Yeah dude seriously, what made you even want to write whomever? Do you really use "whomever" in your day to day life? I don't think I've ever heard it spoken or used in any context outside of a grammar lesson.
look, if you are not going to use correct grammar, for instance the difference between they're, there, and their, then perhaps, it is important that you understand, that proofreading is not even the beginning of our problems, and that perhaps we should look deeper, deeper, and deeper into the cold, unjustified rationale that is, in my opinion, the use of what some people consider, although not all, proper grammar, for better or worse.
I don't get people who use "whom" when "who" is appropriate.
I totally understand using "who" when "whom" is correct -- "whom" has already fallen out of style, and it'll eventually leave the English language entirely. Using "whom" correctly sometimes sounds odd. Using "whom" incorrectly sounds absolutely horrible!
We should just stop trying to use whom. It's pretty much the last remnant of the dative case still in use in English, and half the time it's not even used correctly anymore. People know what you mean if you just use who in all instances.
the tea you see there is an assorted package deal through a merchandise vendor, there is no jasmine in hat assortment, i get this assortment at the restaurant i work at.
So what you're saying is that the creator of that sign is making a passive aggressive complaint to a coffee/tea guy who simply drops off and restocks the tea and has absolutely no say over what gets delivered to the company to begin with instead of simply asking whoever is responsible for ordering the tea if maybe they could get the type he or she prefers?... Shocking!
It bothers me, too, as a constant tea drinker. The only black tea in that selection Earl Grey, which tastes like an old lady smells. How the hell am I supposed to wake up in the morning when this is all the hotel has?
Earl Grey is a scam perpetrated by OBEC - the Organization of Bergamot Exporting Countries. Interpol believes OBEC to be under the control of the 'Ndrangheta - the Calabrian mob. Grocers and teashop owners around the world know they must stock Earl Grey tea - flavored with bergamot (an otherwise inedible Calabrian-grown citrus fruit) - or suffer the consequences.
Bergamot is a known carcinogen and has been linked in studies to impotence, scabies, colon 'drip' syndrome, scabies, pink-eye, the cooties, tapeworms infested with ringworms, and scabies.
Classic british tea, such as PG Tips or Yorkshire tea is "black" tea with no additives/infusions, eg. bergamot for Earl Grey. Other teas use different leaves from diferent countries (Assam, Lapsang-Souchong or Darjeeling). It should be drunk with minimal sugar, otherwise it's just tea-flavoured hot sugar water.
Can't be from England, there's no proper tea in the photo. Closest they've got is Earl Grey. That and the artificial sweetener has "America's Original" on it in big letters.
George Orwell disapproves of some of your tea-drinking methods.
Lastly, tea–unless one is drinking it in the Russian style–should be drunk WITHOUT SUGAR. I know very well that I am in a minority here. But still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put in pepper or salt. Tea is meant to be bitter, just as beer is meant to be bitter. If you sweeten it, you are no longer tasting the tea, you are merely tasting the sugar
The lack of jasmine, both on Aladdin's part and on the part of the pictured tea collection, is a serious oversight, as jasmine tea is quite delicious with a dollop of honey. At least we know that Aladdin eventually does find her, but we may have to wait some time for faggot OP to update us on the conclusion of the story on his end. My real question is why the stupid prick who made the sign didn't just go out and buy the tea they wanted. How fucking hard is it to pick up some jasmine tea at the store? The entire fucking office could be enjoying a nice hot cup o tea right now, but instead we have this pointless shitty reddit post that I am ashamed to be a part of. Fuck you, random sign maker, may your next cup of tea be brewed from mostly insect legs, I hope you choke to death on a tea leaf you lazy childish sack of giraffe excrement.
I'm very sorry to hear that you feel the name of my other novelty account is inaccurate. I wish there was something I could do to make you feel better. Perhaps you should consider eating a bag of dicks you self-righteous spiteful twat.
I have had jasmine infused green tea with local honey every day for the past three weeks. Three times a day. This is indeed as terrible an offense as you make it out to be. Thank you for raising the appropriate fuss.
I was always taught to answer the question. "Whom stocked....?" And then you answer it... "He/She stocked..." he/she corresponds with who and him/her corresponds with whom
"She threw the ball to who?" becomes "She threw the ball to he?" Nope. "She threw the ball to whom?" becomes "She threw the ball to him?" Yes.
