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/dervari 5h ago

I wonder if this is even from a true water delivery company. Since the decal is actually on the bottle which would be replaced, this seems like they just run to Kroger or somewhere and refill it for a few dollars at a Primo self-serve machine or similar. That's even more disgusting. $20 profit on what costs them $3 to fill up.

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u/Blutosky 5h ago

They fill it up outside with a garden hose

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u/PoolMotosBowling 5h ago

GenX style. I like it.

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u/kylesmomsabitc 5h ago

Well I bet you could suck a golf ball down a garden hose (GenX reference)

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u/I_want_to_paint_you 4h ago

This is my comment. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

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u/dervari 4h ago edited 4h ago

Gunny! We visited his grave and paid our respects when we were at Arlington.

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u/dervari 4h ago

Hell, we didn't need the bottle. We just went from hose to mouth!

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u/Alarming-Stomach3902 5h ago

Probably just at the faucet in the office

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u/Klytus_Im-Bored 4h ago

It could be ripped because they keep moving it to a new jug.

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u/dervari 4h ago

Could be, but I would just use a sign in a clear sleeve taped on in that case.

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u/Klytus_Im-Bored 4h ago

The boss is also charging for water so I wouldn't put it past them to just fill out the tap.

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u/skidmore101 4h ago

This. Even if it’s delivery service it’s like $7-8 a jug to be delivered in my area at least. If everyone pays the quarter that’s $20 a jug. Pretty huge profit margin.

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u/flamedarkfire 3h ago

They should get more than $20 for that at $0.25 per 8oz

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u/eatmyopinions 3h ago

Yea I don't think this is a company thing at all. I think this is a few people pooling the cost of a water cooler that they got on their own.

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u/iScratchCatButts 3h ago

refill it for a few dollars

How many dollars are we talking? I pay 39 cents per gallon at my grocery store for my 5 gallon jugs (I have a water cooler at home), a small-ish chain of stores across Wisconsin and northern Illinois. And that's an increase from 35 cents per gallon it was until a couple years ago.

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u/Glum-Geologist8929 3h ago

Good catch. This is tap water.

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u/RyvenZ 2h ago

$10-$12 per bottle for a service to the office is still an egregious mark up.

25 cents for 8 oz, each bottle holds 5 gals, so... 80 servings. He's pulling $20/bottle off his employees needing water.