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_benton on June 26, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: -2000 Lines of code (2004)

I imagine management realized it was far cheaper to buy some soda than it was to lose 2 hours of work from multiple engineers

sokoloff on June 26, 2025 [–]

That was exactly the point of the protest that was couched as totally-not-a-protest.

(I skipped clarifying in the GP post that they took the soft drinks out of the fridge and emailed the new policy, rather than merely being a little slow in restocking.)

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