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Most of them are in good working order, UL approved, and not bought at a garage sale and improvised to run continuously. You cannot trust your coworkers to put
by mcculley 5y ago
Most of them are in good working order, UL approved, and not bought at a garage sale and improvised to run continuously. You cannot trust your coworkers to put a heating element on their desk.
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- bombcar 5y agoThe temperature of one office I was at had to be adjusted to the point where the secretary wouldn’t bring in a space heater. (We added a vent from the server room over the raised ceiling to blow on her, she was happy, the breakers were happy. )
- Nextgrid 5y agoOn the other hand, are garage-sale & improvised coffee makers the kind of coffee makers people typically want to bring to the office? I assume the vast majority would be a standard, store-bought coffee makers which should have all the required safety verifications.
- mcculley 5y agoThey would likely be safe, but how would you know? Inspect every one? It is easier to ban them.
- nsxwolf 5y agoMy point is... I don't think it's very common to ban them. I have visited hundreds of offices with consumer grade coffee makers in the break room. I've seen plenty of the machines that use various "pods" and come with a service contract too, but buying a $20 Mr. Coffee from Walmart is totally a thing in the business world.