Not_Giving_Up
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:15 PM
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OK, I work in a small office, and none of us are big coffee drinkers. I usually come in the door with coffe, and that's the only cup I drink, and the others are out of the office so much, the coffee pot collects dust. Well, this afternoon I needed a kick. So, I went to make coffee. The pot was clean, but when I opened the compartment where the coffee goes, it seems that the last person to make coffee just left it. Old, nasty grounds growing green and white stuff. I cleaned it thoroughly and my coffee is now brewing, but ICK! The funny part - the owner is always bragging on what a clean freak she is.
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terrya
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:18 PM
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No, your co-worker has some weird ideas about what "clean" is. Particularly when it comes to keeping the coffee pot clean.
Ewwwwwwwwwww is right
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:22 PM
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3. Well, the pot WAS clean |
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It was the filter area that was nasty. This is one where you don't throw the filter away...you dump it and wash it. Guess she forgot all about that part.
Of course, she thinks she's economically disadvantaged because she doesn't own a plane.
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:24 PM
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5. Yeah, but the green stuff in the coffee grounds was MOLD. |
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That's where the "ewwww" part comes in.
I clean the coffee pot in my office...and I'm sort of fussy about it. It's not just cleaning the pot...which is important. Gotta clean the coffee grounds part, also. :-)
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:25 PM
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I've seen it growing on things in the back of my refrigerator that were forgotten.
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:19 PM
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2. Heh -- I went away for a couple months once and did that |
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Edited on Thu Dec-30-04 04:20 PM by salvorhardin
My first thought on discovering it the morning after I got back was, "you know... if that was in a terrarium it'd be pretty."
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:22 PM
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4. Look at all the pretty colors |
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I wonder if she does that at home too?
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:40 PM
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Are you sure its the owners fault maybe someone else forgot to dump the grounds ? Maybe it was you.
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:45 PM
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10. Never used that pot until today |
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There are 4 people in this office...the two owners (married to each other) and freeper. I know it wasn't me...
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:42 PM
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8. I'm allergic to mold, I think....I would have gone insane. |
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I probably would have thrown the whole coffeemaker out.
:scared:
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:47 PM
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12. I'm allergic to mold too |
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That was some kind of nasty.
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:44 PM
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9. Here's something weird. |
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Edited on Thu Dec-30-04 04:44 PM by asthmaticeog
A LOOOOONG time ago I went to San Francisco for a month. I had intended to move there, but things didn't work out, so I came home. Thing was, I drove out with the friend who put me up, but had to take a train back, and my stuff was too heavy, so to avoid a big shipping charge I had to leave about half of my belongings with her.
Fast forward:
Three years later, my friend sent my stuff to me. Among the items was a small coffeemaker, which apparently had been used by someone since I left, as the filter was half-full of grounds and half-full of the most PUNGENT mold I've ever smelled. It was tencaious, too - I never could get the mold smell out of that filter. No biggie, since in the three years wait for my shit I'd already procured a new coffeemaker, but still, YOW.
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:47 PM
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11. That's almost as bad as |
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Edited on Thu Dec-30-04 04:47 PM by Not_Giving_Up
the sippy cup with milk in it behind the couch. My kids had those spring loaded, no drip sippy cups. They were always disappearing. I never milk solidified until I found one of those. I threw the cup away.
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:49 PM
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13. OK, now THAT would've made me gag a little bit. |
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Thu Dec-30-04 04:54 PM
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14. I learned to count the sippy cups when I did the dishes |
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OK, I have three in the cabinet, one in the fridge, two in the sink...Wait a minute, where's the orange one? I'd send the kids to find them. Yuck!
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Thu Dec-30-04 05:11 PM
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15. Yes, my mold exposure has gone up since the kid. |
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Sippy cups, a banana peel (with a tiny bit of banana) in the back of the couch.... ooohhhhhhhh.
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