The first in a series of (possibly only one) office survival tip(s).
You’re in the office. Coffee has been made. You have a clean mug (a topic for a future tip). You have sugar. You don’t have a clean spoon to stir in the sugar.
- Place the desired amount of sugar (or carcinogenic sugar substitute) in the empty mug.
- Poor a few teaspoons of coffee into the mug.
- Swoosh the mug around in a circular motion, creating a rich coffee/sugar slurry.
- Poor in the rest of your coffee.
Now, enjoy a cup of coffee with relatively evenly distributed sugar without having resorted to stirring with a pen.
Comments
KeeKee - November 12, 2008 7:05 PM
Great tip and I use it all the time.
Abe - November 13, 2008 5:33 PM
This is also my preferred technique for mixing up a glass of Emergen-C.
Bobby - November 14, 2008 3:32 PM
Great tip but I just use my finger to stir with!
Hylke - November 16, 2008 5:17 PM
This will at least give you a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. :)
Jevon - November 17, 2008 5:38 PM
I distinctly remember Isaac using a Bic pen to stir his coffee.
Isaac Grant - November 17, 2008 8:25 PM
Nothing wrong with using a pen as a coffee stir stick - just remember, pen point up, not in the coffee.
Steven Garrity - November 17, 2008 8:58 PM
Isaac has used more than pens to stir coffee.
Isaac Grant - November 18, 2008 8:27 AM
It does make for a surprisingly tasty straw.
Rob F. - November 18, 2008 9:39 AM
I would have paid for that image, if only you had ClusterShot it.
Jevon - November 23, 2008 9:39 AM
Is ClusterShot a verb yet?
"I'd clustershot it". . . .
Steven Garrity - November 23, 2008 10:14 AM
Would the past-tense then be "ClusterShat"?
Reminds me of election-night coverage on CBC TV. I kept waiting for Susan Ormiston to say "Twat" during her Twitter coverage.
Dennis - December 25, 2008 10:25 PM
Yeah, but i dont use a pencil anymore for stirring :)