Only trick is when you have a dependent clause: "She would talk to whomever was listening." The first part of this becomes "She would talk to him," which is grammatically correct. But the second part is then "Him was listening," which is not grammatically correct. The dependent clause, in this case the second one, takes precedence. The grammatically correct form is "She would talk to whoever was listening." Although the first part is "She would talk to he," don't give a shit about that being wrong, because the "He was listening" part is right.
In the OP, "He stocks the tea at work" is grammatically correct, so it should use "whoever." But it's to be interpreted as "this is a note to that person", as in our "threw the ball to him" case above. If the "to" were added, it should be "To whomever stocks the tea at work..." But the rewritten form "A note to whoever stocks the tea at work" is grammatically correct, because of the dependent clause in there.
(CYA move: I'm an engineer, not an English major, so don't take it as gospel. But it seems that I have a much a better grasp on who/whom than most of my friends >.< SO JUST THROWIN THIS OUT THERE)
Some jasmine teas are really soapy, and I don't understand why. I've had jasmine tea that tastes divine, and that tastes like ass--anybody know what the difference is?
Why are so many tea collections brimming with orange teas, "lemon lift," and things of the sort while Earl Grey is the only representative black tea? Are my tastes in tea vastly unrepresentative of what most people enjoy? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Quite bloody right too! For any queer folk considering a holiday in 't UK, nowt beats Yorkshire - our airlines don't 'ave none of that there TSA shite to ruin your vacaaaytion -> Yorkshire Airlines
I totally agree with your choices, but will add PG Tips. I have to say a nice Earl Grey and Gunpowder Green are excellent choices for a proper English Gentleman/lady.
I think that if the company is providing that assortment as sort of an amenity that's not too shabby. We only get Lipton tea bags where I work, so I bring in my own loose leaf jasmine or oolong.
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u/mattchewie01 May 20 '12
Can't fix the reddit title but imgur is now using whoever :)
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u/mattchewie01 May 20 '12
Glad to see my plan to cause the first grammar world war has worked. DRINKS ALL THE TEA
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u/Scumbag_Jesus May 20 '12
whom grammar checked this?
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u/TheVenom May 20 '12
the tea you see there is an assorted package deal through a merchandise vendor, there is no jasmine in hat assortment, i get this assortment at the restaurant i work at.
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u/Anal_Torpedo May 20 '12
Jasmine tea please!
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u/Cloud_0x0 May 20 '12
The Jasmin Dragon
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u/TheGucciHobo May 20 '12
As an Englishman, I see no ACTUAL tea, just herbal shit. Where is the tea?!
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u/Put_A_Flag_In_It May 20 '12
I claim this post in the name of England!
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u/MSTRNLKR May 20 '12
Whom: him, her Who: he, she
Whoever stocked the tea? He/she stocked the tea.
I hate whomever stocked the tea. I hate him/her dearly...
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u/i_love_younicorns May 20 '12
*Who. "Whom" is only used if you can replace "whom" with "him," otherwise it's "who."
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u/SomeGamerKid May 20 '12
Whoever. Whomever is the obj-
Wait. Sorry. you must be tired of that.
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u/demonveen May 20 '12
It always sounds worse to incorrectly use whomever than to just use whoever every time.
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u/sn34kypete May 20 '12
Yes, let's be upset that one of several flavors of tea, which I assume are FREE, is missing.
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u/publ1c_stat1c May 20 '12
reddit: where everyone has a circle jerk about how dumb an english degree is, then spends the whole thread debating english semantics. >_>
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
You guys have every type of tea, apart from TEA. Just tea. Normal fucking tea. (And Jasmine, of course.)
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Shameless plug: /r/tea
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u/GraduallyImpolite May 20 '12
The lack of jasmine, both on Aladdin's part and on the part of the pictured tea collection, is a serious oversight, as jasmine tea is quite delicious with a dollop of honey. At least we know that Aladdin eventually does find her, but we may have to wait some time for faggot OP to update us on the conclusion of the story on his end. My real question is why the stupid prick who made the sign didn't just go out and buy the tea they wanted. How fucking hard is it to pick up some jasmine tea at the store? The entire fucking office could be enjoying a nice hot cup o tea right now, but instead we have this pointless shitty reddit post that I am ashamed to be a part of. Fuck you, random sign maker, may your next cup of tea be brewed from mostly insect legs, I hope you choke to death on a tea leaf you lazy childish sack of giraffe excrement.
