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Coffee 2 - Kelly 0

1/18/2016

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My own particular brand of ineptitude provides endless fodder for my blogs.  Today, let's talk coffee.  I've been drinking coffee since I was 13 and you could spend all night at Country Kitchen for a 50 cent cup of coffee.  You'd think I would know a thing or two.
 
Alas, I am in Memphis this weekend and the hotel coffee pot continues to get the best of me. 
  
Day 1:  Be prepared.
The night before:  place cup on the right side of the two cup machine.  Fill with water, add coffee.  Morning:  turn on, step away.  Coffee flows all over the counter.  Commence swearing.
 
Day 2.  Got smart. 
The night before place two cups and two coffee packets in the machine.  Fill reserve with 2 cups of water. Morning:  Two cups worth of coffee fill and overflow cup 1.  Run for rags, burn hand.  Commence swearing x 2. 
 
Day 3:  Smartest. 
Made my husband make the coffee.
 

Lessons learned:
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 1.  I am not a morning person (a well-established fact)
 
2.  We are a Twitter society.  People will not read detailed instructions.  Get to the point quickly and succinctly.
 
3.  Be obvious.  Use pictures, large numbers and arrows to show instructions.
 
While I am sure 95% of the population is much smarter about their coffee making, the lessons are sound.  If you don't want morning mommy splashing coffee all over you conference room table, either serve me (preferred) or make it fool proof.
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