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One of the shot glasses spontaneously exploded last night??? I wasn’t anywhere near it and it just fucking shattered. Has this happened to anyone else??? (reddit.com)

submitted by missthemac

KarluhO 31 points 2y ago

The tops of the machines get hot there, nothing is supposed to be on that platform. Decades ago it was for keeping “for here” mugs warm

HamiltonPolka 14 points 2y ago

Agreed. Too hot up there for glass

Kittywizarrr 2 points 2y ago

I was thinking that was the case

Haunting-Message-953 1 points 2y ago

That’s funny, because we keep cup sleeves there😁

MilaDuke 5 points 2y ago

We keep our sugar packets up there lol

saddestgirl1995 7 points 2y ago

Too hot, the heat made em blow up. Hasn't happened to me at bux, but at a previous job and it's so jarring lol.

whateverloserz 7 points 2y ago

You guys have your pitchers labeled & water(?) in them? One looks like it has ice in it, what is that for? Our pitchers aren’t labeled, we have three by one machine (one is holding the foam spoon), & none of them have any liquids in them until we use them for steaming.

sungoode 10 points 2y ago

they’re soaking the steam wand in ice water, it helps to remove milk residue build up and can be scraped off with a lid

whateverloserz 1 points 2y ago

Ohhhh, thank you for your answer! We just wash them at night in the back. We do have a different machine, maybe that’s why? I would have never thought that ice water works better than hot water. Would that work too for build up on the steaming pitchers?

sungoode 2 points 2y ago

tbh i don’t really know the science behind it either but it works really well, and i’ve found dissolving a cafiza tablet in really hot water and scrubbing helps with the calcium build up and with cleaning nasty shakers and stuff too

whateverloserz 2 points 2y ago

Thank you so much for answering & your advice!! I hope you have a splendid life, dude! 😎

missthemac [OP] 7 points 2y ago

It exploded with such force that it knocked the 2nd shot glass (on the counter) down from the top of the espresso machine.

LeatherTurnip1224 5 points 2y ago

I had the same thing happen when one of my coworkers was walking past one on the counter and accidentally knocked it off onto the floor. It shattered into a million pieces and we were all confused because my SSV told us they’re meant to not break even if they do fall...the only explanation we could come up with is it must’ve fell on just the right spot and it just shattered. It was still strange and to this day we are still finding pieces of glass under our cabinets from it.

OriginalJokeGoesHere 3 points 2y ago

The new shot glasses are shatterproof. That means that they don't *shatter* and form small, sharp pieces/shards. Instead, they break into more uniform chunks like the one in the picture.

Huge_Crab_7425 2 points 2y ago

They are shatter resistant, not shatter proof

LeatherTurnip1224 1 points 2y ago

Ohh ok, I’m still a green bean so I didn’t know that. Thank you lol

Proof_Papaya296 3 points 2y ago

Yes. One shattered randomly in the dish pit. Wasn’t thrown, nor was it in hot water.

collusion54 2 points 2y ago

I’m pretty sure that would be classified as ghost activity

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