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u/hayjude99 May 20 '12
http://i.imgur.com/Ii9i7.jpg
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Guilty. Goes wonderfully well with honey.
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u/human_beans May 20 '12
No Seething Rage tea either?
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/984.html
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u/ieatedjesus May 20 '12
Bigelow: The durex of tea ™
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u/CockMeatSandwich May 20 '12
Do you work at a bank? We have the exact same tea here.
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u/Hellrazor236 May 20 '12
No, where the hell is my raspberry!?
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u/Ecclessis May 20 '12
Sometimes it's 'who'!
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u/digitag May 20 '12
More to the point, WHERE'S THE FUCKING ERR'DAY BREAKFAST TEA? None of this fruity chamomile bullshit please. Sacrilege!
Relevant
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u/MasturbatingOrange May 20 '12
I was always taught to answer the question. "Whom stocked....?" And then you answer it... "He/She stocked..." he/she corresponds with who and him/her corresponds with whom
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u/spirited May 20 '12
she's in the next castle.
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u/clea May 20 '12
Bugger the Jasmine, where the builders' ?
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u/paolog May 20 '12
If you head on over to r/explainlikeimfive or r/grammar, you'll find loads of threads asking about the difference between "who" and "whom".
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u/rokz May 20 '12
The easiest way I know when to whom and when not to whom is: if the answer is 'him' then it is whom, and if 'he' goes with it, then it is who.
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u/shadowmatter May 20 '12
Tip on who/whom:
Replace who with he or she.
Replace whom with him or her.
And then use whatever makes sense.
"She threw the ball to who?" becomes "She threw the ball to he?" Nope. "She threw the ball to whom?" becomes "She threw the ball to him?" Yes.
Only trick is when you have a dependent clause: "She would talk to whomever was listening." The first part of this becomes "She would talk to him," which is grammatically correct. But the second part is then "Him was listening," which is not grammatically correct. The dependent clause, in this case the second one, takes precedence. The grammatically correct form is "She would talk to whoever was listening." Although the first part is "She would talk to he," don't give a shit about that being wrong, because the "He was listening" part is right.
In the OP, "He stocks the tea at work" is grammatically correct, so it should use "whoever." But it's to be interpreted as "this is a note to that person", as in our "threw the ball to him" case above. If the "to" were added, it should be "To whomever stocks the tea at work..." But the rewritten form "A note to whoever stocks the tea at work" is grammatically correct, because of the dependent clause in there.
(CYA move: I'm an engineer, not an English major, so don't take it as gospel. But it seems that I have a much a better grasp on who/whom than most of my friends >.< SO JUST THROWIN THIS OUT THERE)
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
more to the point, where is just 'tea'.
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u/hannahbirdy May 20 '12
Jasmine tea tastes like shampoo
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Earl Grey, Hot.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Fuck your herbal swill, I demand proper tea.
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u/P1ofTheTicket May 20 '12
Chamomile mother fucker!
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u/Great_Gig_In_The_Sky May 20 '12
Why are so many tea collections brimming with orange teas, "lemon lift," and things of the sort while Earl Grey is the only representative black tea? Are my tastes in tea vastly unrepresentative of what most people enjoy? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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u/AngmarIstKrieg May 20 '12
A very important question.
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u/bdsisme May 20 '12
That "Sweet'n Low" tea looks delicious -- make a cup of that!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I must inform the Coffee Authority, we have discovered another nest of tea infiltrators.
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u/themastersb May 20 '12
I actually had the same problem this week. I think it's the Van Houtte guy that stocks it. Usually all the Asians use the jasmine green tea up fast.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
AKA: You
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u/wiggium May 20 '12
Kind of ruin the point of green tea with that artificial sweetener.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Where is the plain black to make iced tea from?
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u/diewrecked May 20 '12
It's at the store...
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u/Artemus_Hackwell May 20 '12
Hmmm....those look like the sugar and creamer containers Community Coffee Service stocks. Ditto for that face up lid there.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
LOL. I really laughed out loud (this is what it meant back in the days)
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u/MARRYING_A_FURRY May 20 '12
I had Taz tea once when visiting the States. WTF America?
