I’m not a soda drinker, but I’m also not blind. The economic downturn has officially hit your company when your once free soda (listed as a perk when being hired) fridge is replaced with a glowing red behemoth, sporting for-profit beverages. Now I know my company isn’t making money off this, but the change was unannounced (one person said they heard it coming, but more have said they didn’t) so it’s still a bit of a shock/slap. I will miss my morning juice, but I could use the fewer calories in my diet.

To make matters funny, there is a soda machine in the bottom of our building that has sodas for $.25 less. Hurray for lost time when folks have to spend 10 minutes to get their soda fix!

Even funnier, folks have begun to bring in their own mini-fridges. Hurray for an electricity bill that outweighs the savings of free sodas.

Extra funniest is going to be the look on the Coke guy’s face when he comes in to restock. I’d wager a bet on him finding less than a handful of drinks gone per week. Hurray for other companies wasting time and gas!

Sigh… Oh well, at least Brian is happy!

On the plus side, the new machine is a bit quieter than the fridge it replaced.