Programmers don't know stuff that gets bad if it is not constantly refrigerated. The only exception is ice cream, but that should be bought, distributed and consumed without intermediate storage.
It forces the guys to make a decision at the end of the day if they have food left. Either throw it away (option 1) or take it home (option 2). The third option is the fridge (which does not exist anymore), but the fridge is only a method to avoid making a decision and in reality is that only a delaying of option 1.
They can tell themselves that they will eat it all day long until nature does what it does and making the decision for them. Programmers hate to make real life decisions :)
Posted by: Carsten Cumbrowski | July 7, 2007 1:41 AM
GET A CLEANING LADY RUSTBRICK
Posted by: CLEANER | July 9, 2007 9:39 AM