The company water bottle

This is another one of those little annoyances that shows how selfish and ignorant people can be. In our office we have one of those water coolers with a bottle on top. As you might expect, the bottle is not supplied directly by an underground stream, so at some point it will run dry.

Now, normal common courtesy would dictate that if you are the person that takes the last of the water, you will replace the bottle with a new one. Wouldn't you think? Yet often when I go to get some water it's bone dry. What is up with that?

What people also don't seem to realize is how these things work. The water from the bottle runs into a reservoir in the machinery, where it is cooled (or heated if you want hot water). It isn't automatically cool while it sits in the bottle. So if some lazy jerk runs the bottle AND the reservoir out, the poor schmuck (me) who gets stuck changing the water bottle also gets the pleasure of getting lukewarm water.

Yeah, sure the bottle is heavy. Maybe too heavy for some people in the office to lift -- especially those who complain about having to carry a small bag of groceries in from there car. If that's the case and you run it out of water, go find someone who IS capable of lifting the bottle and putting it in place. Don't just walk away.

Cold water is not a right, it's a privilege, people. We all share the responsibility for it. If you can't be bothered to do your share, use the tap. That one never runs dry.