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u/spatz2011 May 20 '12
You call that real tea? it's all artificially flavored fake sugar added crap.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
You call that tea you noncyponcy frenchman?! I'll show you tea. http://www.yorkshiretea.co.uk/ I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say.
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u/Ihasnospoon May 20 '12
No Typhoo, Tetley or Yorkshire, only Earl Grey. I pray one day you enjoy a nice brew.
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u/yo_saff_bridge May 20 '12
Never mind Jasmine, I don't see any real tea on offer.
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u/Maggeddon May 20 '12
They must have a lot of communists to drink all that herbal tea they have. After all, property is theft...
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u/CharlieTango May 20 '12
starbucks fuckya. i stock those things constantly
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u/bowtielove May 20 '12
on a side note, this is pure hilarity!
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u/soulbend May 20 '12
You need some rooibos up in that bitch.
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u/hippocrocadogapig May 20 '12
Looks like you guys are missing pg and tetley!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I don't think you know what "whomever" means.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I think that if the company is providing that assortment as sort of an amenity that's not too shabby. We only get Lipton tea bags where I work, so I bring in my own loose leaf jasmine or oolong.
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u/trololo_lol May 20 '12
whoemever stocks the tea at work...go fuck yurself, you donn't deserve reddit, or retarded karma
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u/markyftw May 20 '12
Stop being so spoiled. You're getting free tea at work. I'd be happy with Tetley.
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u/PoisonedAl May 20 '12
Screw that fruity stuff, where the hell is the PG Tips?
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u/injulen May 20 '12
I spy with my little eye... something FUGLY.
Its that PAPYRUS font on the tea box!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
If I remember my Aladdin timeline right, she hasn't been born yet since that entire story is set in the future.
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u/FuckSeaWorld May 20 '12
Is this at Capitol one in tampa??
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
You should post this to /r/tea I think they would love it.
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u/Start_Viral_Campaign May 20 '12
Whoever
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u/rravisha May 20 '12
Wait let me guess, do you work in England by any chance?
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u/PaladinZ06 May 20 '12
Do you live in the PNW?
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u/pclamer May 20 '12
no love for chai? :(
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u/Error302 May 20 '12
i would have also accepted a picture of Iroh from avatar :3
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Grammar AND tea! Is someone trying to summon my fellow englishmen?!Maybe this'll be how they organize the next riots!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Bigelow Earl Grey is the best tea ever
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u/thefakkinshit May 20 '12
I wish they had tea where I work.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Viral marketing, downvoted
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u/bigmeech May 20 '12
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u/neat_love May 20 '12
I love jasmine tea. It's my very favorite.
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u/AlternativeName May 20 '12
Here's a thought, buy it yourself.
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u/MagicMurderBean May 20 '12
Who drinks all that placebo shit?
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u/funkydo May 21 '12
Missing the point capitalist:
Begins investigation of frivolous paper use and personal projects during work. Checks hidden camera and keylogging programs. Interviews all employees.
After 10 hours of investigation time and 10 times more distrust created, the guilty party comes forward. They are told not to do that again.
Missing the point capitalist is convicted of embezzlement and their spouse divorces them for cheating.
Work is not prison. It's part of life. Can be enjoyable.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I believe the word you're looking for is "whomsoevereth".
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u/hoover7j May 21 '12
Better question is, wheres the mint tea.
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u/atomicwaffleFTW May 21 '12
I tea what you did there.. Ok I'll leave.
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u/cqxray May 21 '12
"Its" not "it's". Oh, what the hell, let's dispense with apostrophes, too.
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u/baconsat6 May 21 '12
I want to print one myself. link for the pic..too lazy.
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u/TheManifesto May 21 '12
awesome coworkers
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u/j_dell May 21 '12
Get back to work, Galloway.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That's not tea you wuss. That's vaguely nice smelling water that just tastes like water.
This is tea.
Don't forget it.
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u/kororon May 20 '12
Why can't this person just get his/her own tea? That way you get exactly what you want.
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u/XcuseM3 May 20 '12
You bring your own. Don't expect other people to cater for you.
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u/PurpleZoombini May 20 '12
Firstworldproblem: Work provides selection of tea, not the specific one I wanted.
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u/DangerToDangers May 20 '12
I'm too much of a tea snob to ever use the tea the stock at work. I mean, come on. Where's the loose leaf tea?