re: #183 Eventual Carrion

Or have another stored (paying for space) onsite to replace it as fast as possible, so basically a waste of space and upfront money for that. Or paying for a hot shot replacement being available if needed, thus paying a retainer for this service. Or having a bunch of spare parts to fix the only machine you have, and possibly paying a tech to be onsite all the time or on retainer (paying monthly) to be available in some SLA criteria. These people that think things can happen without an initial outlay and recurring expense are crazy.

I have had people come back at me after I made this argument saying “I have a coffee maker that i have had for years and it still works fine with not much maintenance”. So I ask, “Do you make a few hundred pots per day with it?”. A business will make more coffee in a day than an average individual may make in a year through the machine. You can’t run a business like you run your home any more than you can run government like you run a business.

That’s a great point. And honestly with your home coffee maker, you can afford to be leisurely while making the coffee and alll that. As I said, tech developments are important but we should never discount human labor.