Rant: the break room at my office in Phoenix has 4 microwaves and people still line up at the one with the good turntable

Terry Kelly · 2026-10-26T07:00:04.656631+00:00

I timed it on Tuesday. 9 people waiting for the microwave on the left while the other 3 sat empty because word got around that the left one heats even. The thing is, somebody put a sticky note on it 6 months ago that says "best micro" and now it's gospel. I watched a guy stand there for 7 minutes with cold leftovers instead of walking 10 feet to a free unit. If you're in a break room with 4 appliances, please just use the closest one and stop treating a sticky note like a sacred text. How do you break the spell on a thing like this without being the office jerk?

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Rant: the break room at my office in Phoenix has 4 microwaves and people still line up at the one with the good turntable | Break Time Banter - Chatter Central