[wolfen]

OK, so I'm getting my cup of coffee (which I've sworn off and won't be getting anymore, but that's not relevant so don't distract me). Ignore the fact that this coffee machine/pot combo looks like it was retrieved from a WW2 battlefield -- dinged up with a charred black bottom. It has this "I've been around, buddy. Don't even think of fkin' with me" attitude about it. Anyway, that's not really relevant either.

But here I am needing to stir my (colloid?) coffee, sugar, and cream mixture. And there's a spoon, still damp from use by *someone* in the office. It's the stirring spoon. Do you use it? Or do you get your own? Who thought up the community stirring spoon anyway? What's up with that?

[:.MacLone.:]

I wash it first

[willed]

Not afraid to ask the big questions, are we?

[wolfen]

You mean, present this crew with a serious intellectual inquiry?

Please...go on. I want to see how this turns out.

In the meantime, I have always been fascinated by this quiet, unspoken arrangement among a group of strangers to share a utensil.

[Leia's Left Bun]

Originally Posted by wolfen

Ignore the fact that this coffee machine/pot combo looks like it was retrieved from a WW2 battlefield -- dinged up with a charred black bottom.

Are people cooking crack with that thing or something?

[wolfen]

So, LLB, you just spurted your liquid soap and washed your hands. You fix yourself a morning beverage and there's the community spoon...do ya use it?

[waxcrash]

Originally Posted by wolfen

But here I am needing to stir my (colloid?) coffee, sugar, and cream mixture.

If you are going to put sugar and cream in your coffee then why not just drink hot chocolate instead?

Drink it black like a man.

[Leia's Left Bun]

Originally Posted by wolfen

So, LLB, you just spurted your liquid soap and washed your hands. You fix yourself a morning beverage and there's the community spoon...do ya use it?

Heeeeeell no, that is nasty, use a straw or something. Heck I would used my washed finger over that spoon.

[andi*pandi]

no, I don't thing I'd use a community spoon unless I had no choice, but I'd wash it first if then.

our work has little plastic stirrers, as well as plastic spoons. If I wanted to not be wasteful, I'd bring in my own spoon.

[demibob]

i wouldnt use it

however its almost certanly not going to hurt you

just give your cofee a little shake

[Albert Pujols]

well you don't have to stir it. Just do what I do, take a sip of coffee, take a small sip of cream, and put a pinch of sugar straight into your mouth. Gargle and repeat.

[MacNStein]

Yeah, I'd use it, but if possible I'd give it a good rinse first.

[MM-o4]

creams a little full on for me to.

But the spoon is like a hair. The perception is that it's dirty even if it came off the hottest girl/guy (whatever your into) in your office. The fact that it was still wet would really make me think twice cause that means you need to use the community dish cloth, NOW THAT IS DISGUSTING! You have no idea what it has been used to wipe and when it was last washed, and don't even think of smelling it.

MM