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502 points xeonmc | 5 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.406s | source
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bearjaws ◴[25 Jun 25 21:04 UTC] No.44381824[source]▶
This is one of those stories that I am sure has happened, but when it comes to "and then they never asked him again le XD face" it's clearly just made up.
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pwndByDeath ◴[25 Jun 25 21:31 UTC] No.44382006[source]▶
I've pulled stunts like this that makes management realize its easier to make an exception than to fight it
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1. sokoloff ◴[25 Jun 25 22:40 UTC] No.44382434[source]▶
We had free soft drinks in the fridges at one place I worked. Cost-cutting measures were coming and I sent an email to all of engineering (including the VP) asking who wanted to join me in a shopping trip at 10AM to restock the fridge. In the email, I estimated that it would take between 60 and 90 minutes. Two carfuls of engineers left at 10AM sharp and returned a little before noon and restocked the fridges.

That was the first and last time we had to do it, as the soft drinks returned the following week.

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2. _benton ◴[26 Jun 25 10:14 UTC] No.44385902[source]▶
I imagine management realized it was far cheaper to buy some soda than it was to lose 2 hours of work from multiple engineers
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3. throwawaymobule ◴[26 Jun 25 11:58 UTC] No.44386540[source]▶
See also: removing coffee machines.

Too many forget that it's one of the few legal ways to supply your employees with performance enhancing drugs.

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4. dzdt ◴[26 Jun 25 14:04 UTC] No.44387555[source]▶
Air quality (reduced CO2 or increased O2) is a proven performance enhancer and also legal but almost always neglected. Not sure why tho!
5. sokoloff ◴[26 Jun 25 14:27 UTC] No.44387773[source]▶
That was exactly the point of the protest that was couched as totally-not-a-protest.

(I skipped clarifying in the GP post that they took the soft drinks out of the fridge and emailed the new policy, rather than merely being a little slow in restocking.)