My thoughts as well, but it _is_ plausible that if the sodas had remained free, it would have taken a few more months for the "elves" to notice that this was no

My thoughts as well, but it _is_ plausible that if the sodas had remained free, it would have taken a few more months for the "elves" to notice that this was no longer the kind of place they wanted to work. The "uproar" basically sent the message of "this place is run by accountants now, not engineers", and that was what sent the engineers to the exits.