This isn't a totally typical occurrence; if the staff needs caffeine to function in their daily lives, they must get it elsewhere. I guess daily communal coffee just isn't a thing here.
I for one drink tea every morning with my breakfast before heading out the door, and subsist quite happily on that.
However, there was free, available coffee today - enough for all, as they say in Robert Lawson's "Rabbit Hill" (actually that was about garden vegetables, but never mind).
I figured, hey, I'll have a cup of coffee today. I poured myself a nice full mug of the stuff. Subsequently I remembered why I am not a daily coffee drinker.
First off there was a community container of sugar, which I used liberally; however, the creamer was the powdered kind, and seemed to have been around for a while, because it was kind of clumpy and sad looking.
I tasted a plastic spoonful of it and was struck by the bitterness of the coffee. There were a few depressing clumps of the creamer floating around like melting islands, adding to the beverage's woeful presentation. This just wasn't a classy way of doing things.
It took me twice as long to fully explain myself verbally as it usually does, though my thoughts certainly raced faster and my words seemed to flow more freely.
I asked myself, as I always do when I drink strong coffee, why did I bring this upon myself? I have free will, I could have avoided this.
I may be addicted to tea, but I argue that tea is such a classier addiction. When I come across someone who says they're addicted to coffee, this is what I envision:
However, when I encounter someone who's addicted to tea, I envision this:
Likewise, the coffee crash is just so horrific and feels so nasty:
But tea crash? Who's ever heard of a tea crash? Tea is too delicate to have a full-out "crash."
Maybe it's good we don't have community coffee on a daily basis.
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