It has been ailing for years (missing parts and missing functions) but has refused to die. So, I keep asking myself, “What if I waited?” The answer is always the same… What’s the worst that will happen?
I’ll have to exert a bit more effort to make a cup of coffee the non-fully automatic way- not so bad.
I’ll decide that the exertion is unacceptable and I’ll have to shell out for a new machine- not so bad.
So, this is an easy one to wait out. My biggest reservation about waiting is fear that when this well-used and loved coffee maker is truly finished, the replacement options will all have mistakes masquerading as features. I don’t need 21 drink options, a double speed grinder, Wi-Fi enabled Smart Connect (god forbid), or 22 programmables (whatever that means). And when you don’t need something, it’s usually wise not to want it.
“To act on impulse is to make oneself a hostage to ridicule.” Aunt Agnes in The Gilded Age
So, I’m waiting…