Like high-pitched death knells
stan posted this at 12:47 PM, and
7 of you responded
Once again, the microwave in the office breakroom sits empty, with three seconds left on its cooking timer. I have noticed this phenomenon no less than ten times since I started here. Clearly, somebody here has a phobia of the microwave's finishing three beeps.
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At November 23, 2005 at 11:39:00 AM CST,
kristen said...
or else they don't have enough patience to wait those last 3 seconds before they starve to death without their special nuke-em meal!
At November 23, 2005 at 12:10:00 PM CST,
kristen said...
oooh oooh i see the banner on the top of the window for the first time ever! it's the kitty! hooray! ps. i like your fancy buttons too.
At November 23, 2005 at 12:24:00 PM CST,
historymike said...
Yes, what a lazy habit.
If they have this 3-beep phobia, at least they could be kind and hit the CLEAR button.
At November 23, 2005 at 12:29:00 PM CST,
stan said...
I went back later in the day and the same microwave had 49 seconds left on it. Talk about cautious!
At November 23, 2005 at 12:37:00 PM CST,
Scott said...
Stan, how did you make those "buttons"?
At November 23, 2005 at 2:08:00 PM CST,
stan said...
I looked for another button that looked like it, that was 80 x 15 pixels, and saved the image to disk (right clicking on it). Then I opened it up in MS Paint and tweaked it around a bit. It's really really basic, low-resolution work that pretty much anyone can do.
Then I uploaded the image to flickr.com, where it gave my a permanent link to the image that I can use elsewhere, like in the links list.
At November 23, 2005 at 2:09:00 PM CST,
stan said...
I used MS Paint because that's all the computer at work has available. It's all you need anyway.
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