There are many reasons for my continued employment at
Acme Grommets and Gravel, very few of which have anything to do with financial
security.
Firstly, there’s my love of the pre-dawn alarm
clock.
Then there’s my goodly skills with English.
Srsly.
And of course there’s my reputation as a sprightly and
energetic dancer.
Truth be told, however, the real reason I continue to
appear EVERY DAY, ALL DAY at Acme Grommets and Gravel, is because of the
25-cent sodies in the break room.
Canned pop! For a
quarter! Coke, both Diet and Regular;
Orange Fanta; Diet Dew and, somewhat seditiously, both regular and diet Pepsi,
the temperature is proudly displayed right there near the coin slot.
Ooooh, but there’s nothing like a 34-degree Diet
Coke.
So you can imagine my dismay when I walked into the break
room the other day, pulled a quarter from my back pocket, raised the coin to
the slot – and noticed the glowing red light of the temperature display.
Forty-two degrees.
Well.
I barely skirt having my eyeballs freeze every morning at
the bus stop, my love of gravy has ensured
that my thighs bear the imprint of the seams of my pants and now my pop is at 42?
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25 comments:
hold on here, sugar1 y'all drink coke in the mornin' and not coffee??? *sigh* that ain't right. ;) xoxoxox
The rigors of life. 42. Horrors!
Could be worse. The other sign on the pop machine could have read $1.00. You know, like it does for the rest of us.
;)
It's a cross I bear.
A DOLLAR for a soft drink, Dawn? What're you, in Ohio? ;-)
What's a pop machine? (Here in Canada . . .)
It's enough to send a gal out to the unemployment office to find a new job.
Wow that sounds like a dream:) Hug B
Fortunately you could just put it outside for a bit to put that little edge on it doncha know?
Silliyak had the solution, probably just two minutes near the window.
Hari Om
...well... does that mean it rots gut slower or quicker??? ... YAM xx
Soda for a quarter, and you're complaining it's not cold enough???? I was paying $1.00 for soda out of the machine at the place I worked 15 years ago!!!
There is a thin veneer of niceties that keep civilization from descending into anarchy, and cool pop is one of those. I think you should start a revolt.
Or step outside. Like you said.
Oh, the inhumanity!!
Wow, two-bit sodie? By my calculation that machine was last restocked in 1955. Price'll shoot way up when it runs out.
42? They must keep a heater on it all winter to get it that warm! Just getting it home from the store is enough to freeze it nearly solid. The fridge is what keeps it from freezing until about July.
Righteous indignation about this entitlement.
Just set it outside for 30 seconds, and she'll be all good.
Speakin' of which, I carried grocery bags in to the house just now, not wearing mittens, and I still can't feel my thummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmbs.
Least they could do is hook a tube up that blows some of that arctic air we've been getting into your sodie machine. It would be free so they could lower the price a tad.
they'll save a bit on electricity so they can keep rotting your teeth and your insides 25 cent a pop! :)
Pop too hot? Run it downstairs, (running is good for gravy fed thighs)and sit it on the footpath for a minute and a half. Cold pop!
I am past the sodie stage of my life. I would be enticed by 25¢ ice cold hard cider, though.
25 cents? I'd be buying six a day and supplying my own fridge. Sodie? You sure you aren't from St. Louis?
Our company furnishes all the the coffee, tea and soda for free. They also furnish some snacks.
I think it's part of the employee retention program.
Harumph! I hope you give HR a piece of your mind! :-)
Worstest place I ever worked had FREE softdrinks!!!
Having just been to your fair shores, I now know how to work out your temperature doo-hickey.
All you need do is subtract 32, divide by 9 and multiply by 5 for it to make sense - so 1 degree C up to over 5 degrees - valid vent!
I told one of your fellow countrymen (who I am apparently related to, through marriage) about the mindblowing possibilities of a temperature system where freezing was represented by a 0 and boiling by 100. He had never heard of such a thing...
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