The break room at my old plant still has the same coffee pot from 2007

I stopped by my old warehouse job yesterday to grab some paperwork I left behind. Walked into the break room and there it was, that same dented Mr. Coffee machine we had back when I started. The pot has a brown stain ring that no amount of scrubbing will ever get out. We used to have this unwritten rule that whoever brewed the last cup had to start a new pot. But by 2015 nobody followed it anymore, you'd walk in at 6 AM and find burnt sludge sitting there from the day before. The new crew must have it worse because I saw three different empty creamer cartons on the counter, all half full. Has anyone else gone back to a old job site and found their ancient break room relics still in use?

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sammoore2mo ago

And of course @milaprice had the same luck with the microwave, probably still smells like burnt popcorn from 2014. I bet that coffee pot has more seniority than half the people working there now, which is honestly kind of a flex for a coffee pot.

milaprice2mo ago

Found the same broken microwave at my old job three years after I quit.

rodriguez.diana2mo ago

My friend once found her own old name tag stuck behind the same fridge at a diner she left five years ago (still had her bad haircut in the photo and everything).