First attempt at blogging from an Orifice..

So here it starts.  Wanted to do this since ages but never got around it.  The push came today from finding out that the great decision makers in the corporation were having a power battle over a critical decision, which would impact the well being of employees, shareholders and customers worldwide:

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THE NEW VENDING MACHINE WE BOUGHT?

Forget recession, fierce competition and understaffed employee basis.. this is the hot topic.  I guess insanity has reached a whole new level.
Location had already been found before the purchase: end of a corridor.  Issue: location is in front of Sales Manager for corporation.  He thinks things will turn out as follows:

1)  employees will go every five minutes to the vending machine
yeah, it seems to be the only source for fluids, if we eliminate the 4 water coolers, the kitchen sink, the bathroom sinks and, as last resort, the toilet bowls; coupled to the fact that we operate in office premises and not on the equator in the Sahara desert.  He must think the Cola wars have converted us for good to believe cans are better than the rest.

2)  cans will fall and make noise that will disturb me
Consider that this person has basically his mobile phone transplanted in his ear, that desk is about 4 meters away from door and, last time I checked, cans still were 33 cl in size, not buckets where you make donkeys drink (given the workload that would not be inappropriate).  He must confuse them with the barrels of toxic waste dumped at sea from the region he is from in the boot.  One last details: he is more on the run for his job than terrorist Carlos or Ghedafi, so once again much ado about nothing.

Now him and finance director are having this battle with the receptionist in the middle getting contradicting orders (being servant of two masters is a ROUGH job).

Result: Vending machine is in corridor outside office premises, UNPLUGGED (there are no plugs in the wall) and we keep on drinking from the water coolers.

We shall see who wins... I guess this is part of a greater strategy for the company that I cannot grasp.. silly little employee that I am.

NOTRE PEUPLE VAINCRA!!