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I'm impressed with the new design of water coolers. It's been a while since I've been in an office with a real water cooler as opposed to a Keurig-like device c
by klenwell 10y ago
I'm impressed with the new design of water coolers. It's been a while since I've been in an office with a real water cooler as opposed to a Keurig-like device connected directly to the waterline.
But at my new office, we have a good old-fashioned water cooler. Except that it's a newfangled water cooler with a redesigned interface between cooler and water jug. Now, instead of peeling a wax lid off the top of the jug and spilling a couple cups of water as you throw it on the cooler, you just pull off a sticker and sort of plug it into the water cooler. No more water spills.
It seems so simple and obvious. Yet how many Olympic-sized swimming pools full of water did we have to spill before someone designed it? I love it.
Here's the first video I could find that shows one of them in action (in 3D!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgS5VIwE1WA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgS5VIwE1WA
- chickenfries 10y agoI've never used one that didn't have one of those connectors. What you're describing as the old way sounds like barbarism. How did anyone put up with that?
- dsfyu404ed 10y agoSpilling water was only really an issue for really old and slow people or really small people who weight about as much as the jug.
- falsedan 10y agoThe coolers have a probe to pierce the seal, so you put the new jug on unopened & remove the seal with the empty jug…