Friday, October 29, 2004
Fore & Aft
Some things are just too important to ignore. There's a coffee machine in our office that has labeling that bugs me every time I go past it. I've attached a rather bad sketch of it in this rant.
The pot to be made is put on the heater pad A, a small bag of grounds are placed in a compartment just above it, and a small button labeled Brew is pushed. The machine is hooked to the water supply, so the water is automatically heated and dripped through the grounds to make coffee. What drives me crazy is the labeling for the heating pads.
The buttons are labeled: "ON/OFF FRONT REAR BOTTOM BREW" A is the front, B is the rear, and C is the bottom. What I can't figure out is why C is the bottom. C is no lower than A, nor is A forward of C. So why is A front? And since C is the bottom, why isn't B the top? After all, B is above C and A.
And if you really like coffee, my 2fers will probably cure of that habit.
2fers: Pooped Coffee and Coffee Enema
