Around the Primo Water Cooler

It's another Tuesday installment of Around the Primo Water Cooler! Mondays have gotten hectic with all the work and catching up there is to do from the weekend that Cooler Girl has to get her ducks in a row before informing you on our "goings-on." (don't worry- it is a Southern term).

NCAA Basketball Tournament (of course), the nursing home shooting, the rain finally stopping and the pain of spring cleaning. It is not that I hate spring cleaning, but it is just that I don't want to take time away from Little Man to do it. Fortunately, my friend Sandra has taken given me some of my time back with Little Man because of how she uses her water cooler. She actually uses the hot water to clean up messes quickly. Who knew! I had been sitting there waiting on my tap water to warm up and I could have used my instant hot water to do it minutes faster. Little Man happy and mama happy! I feel like it should be the new Swiffer commercial! Love it! Thanks Sandra!

Around the Primo Water Cooler

It's time for a Tuesday installment of Around the Primo Water Cooler (imagine the theme music from the Spanning the Globe segment on NBC as you read the title). We have been consumed with the NCAA Tournament (the happiness and disappointments), Natasha Richardson's death (the tragedy), the economy and bailouts (it's always a topic), and this guy who owns a bar in Topeka, Kansas.

Why you are we North Carolinians discussing a guy from Topeka whom none of us have ever met? Because he is doing something creative with his water cooler (see Bold Below). An excerpt from the March 23 issue of the Topeka Capital-Journal online:

Late nights at The Office
A local bar with a new face and a new manager is putting a whole new spin on staying burning the midnight oil at work.
The Office, formerly Donnie’s, at 124 S.W. 8th, is now overseen by Dan Deffendorf, and he hopes to bring his past experience to help improve the revamped hangout.
“It’s a very nice bar, it’s a very clean bar,” said Deffendorf. “It just needs a little bit of TLC, and I’m willing to do that.”
Besides the name, Deffendorf is hoping to spread the office theme throughout the bar, from dispensing margaritas from watercoolers to inviting customers to bring photos of them at work to the bar to post on a giant cork board. Also, efficiency is a high priority, said Deffendorf, who cited a previous time he had gone to the bar when it was under old management and it had taken him nearly 25 minutes to get a drink.
“The whole thing is about speed so we don’t have people waiting for their drink,” said Deffendorf. “We’re used to being bombarded (with customers).”

Mr. Deffendorf proves that water coolers have multiple uses! Can't wait to visit Topeka!

You Guys Should Know This

The Cooler Girl ran across this cute little article about what to call water coolers. It is very similar to my post on water coolers vs. water dispensers. My favorite line is when they are referred to as "genius." Any product with this moniker is bound for success!

http://www.youguysshouldknow.com/business/hot-and-cold-water-from-your-water-cooler/

Have a Primo weekend!

Around the Primo Water Cooler

Ok! So here's the skinny around the Primo Water Cooler today. NCAA basketball tourny, Celebrity Apprentice, wondering if the rain will ever stop and ceramic water dispensers!

You are probably wondering what is a ceramic dispenser is and why you would want a dispenser that doesn't give you hot and cold water? There are lots of reasons why and people in California, Arizona, Texas and Florida love them. The Cooler Girl has found out the skinny on these dispensers and why they are a great alternative.

http://www.bestbrandtobuy.com/ceramic-water-dispenser/

This would be great to have on hand for making Aqua Frescas for Cinco de Mayo!

Around the Primo Water Cooler

It's Monday and I have decided to start a new feature on Monday's entitled: Around the Primo Water Cooler! Everyone always catches up on Mondays about what happened over the weekend, whose team won, and whatever else people talk about around the water cooler. So to keep everyone up to date on the latest happenings in our world, we are now going to chat around the Primo Water Cooler on Mondays!

Yes, Carolina beat Duke and Wake Forest is a #2 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament, but more importantly, Primo is now a certified Up On Green Business, which means we are environmentally aware of keeping Green as part of our everyday office life. We met 9 out of 14 criteria without spending an additional money! It is so easy!!!!

Even more importantly, we are saving the environment and drinking more water by having water coolers in our homes as well. Every little bit helps and we are doing our part! I hope more people jump on the water cooler bandwagon (and Wake Forest's as well)!

That's what's going on around the Primo Water Cooler today!

Best Water Article Ever!

I am always looking at what is said about Primo Water, bottled water, water coolers and water dispensers on the web. It is always entertaining to hear what people think and how informed (and uninformed) their articles are. Yesterday, I found a blog that is now bookmarked as one of my favorites. While it purpose focuses on one of my vices (wine), it had one of the best, unbiased articles about bottled water that I have seen. For your reading pleasure, here's the link.

http://drinkinghole.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-water-bottle-myths-imported.html

What I like about this article is that it discusses that water cooler bottles have less environmental impact and are safe. More importantly, it recognizes water coolers as an option for drinking more water. Hail to the drinkinghole! The Cooler Girl is now a fan!