The coffee machine on our floor broke yesterday. This might sound like a little thing, but for most developers (as well as project managers and testers) this comes very close to a catastrophe.
But since we are a creative and communicative bunch, this is what you might see when the unthinkable has happened:
The original message says „Broken – Technician has been informed“. I don’t have to translate what desperate coffee-addicted people have added below that, do I?
The kitchen whiteboard also was used as an outlet to channel the despair:
Don’t worry about what’s scribbled on there, but the many many unhappy „smilies“ should tell you enough about how we feel about our coffee here.