• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    Yeah, we had two of these replace the old school style drink stations at the hospital I work at. They had to bring back one of the old machines because the new machines were causing so much congestion in the cafeteria. Pretty sure the hardware in these predate blackberrys, they take forever to recognize any input from the screen.

    Plus if you are just trying to get water, it gets slightly contaminated from whatever beverage the last person got. Especially if it’s blue powerade for some reason.

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      11 hours ago

      Especially if it’s blue powerade for

      That’s amusing, because it always seemed like blue powerade was the default nozzle for the ‘water’ option at the other style of machine, so it was getting that contamination there as well.

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      13 hours ago

      why are you getting plain water from the soda machine when there HAVE to be semi-decent water fountains in a hospital? the powerade splashed water is on you at that point.

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        9 hours ago

        Water fountains aren’t usually positioned as part of a cafeteria line. They are also slower and have weird angles, not always being convenient to fill up a cup from.

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        My hospital doesn’t really have very many water fountains. I think there may be one near the public restrooms on the main floors, but I think that’s it. We have a water cooler in my clinic’s break room, but no water fountains near the cafeteria.

        I work for a state run hospital in one of the poorer states in the nation. We don’t have a lot of amenities… And unfortunately not a lot of people drink water here.