I’ve moved to a different desk at Kim Labs recently, which is right next to the newly installed refrigerator. Anyone who knows anything about me should realize that this probably isn’t a good situation. Literally, without removing my headphones, I can reach the door to the ‘fridge and pull out a soda. The Pepsi bottling company has never been so pleased. I’ve been keeping it stocked in true Morlok style. Any who have visited the Minnesota Morlok house can attest to the ‘fridge downstairs that’s traditionally kept overflowing with drinks.
I’ve taken it upon myself to keep this ‘fridge stocked with plenty of diet pop to my liking. It’s not that I’m incosiderate of non-diet drinkers, it’s just I’m not going to make multiple trips to my car to haul additional cases of soda, and I can’t really carry more than 3 24-packs at once. Anyway, this afternoon I was unpacking some Diet Dr. Pepper into the refrigerator, and half way through the 24-pack, the design on the can changed. Apparently their going to a new logo for the soda, and I happened to receive the 24-pack in which that transition occurred (OK, I recognize that it could be spread over lots of 24 packs, but still). I was pretty impressed (with the multiple logos in one box, not the logo itself, it’s kinda whatever).
While I’m on the topic of soda in the work place, I’d really like to get a few things off my chest. When you’re at work, pop should be free. No two ways about it. I’m probably in the 98th percentile in terms of pop drinkers, and I only go through about 5-6 cans a day. When you think about it, even with a conservative estimate of $0.30 per can, that’s less than $2 a day to give your employee free soda. That’s $500 a year. In the scheme of things, that really not important when it allows your workers to just a grab a drink when they want and get back to work, rather than having to worry about making change with the payment bag, as done here at Kim Labs. Plus, the free soda really shows that you’re willing to take care of some of the little annoyances in life to make working just a little nicer for your people. When I have employees, the soda’s on me.
Dude, you gotta get off the junk.
ryan,
how many other workers are platooned in the cafeteria with you?
also, i HIGHLY doubt you can carry 3 24 packs at once. thats more than your wife weighs and i know you cant carry her. zing!
I have to publicly back morlok on this one – I have definitely seen him carry 4 “block party” style 24 packs so I would imagine he could handle 3. In the world of 24 packs there are of course the two major styles – the cube nicknamed the “block party” and the flatter, more broad-sided party “case”. The “block party” can be carried in a 2 high by 2 wide stack, two blocks per arm/hand combination. I have seen morlok achieve this setup. He loves his carbonated beverages – often to the point of placing his body at risk by attempting to hoard several (in this case 96) cans at once.
I can do 4 24-packs, but here we have stairs with doors with knobs. I can only do one 24-pack in the arm I use to open the doors.
Makes sense. Take that Steve’s ideas!
Maybe the mid-box logo change is a sign of great change to come, and the fact that your current job doesn’t pay for your diet carbonated beverage fix a sign that tough financial struggles lay ahead. Please stop missing the obvious clues!
I think it’s more of a problem that the people here aren’t engineers (and particularily aren’t computer people). I think the idea of free soda is more for the early Micrsoft mentality, and hasn’t really been adopted by other industries. Sad, though.