C is for Coffee, It Good Enough for Me

[madbaker]

I enjoy drinking coffee. After a brief period as an undergrad of habitually overdosing and then going cold turkey over the summer to counteract, I conceded the psychological addiction but limit my intake to prevent a physical one - I don't like getting a caffeine headache if I don't drink it. What that means in practice is that during the week, I have a single cup of coffee before I leave for work. Approximately once per week if I am really lagging, I allow myself a second cup after I get in to the office.

Our building, in its attempts to retain and attract tenants in a depressed office market, has been updating the 100+-year-old building slightly. The latest amenity is a new lounge on our floor with couches, a couple tables, a microwave... and a free coffee machine.

Part of the way I enforce my limit is that I have to go out of the building and buy a second cup of coffee. It's just enough inconvenience that I have to feel like I want/need to do it rather than just being available. So... I am going to pretend that this free coffee machine doesn't exist.

Comments

[beanolc]

Ooh, that would have been tough for me at one point. [s]Fortunately,[/s] I can no longer tolerate even a cup of coffee thanks to my gut, so I only drink tea now. I do miss it so.

And I had the same undergrad habit. It didn't help that I was gifted an espresso machine as a high school graduation present.

[threadwalker]

I love the smell of coffee.

[madbaker]

If coffee tasted as good as it smells, everyone would be an addict.

[threadwalker]

Truth!

[tshuma]

Yeah, that's probably the safest bet.

I am at the point where, if I need the pick me up, I will allow myself to have a decaf coffee in the afternoon. It's still additional caffeine, but less and it's a good compromise.