I managed finally, after lots of prodding of the site manager, to get a water cooler installed down here in our department. The water supply down here tastes funny (and is usually warm) so I complained. Unfortunately they’ve plumbed it into the same water source as the tap (duh, I did warn them of this) but with it being cooled, I can no longer taste the fun.
Increased efficiency due to being properly watered: 10%.
Loss of efficiency due to many more trips to the toilet: 2%. Bonus!
I wonder if I can get them to install a urinal down here now. Obviously not in the kitchen, that wouldn’t be hygenic, but there is space in the server room.
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We have a water cooler in the meeting room, which means we can only get water when no one is holding a meeting. Consquently, I use the nice-tasting-always-cold-always-available kitchen tap for my (excessive) water supply. People in my building seem to think I’m a heretic for doing this. “Tap water? More-highly-regulated-than-bottled-water tap water? Stuff-I’ve-been-drinking-for-25-years-and-not-once-got-sick-from tap water? Are you insane? All that tap water has clearly made you mad! We’re PAYING for a water cooler so use that instead – because if we don’t use it, THEN it’s a waste of money”. Sure, _then_ it’s a waste of money I think as I watch them use the never been cleaned or descaled kettle to make themselves yet another cup of coffee.
But then again, these are some of the same people that actually pay attention to the “this bottle is for the exclusive use of Evian mineral water. Do not refill” warnings on the side of water bottles. “Ugh, drinking water that has been sat in a plastic bottle? Are you insane?”. Quite clearly, I, with my double standards, am