Coffee Dilemma - Do You Buy a 2nd or Give up if You Spill Your First after Consuming under 10%

Asking for a friend, but hypothetically if you were at work and bought a coffee / beverage of your choice and after consuming under 10% of it you accidentally knocked it over and spilled 80+ % what would your reaction be ?

Poll Options expired

  • 38
    Go back and buy a 2nd coffee/ beverage
  • 68
    Accept that the universe doesn't want you to consume the coffee/ beverage
  • 7
    Pout about it all day but not make any decision one way or the other
  • 2
    Have the epiphany that you need to leave your family & commit to the the god Covfefe
  • 4
    Demand/ask for a replacement coffee
  • 5
    Panic about how you are going to clean up the mess

Comments

  • +35

    i'd take my shirt off to mop the spilled coffee then wring it back to the cup till the last drop, or just lick the floor dry.

    • +4

      wish i could give you more than one +.

    • +7

      I had considered that but my body isn't exactly beach ready…. I mean my friends body isn't.

      • +2

        then find someone with a good body and rip their shirt off dude simple

        • +1

          I do have a coworker who boxes often and plays sports a lot….

        • +1

          Better make sure it a guy

    • +5

      I'd also take my shirt off, but instead would spin it over my head while yelling "yee-haw!"

    • the way people drink coffee, i wouldn't be surprised if they do

    • +2

      Bruv, you've got two socks for a reason. Just use one of your socks.

  • +2

    you accidentally knocked it over and spilled 80+ % what would your reaction be ?

    How the fish i'll clean this mess.

    • +4

      true, luckily I only had a tonne of paperwork on my desk….

  • +3

    I just don't drink coffee

    • Tea, Juice or other ?

      • +2

        I am a juice man mostly, just never liked the taste of coffee
        Tea if i am offered a hot drink at a friends place usually.
        But yeah my on the way to work drink is usually a fresh squeezed juice (i do it at home)

        I am blown away by how much people spend in a year on coffee…. i am not judging just amazed at the cost.

        • Juice is great :D
          personally though it seems to make my teeth more sensitive ( I know coffee isn't great for teeth either) but I still have it every now and then.

          Cost wise coffee bought out is ridiculous I completely agree with you there.

  • +7

    Why did I waste my time reading this thread..

    • +5

      a bit of light hearted fun instead of a super serious thread maybe ?

      • -3

        this is the sort of question you talk to your wife or husband or other boring significant other about. This isn't interesting

        • +1

          maybe we are boring significant others to OP?

        • I don't have a wife…. yet…

          Got a gf though and told her about it just after it happened, then got curious what other people would do in my…. I mean my friends situation.

        • +2

          A lot of projecting going on here.

  • +4

    I think it's fantastic that as a progressive society we have problems such as these.

    • +1

      We are very lucky not going to lie, also thought it might be nice to have a less serious forum post :)

  • Can you put an option of demanding/asking for a replacement coffee on your poll:)

    • Hmm I tried to but it doesn't seem to be adding it when I press save, perhaps I am not doing it correctly

      Edit: just read this "Do note that once a poll has been submitted, it cannot be changed. In order to change the poll (having mistakes, adding/removing an option, etc), please use the Report button to contact the moderators."

  • +1

    I would cry and the barista would feel sorry for me and give me another one for free.

    Well that worked when my kid dropped his ice cream

    • hmm I normally don't feel like I could pull this off but my sleeve was half covered in the coffee… so maybe..

  • +2

    WWJD?

    Who cares. The more important thing is

    WWJVD.

    • +5

      You mean WWjvD

    • +1

      jv would never buy coffee. They would demand management supply coffee for the office, then steal it to use at home.

    • +1

      bold-ed like a fking pro.

  • +1

    I think this is missing an option to do a chargeback on the coffee as the coffee was just purchased less than an hour ago.

    • Ohhh smart I didn't even think about this, put the blame on the cafe! /s

  • +3

    Where's the token MS Paint drawing, and blaming someone else for your coffee spilling, and threats of ACCC etc?

    Cmon man!

    • +3

      https://www.webwhiteboard.com/board/uw3hkd5f

      I got you.

      Green is phone ( was on phone call getting phished )

      got frustrated once I realized it was happening and they hung up after getting a bit of info which will most likely be used to then call up and scam.

      I then knocked over the blue cup of coffee ( couldn't find a brown color).

      which spilled all over the desk and paperwork ( coffee spill shown in red).

      Clearly it is all the scammers fault!!!

      Am on phone with ACCC as I type ( waiting on hold) will make sure to yell so they know this is not a trifling matter /s

      • +1

        Any wonder you spilled it, standing up on a wheelie chair like that.

        • um…. ahh… the scammer made me ?

      • Nice drawing.

        Can I say you might rather want to spend the time getting a wireless headset or better positioning your phone? It looked like it was a disaster waiting to happle with placement of green and blue.

        • True True, the bigger problem is more the paperwork on the desk, its covering almost every inch…

  • +1

    Probably go back to work and grab a tea or something, but then later I'd buy another coffee in the arvo.

  • +1

    I'd go back but I wouldn't demand it. I'd ask like it was a favor. Pretty sure they'd oblige.

    If they didn't I'd definitely do the shirt wringing thing.

    • That first part is what I probably should have done tbh

  • I don't drink coffee but for whatever I'm drinking 10% is like a mouthful so no way I'm going to go without, I intended to drink it for a reason.

    "Demand/ask for a replacement coffee"
    Who are the three psychos who can't take responsibility for their own actions that chose this option?

  • Drink the remaining 10%

    • +1

      I did that after the cleanup haha

  • The initial purchase was, presumably, satiating a deep seated need, a craving if you will, for that sweet, sweet taste of victory, and sensual, rich aromas of full bodied liquid ecstasy.

    I’m concerned that anyone would even contemplate not purchasing a replacement beverage. Boldly, deeply, and richly concerned at that.

    • No worries mate, I bought a new one :)

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