In our main cafeteria, a sachet of instant coffee costs 10 cent. In the coffee docks the very same sachets are free. There are two coffee machines in our cafeteria. One machine brews a 30 cent mocha. The machine right beside it brews a mocha for 1 euro 20 cent. Not to be outdone, beside these two machines is a brand new coffee bar, where you can now buy a mocha for a whopping 2 euros 10 cent. Meanwhile, the best coffees come from an espresso maker right beside our general manager’s office. This coffee is free. The coffee in the smaller canteen is free, but if you want an extra large coffee, it costs a euro.
And if you can understand the economics of all that, you deserve a cup of coffee.
Passive Impressions 
That beats Ericsson in Stockholm. My American colleagues were bemused that cans of soft drinks varied by 10 or 15 kr from floor to floor of the building. They also did not understand how a button labelled Coke could dispense cans of Fanta. Sweet people.
The main question is does anyone buy the €2.10 mocha? And if so, I’ve got this €100,000,000 that I need to move from Nigeria to the USA and…
Aaagh! They have removed the two cheaper machines from the cafeteria!! Only the expensive coffees are available there now! It was all a cunning ploy..
This last post had a short read-by date, I must say..