{"id":149547,"date":"2023-11-10T09:15:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149547"},"modified":"2023-11-09T19:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T00:23:18","slug":"dont-mess-with-a-navy-chiefs-dirty-coffee-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149547","title":{"rendered":"Don’t mess with a Navy Chief’s ‘dirty’ coffee cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Navy sailors noticed that their chief’s coffee cup was dirty, with residue from previous servings of coffee stuck on it. Being good sailors, they decided to scrub the coffee cup, to give it a good cleaning. They figured that their boss would appreciate a nice clean cup to drink his coffee from. However, instead of appreciation, their chief lost his stuff. This is not a single event in the Navy.<\/p>\n

From the Military Times:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sailors, for example, but more specifically those those who have achieved the rank of chief, have one superstition that extends into the unsanitary. They never clean their coffee mugs.<\/p>\n

The first time I learned of this I was 23 and working in an office in Washington. The director, a Navy veteran whose cubicle I shared, had a note stuck to his mug that read, “Don’t wash me.”<\/p>\n

When I inquired, he informed me that it was something he picked up as a sailor. He’d done this with his black coffee for so long, in fact, that he’d simply grown to enjoy the taste of the weeks, months, or years old residue.<\/p>\n

“It adds a lot of flavor,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Gross,” I thought, shrugging it off — until now.<\/p>\n

Sailors, as it turns out, have an extensive history of keeping coffee cups as grimy as can be. The explanations for doing so, meanwhile, are all over the map.<\/p>\n

Some internet users suggest it’s bad luck, others say the dirtiness of the mug is a sign of seniority, while there are also those who simply believe it’s a matter of taste.<\/p>\n

“You clean a mug of one, it’s a death sentence for that person,” wrote one Reddit poster about taking dish soap to a sailor’s treasured coffee chalice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Military Times has more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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