Jail house coffee is when you add about half the normal amount of coffee grounds that have already made a pot. It’s a way a cheap start up tries to save a buck on the company coffee that management meagerly buys.
by Beech Bum. June 14, 2018
Get the jail house coffee mug.When the basic things to run your life all involve labyrinthine processes to get simple answers (forget about specialized, non-pre-recorded ones).
Example is having a utility bill emailed to you, then having trouble logging into their site to view it -- only to be sent to another series of screens to register, since it's your first time there ; or, to change passwords when you realize you don't recall the one you used two years ago when you first logged in (never having returned, since you chose to get paper bills for awhile after the Web service launched, but now the company has made it hard to do anything outside of online).
Oh, and generally, the experience of dealing with any service run by a large, government or corporate enterprise (cf. voicejail)
Example is having a utility bill emailed to you, then having trouble logging into their site to view it -- only to be sent to another series of screens to register, since it's your first time there ; or, to change passwords when you realize you don't recall the one you used two years ago when you first logged in (never having returned, since you chose to get paper bills for awhile after the Web service launched, but now the company has made it hard to do anything outside of online).
Oh, and generally, the experience of dealing with any service run by a large, government or corporate enterprise (cf. voicejail)
by BlackCrane May 1, 2019
Get the E-jail mug.Jail breaking consists of tying your penis and testicles to a chair and throwing the chair through the window
by FacadeJG May 22, 2019
Get the jail break mug.The extended period during a wedding (or similar event) when guests are stuck seated at their assigned tables for way too long—usually due to drawn-out speeches, slow dinner service, slideshows, or excessive formalities. Typically includes boredom, mild social anxiety, and several unnecessary drinks.
“We didn’t even get up until 9:30. Total table jail.”
“The speeches were sweet, but I was in table jail with a lukewarm chicken breast and a stranger named Noah.”
“The speeches were sweet, but I was in table jail with a lukewarm chicken breast and a stranger named Noah.”
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