At a company meeting the other week I stepped out to grab a refreshment (some coffee to wake me up) and as I went to fill my styrofoam-insulated cup, I saw this written on the coffee dispenser handle:
And on the close-up:
The dispenser lever has the phrase “Do Not Serve” written across it.
Talk about misleading verbal cues! The coffee is out there on the drink table and all my experience to date has led me to believe that pulling this lever will get me a drink, yet the very words on that lever suggest it isn’t so.
I moved on and used the coffee thermos next to this one.
Maybe the message is meant to discourage the coffee drinker from a life of service to others? (Selfish coffee dispenser!)
@ Mary –
Thanks for the comment. You’ve kept me snickering to myself all weekend long.