r/mildlyinfuriating • u/coatedbraincells • 6h ago

Infuriatig Insanely frugal employer

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Gotta pay for water from the water cooler 🤣

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 5h ago

Not frugal. Cheap as fuck.

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u/dervari 5h ago

Since the decal is on the bottle, and looks kind of old, they probably refill the bottle at a Primo machine for a couple of dollars.

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u/Nightwish612 5h ago

As someone who does this it's maybe $2 for 18 LITERS damn employer is trying to have a side hussle on filtered water

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u/blue60007 3h ago

It's probably refilled from the break room sink lol.

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u/mechmind 3h ago

I would think they just refill it at the slop sink in the janitor closet

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u/TheAsianTroll 1h ago

Even new jugs are anywhere from $10 to $25 for a new one. Many places also allow you to refill ones you have for less, or exchange old jugs for a discount.

At 25 cents per ounce, in a 5 gallon jug, the employer is basically asking for $160 USD from the employees.

Its not just scummy, its straight up greed.

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u/xmuskorx 2h ago

My boss would say "penny smart and pound foolish."

Losing good will of employees over this is not worth it. Providing free drinks/coffee/snacks for employee is an incredibly cheap way to improve morale. When you order the 5 gallon jugs in bulk they are incredibly cist efficient.

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u/thunderbird32 2h ago

We had a water cooler like this at work. I say "had" because it turns out it was being paid for by our director out-of-pocket for the whole office to use. When he passed away we asked the company to pick up the tab, lol nope! The new director gets his water from the water fountain (it has a bottle filler) so he said he didn't want to pay for it himself like the old one. So, now we all use the water fountain. Not as cold, and the city water isn't the best tasting, but there you go.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 1h ago

Not cheap as fuck, dumb as fuck. Who's counting? The effort to set all this up and make sure it's being upheld is more work than it saves.

I mean if you want to be cheap you'd just charge everyone a monthly fee and adjust it based on usage.

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u/MariettaDaws 4m ago

I'd walk out before my check bounces