Brouhaha over New Mr. Coffee

I had a Mr. Coffee that served me my 4-cup of joe faithfully each day for many years. It had a clock to which I set the night before. Each morning at 5:50 AM my hot coffee awaited me. For the last year or so, it was showing signs of incontinence. The mountain spring water with which I make the coffee would steam out from the seams of the housing. Alas, the escaped liquid denied the full pleasure of my having a "good to the last drop" colombian supremo enjoyment.

For some reason, Mr. Coffee stopped making the programmable 4-cup brewer since I got mine many moons ago. It wasn't until two weeks ago I espied the new DRX 5 with a green digital clock at the Target Store. My Holy Grail cost $20.00 (USD).

And yet, this new Mr. Coffee irks me. I have used many thingamajigs and hi-tech instruments that are equipped with time keeping devices. I have not once encountered a digital clock that couldn't keep relatively accurate time, until this Mr. Coffee DRX 5. Each day I click the minute-button forward 4 minutes just to have the DRX 5 clock to stay more or less accurate for another 24-hours.

The root of the problem lies not with Mr. Coffee, of course, but with the manufacturer. So today I wrote to the company regarding the product defect.

This is a good object lesson to remind us (myself) of not looking for a faulty Mr. Coffee in others or at the institutions. More often than not, the hubbub resides in our own hearts.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
-- (Psalm 139:23-24 NASB)