LPT if you are getting "coffee" every day at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, a cheap home expresso machine will pay itself in a month. As a bonus you have the option of using actual coffee.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Making things at home will almost always be cheaper but ignores the rituals embedded into capitalism.

That cup of coffee you make at home before you leave does not possess the same psychological comfort as the one you have at the end of your commute just before walking into the office.

Our brain is wired to want specific inputs at specific times in relation to our environment and i sometimes feel like the entire work commute culture is designed to exploit it.

Going somewhere after work to blow of steam has the same vibe. Nothing wrong with that on permis but the opportunity to get you to spend is well understood in business.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That cup of coffee you make at home before you leave does not possess the same psychological comfort as the one you have at the end of your commute just before walking into the office.

You can put it into a thermal flask at home and then drink it whenever your feelings require.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They are most certainly an option and great if they work for you, but that’s beside the point, there are lots of reasons people may not like those. More to he point is that industry has been waking up about single use cup awareness and now loves to sell you a reusable bottle. Butt regardless of what capitalism is trying there is no single one solution for every possible human need. Selling beverages in public spaces must fill some niches though if it remains lucrative.

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