Drinking coffee in the office is usually a vile affair: go into the coffee kitchen, select a coffee cup, throw the coffee machine on or press a button on the coffee machine and then down with cappuccino, Viennese melange or whatever.
It doesn't matter who drinks what, because everyone agrees that it tastes better at home, at the barista around the corner anyway.
Sometimes the word "Plörre" is used.
Uwe Marx
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Drinking coffee in home office video conferencing is different. Because everyone knows that enjoyment has a chance here, and it is interesting who treats themselves to what. The density of espresso cups, for example, seems higher. It's no wonder, because in the office machine variant, the little wake-up call is the inferior among many inferior coffees. You can easily get more out of this at home with the portafilter machine. However, coffee from home office consumption is not free from cheating. This has been official since a colleague revealed that she often misappropriated her tankard, which looks so good in front of the camera. It looks like a stylish cup of coffee, but it is full of cola to the top. Just don't let anyone notice.
A colleague recently saw things differently - and with that in relation to the last episode in the category “Office people in the wild and their drinking habits”. This was about water. It is well known that men like to indulge their greed with this drink and throw down bottles in one go. The colleague, however, apparently felt unobserved in the video conference and also let it go. Whether out of fear of dehydration or because of an overheated apartment: In any case, she emptied her bottle as quickly as a marathon runner after crossing the finish line. First thought: respect! Second: It's a shame that she didn't get any applause.