Tuesday, August 29, 2006

It's the little things

I have a lot of pretty fabulous benefits at my new job, but there is one thing missing: there's no milk provided in the coffee room. There's just a Costco-sized container of non-dairy creamer. I was told that if we want milk, we have to bring our own into the office. This little thing is driving me to distraction. I'm not organized enough to bring in milk regularly, and the times I have remembered I noticed it just gets consumed by everyone else in the office, anyway. The powder is gross! AND I found out that it makes permanent stains on clothes. Coffee with no powedered creamer comes out in the wash, but the creamer adds some crazy staining component that is impossible to get rid of. Makes you wonder what kinda chemicals are in there, exactly.

I think I might be willing to sacrifice my free MOMA membership for a regular supply of fresh milk.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

you get a free MOMA membership?? seriously? that's hot.

here's an idea: why don't you and a few others take turns buying milk for the week? make a list (i LOVE lists) and schedule it a few weeks out so everyone knows to save their pennies for when it's their turn to buy.

RB said...

There are hundreds of people in this office. It'd be a lot of pennies to save, which I guess may be why they don't provide it for us. Still seems silly, though.

Anonymous said...

even my employer doesn't provide much more than what you're getting. which always leaves me with the dilema: take the free coffee and deal with it black, or go downstairs and shell out cash at the starbucks for coffee w/ cream. i usually defualt to the cheaper route.

Anonymous said...

Such hatred.

I love the Coffeemate. It's both a thickening and sweetening agent.

Anonymous said...

That would be one of those good sort of ways to 'get back at' the ex, although there's no actual bitterness, but you know, like working out a lot or dressing nice when you're going to hang out with your them. Linda could have milk in her fridge and just be like "oh yeah, I always have milk in my fridge now."

RB said...

Ooooh... ex heckling on RBlog. And it's not one of my exes!

Anonymous said...

Yes, I use milk to get back at Hip E. My apartment is FULL of dairy now. Take that, fuckhole!

Anonymous said...

Talk to me when you get cable!

Anonymous said...

Zing!!

Anonymous said...

OK, OK, I gave myself a zing. I couldn't wait.

Anonymous said...

"I gave myself a zing. I couldn't wait."

Aaaah, brings back so many unsatisfied memories.

Anonymous said...

geesh, this sounds like me and brittie22 on RehabStar.

OK, i've solved all your problems RB. go to costco. get a huge bag of those little individual liquid creamers. the kind that don't need to be refidgerated. keep them at your desk and no one will steal them from the common area fridge.

yes. i said liquid creamers. try and refrain yourself HipE.

Anonymous said...

Damn it, baldwin residence! You know that's my only pleasure in life, is jumping on individual creamer jokes! Well, not my only pleasure. After all, I have Skinimax, UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE!

Anonymous said...

you and I should hang out, hip e. Lots of dairy and skinemax, and no exes. Sounds like my version of heaven.

Anonymous said...

geesh, this sounds like me and brittie22 on RehabStar.

Minus the “cry for help” proposals of drunken ex hook-up's. 'BWT I'm gonna get loaded and get slutty!'

Actually not that I read Hip’s comments I should take back what I said.

Anonymous said...

Okay anonymous, my takes were about cable TV and individual creamer jokes. There were no cries for help. I'll make YOU cry for help, buddy!

Anonymous said...

I dunno, Hip E. "My takes were about cable tv" is a poor defense from somebody that put first moves on me while watching Full House.

RB said...

I really didn't expect this amount or direction of comments from a post about non-dairy creamer.

Anonymous said...

hehehe, you said 'creamer' again!

Load said...

Hip - do the olsen twins sitll do 'it' for you?