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We have a Keurig coffee machine along with a lot of different types of coffee. I don't see energy drinks being any worse than coffee. At a small office, the sel

by usea 14y ago

We have a Keurig coffee machine along with a lot of different types of coffee. I don't see energy drinks being any worse than coffee. At a small office, the selection of products shouldn't imply what kind of behavior the company expects of employees. It's just a group of people trying to work together, which includes buying whatever food or drinks are desired and reasonable. I realize that it'd be nice to encourage healthier habits, but since it's not anybody's real job to stock the kitchen, it's been path of least resistance. Personally I hate caffeine, but it's not the worst thing.

Jare 14y ago
In my experience, people drink coffee daily in order to function normally vs being sleepy. OTOH, they go for Red Bull and other energy drinks exceptionally, if/when they need an extra push. If a large enough group of people regularly desire such drinks at work, it might just be an statistically odd group, but by default I conclude that they often need that extra boost. In my mind it suggests frequent crunch. Whether it's imposed by the company, the context, or the people - I'm not judging, especially not a startup. YMMV, I'm certainly biased since a) I only drink water and milk, and b) I have personally seen even worse than energy drinks being offered to help people work longer and harder.
- rdl 14y ago
  I wonder when the first adderall, ritalin, or desoxyn will get stocked in a company kitchen.
  - epochwolf 14y ago
    When they no longer require prescriptions to obtain and use legally.
- eshvk 14y ago
  To offer a counter perspective: I hate the taste of coffee but it is all I drank back when I was in grad school for my caffeine fix (because I was poor and red bull was $$). Once I got to work, I wanted to quit coffee but wanted to still get caffeine, the easiest way of doing that was through sugar free red bull. This was completely uncorrelated with whether I was on crunch time or not. I rarely if ever do that now that I am over my caffeine addiction but I get why it is stocked.
Surio 14y ago
http://www.sugarstacks.com/img/redbull.jpg http://www.sugarstacks.com/img/redbull.jpg It's not just the caffeine, it's also the sugar in those energy drinks. How many people add that much sugar to a single cup of coffee?

by usea 14y ago

Jare 14y ago

In my experience, people drink coffee daily in order to function normally vs being sleepy. OTOH, they go for Red Bull and other energy drinks exceptionally, if/when they need an extra push. If a large enough group of people regularly desire such drinks at work, it might just be an statistically odd group, but by default I conclude that they often need that extra boost. In my mind it suggests frequent crunch. Whether it's imposed by the company, the context, or the people - I'm not judging, especially not a startup. YMMV, I'm certainly biased since a) I only drink water and milk, and b) I have personally seen even worse than energy drinks being offered to help people work longer and harder.

rdl 14y ago
I wonder when the first adderall, ritalin, or desoxyn will get stocked in a company kitchen.
- epochwolf 14y ago
  When they no longer require prescriptions to obtain and use legally.
eshvk 14y ago
To offer a counter perspective: I hate the taste of coffee but it is all I drank back when I was in grad school for my caffeine fix (because I was poor and red bull was $$). Once I got to work, I wanted to quit coffee but wanted to still get caffeine, the easiest way of doing that was through sugar free red bull. This was completely uncorrelated with whether I was on crunch time or not. I rarely if ever do that now that I am over my caffeine addiction but I get why it is stocked.

Surio 14y ago

http://www.sugarstacks.com/img/redbull.jpg http://www.sugarstacks.com/img/redbull.jpg It's not just the caffeine, it's also the sugar in those energy drinks. How many people add that much sugar to a single cup of coffee?