“Let’s Warm Up by the Coke Machine”

January 18, 2010: While record cold temps are hitting the country, management at UPS Freight in Atlanta is taking penny-pinching to an absurd level.

They turned off the heat in the break room entirely. Management said that the Coke machines would keep the room warm.

It didn’t work. The water cooler froze solid.

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