• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Here’s the problem: a coffee pot gets hotter when there’s water going through it.

        The same heating element that warms the bottom of the carafe also heats a small section of tubing meant to boil water. This, along with a simple check valve, forms a bubble pump, which is how the hot water gets up to the coffee grounds.

        There’s a thermal switch that allows full power when that coil of water is below a certain temperature, and when it gets hotter than that, it switches to a lower power mode, because with no water to boil, all it needs to do is keep the carafe warm. I don’t have the numbers in front of me but I doubt it would get hot enough to properly cook chicken.

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          4 months ago

          I don’t believe it, and I am afraid someone will try it and get salmonella.

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        It boils stuff so at least 212*F. You’d need a lot of time to cook it.

        You could boil it I guess. Boiled chicken isn’t TOO bad.

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    If charging dinner to the company is going to tank your P&L, you’ve got much bigger things to worry about. And no, they ain’t going to promote you because you saved them $30.

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      They’re not going to promote you specifically because you thought cooking chicken in a coffee maker was a good idea.

      Although, I guess you could kinda sorta do sous vide in one of you had the chicken in a sealed bag.

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        Generally I find the people who go all out (not overboard) on expenses get promoted before people who don’t. Shows a level of confidence that most management likes.

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    1 year ago

    Guys, this is satire. And old, the guy posted it for comedy some time ago. Not seeing anyone calling this out, so just FYI. No need to get angry over this.

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    In my experience, in the white collar world, corporates really don’t think twice about paying for this stuff.* In fact, they’d really prefer that you just use the company card instead of blasting stupid bullshit like this on social or making yourself sick. This person’s boss probably thinks they’re fucking insane.

    *If you’re blue collar, you can usually get fucked. If they do much as buy you a Costco hotdog and soda, they’re going to complain and hold it over your head. Little Caeser’s hot-n-ready pizza is the definition of spoiling your workforce in that world.

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    Nobody will remember them saving a few bucks. What they will remember are the sick days when this moron isn’t in the office.

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    When the company gets billed for replacing the coffee maker every time you stay at a hotel they will do something other than promote.

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      I don’t get to travel for work but schedule my biweekly telehealth therapy appointments for midday.

      Boss makes a dollar; I make a dime. I talk to my shrink on company time.

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    A friend who is an airline pilot once told me one of the stewardesses made hamburgers on the hotel room iron, to safe money. They actually get an allowance to eat at the location, still she did that. So stingy.