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“Who moved my coffee” – Scurries in and out of the break room every five minutes to see if coffee has been made yet. Moves quickly to avoid being identified as someone who has seen the empty coffee pots and yet not made a pot of coffee. Related to The person with a phobia of making coffee.
The person with a phobia of making coffee – Leaves 2+ nearly empty pots on active burners after getting coffee, before 9am. If the coffee maker is already in such a state, will discreetly duck into the bathroom or wait 5 minutes for someone else to make a pot or two. Sometimes will turn off the burners or pull the filter basket out to “save energy” or hint that someone needs to make coffee.
The busy bee coffee maker – The opposite of the “phobia” person. Feels compelled to always ensure that all pots are full of fresh coffee. Will occasionally dump out a 1/2 pot that looks “old” to make this happen.
The dependent decaf drinker – As any dependent coffee drinker, drags self to the coffee maker, desperate for that morning boost, and grabs the DECAF pot.
The cheery decaf drinker – Acts about as cheery as someone who’s had a quad shot of espresso for the first time and walks up for a refill of decaf.
The half and half drinker – Probably uses coffee as an excuse for his half and half habit. Frozen coffee drinks at major chain stores are usually darker.
The burn off drinker – will drink the mostly evaporated sludge at the bottom of the pot. Sources are unclear whether this is a preference or laziness.
The “save energy because it’s after 10am” coffee drinker - Sometimes this is a cover for a phobia of making coffee. Other times, this is a reincarnation of your parents or grandparents who chased you around the house turning off everything you turned on.
The 3pm coffee maker – Sometimes gets offended that a bulk of the office population stops drinking coffee after lunch and grumbles about having to make coffee. Other times, it’s a simple conditioned response from years of drinking coffee at coffee houses after 9 pm.
The tea drinker – Sends coffee drinkers in a panic when lining up for the last cup of coffee, only to use the hot water spout to make tea.
The oatmeal eater who uses a coffee mug – Same effect as the tea drinker, although the motivation seems a little more sinister.
The overpowering flavored coffee brewer – Brews coffee that taints the flavor of every pot brewed the remainder of the day, as well as tainting the air in 5,000 square feet of office space.
Inspired by Ben Thomas’ suggestions:
The procedural purist – Scolds anyone who takes from the pot early or uses the hot water tap on the coffee maker while coffee is brewing.
The accidental barista – Knows that a coffee house would brew at at least twice the coffee-to-water ratio that the pre-measured packs imply, and thusly, uses two packs of coffee per brew.
Some additional late additions
The soup mug coffee drinker – Drinks coffee out of a coffee mug [see Campbell's Soup Mug
The soda drinker – avoids the coffee area altogether, but sometimes stashes a cold soda in the refrigerator, and therefore, has to navigate the herd of people waiting for the coffee. Shakes head in amazement at such a dependency on a nasty brown liquid whilst scampering off with own artificially colored/flavored/carbonated water.
The coffee punter – sees an empty pot, sets it on top of the coffee maker to say, “Hey, someone needs to make coffee.” Walks off.
The absent-minded coffee maker – sees an empty pot on the second burner and a half-full pot on the brewing burner, makes a fresh pot of coffee with the half-full pot underneath. Everything near the coffee maker ends up with a permanent coffee coloring and/or smell.
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