Captain Water Cooler

For lunch I always go to the kitchen to fill-up my cup with water to get me through my lunch break. For the past week, the water cooler has conveniently been empty by the start of the lunch hour, which means that for the past week I’ve had to replace the cooler for the office just so that I can get my cup of water. I’ve still retained a lingering cough from my trip, so recently having water during lunch has become more of a necessity. Now, I don’t mind replacing the cooler every now and then and will probably do it every other week or so on a regular basis because I like to drink water (especially during the summer). However, things are getting a little carried away here.

After the first two days in a row in replacing the cooler, I thought I would delay my lunch hour by several minutes in hopes that another individual would face the same predicament that I had and would do the act for me. These unselfish gestures seem to be few and far between when it comes to the water cooler, and so I breakdown into giving in to the water cooler replacement job. I can’t explain why it’s successfully fallen on my designated lunch hour to be completely drained for such a long time and I’m one cough away from fighting the whole thing out.

Well today I got my cup of water 45 minutes earlier than normal so as to beat the system, and even though the level was precariously low, I managed to get my water without having to completely drain the system or having to replace it. I was glad to get rid of that burden from my lunch schedule. After lunch I had a meeting up in one of the conference rooms in another building and as we were waiting for the room to clear up from another meeting I thought I’d get a cup of water for the upcoming meeting. Much to my chagrin the water cooler over there was completely empty of liquid. Despite thinking that I had beat the system it turns out that the system outsmarted me. I just can’t win around here. I guess as the local reliability guy it’s my job to ensure the water is always replaced now. It’s sort of like my at work superpower; a very lame at work superpower at best.