The Coffee Sign

This is the new sign by the coffee maker. it's totally yelling. a loud sign, if signs can be considered as such. bold, all caps, 1 billion pt. type.

We are all familiar with the concept I think - if you use the last of something that is used by others, please resupply. We'll call it the Toilet Paper Principle. Common courtesy. So I think that a gentle, friendly reminder would have sufficed.

My real issue is twofold. First, the directive itself:

• is there supposed to be a constant supply of coffee?
  
• is there a cut off time?
  
• you MUST make a new pot, even if it is 4:45 pm?
  
• how about at 2 pm? big coffee drinkers in the middle of the afternoon?
• do we need to have someone stay overnight to watch the pot?

at what point do you consider the pot empty?

• with less than 1 cup?
  
• btwn 1 and 2 cups?
  
• every last drop goes in to someone's cup?
  
• how much do you dump out to make a new pot?
  

So no, the rule is not simply you empty, you make more.

Secondly, the idea of the "rule" itself:

• who made the rule? The sign is, of course, anonymous. And lacks punctuation. And needs some grammatical help.
  
• can I make a rule? I would love to dictate a lot of things about the coffee here.
• is there a coffee cop that is going to enforce this?
  
• what is the punishment for breaking this rule?
  
• are we becoming a police state in regard to coffee?
  
• should i be worried about my civil liberties in the world of office coffee?

In all seriousness, do we not have more important things to worry about? You took time away from your job to make that sign. Surely there was something better you could have done with your time.