Water Coolers

[Echewta]

I think it should be required that if you want an office job, you should be able to lift a water bottle to replace an empty one on the water cooler. Unless you have a note from your doctor of course because come on, i'm not heartless.

I seem to replace it a few times a week and there are dozens of people on my floor. Go to get water, push button, no water. If i took the last, I'd replace, why can't everyone else?

And the whole "you are such a strong guy" crap is crap. Nobody has ever baked me a cake or taken me into the broom closet for some sexing. Since there is no reward, Im done and will go downstairs from now on.

:mad:

[Echewta]

side note: I have taken myself into the broom closet for some sexing after replacing the water bottle but its kinda gross and scary in there.

[kaiser soze]

pee in the reservoir next time :)

[Adam]

Agreed but I think in todays age of trying to be environmentally friendly, bottled water is kinda wrong if you have safe tap water. I'm sure most of the UK is fine but I know parts of the US aren't.

But when I worked for national government you wasn't allowed to refill it because it was over weight of what is safe to lift. So you had to call a number and within 48 hours some1 would come who is cleared to lift it. Health and safety is fucked up, but its the idiots who don't take responsibility for their own actions who end up suing and spoiling it for the rest because they can't do their job properly - this is a BIG problem in the public sector workforce in the UK. A small vocal (and normally high union reps) few who spoil it for rest who just want to work a days work for a days pay.

I work for local NHS now and its kinda the same but better, initiative can be taken to some degree (y)

[na§tee]

we don't have water coolers any more at my job (RECESSION!) but when i did, i changed it, of course. *flexes muscles*

my ex boyfriend dropped one of those containers on his thumb once when trying to change his office one.. yeah, it wasn't pretty.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

If I can lift up the water jug and place it on the cooler with no problems, almost anyone can. Seriously. I have the worst upper body strength in the world yet I do it all the time.

[jabumbo]

a while back my office went ecofriendly and got this reverse osmosis type thing set up in the office. it hooks right off the regular water line and i think it tastes better than any bottled water ever did.

plus, i think the filter gets replaced like once every 6 months, so its not a hassle