Heh, pretty much every kitchen in the UK - in homes and in offices - has a kettle that can boil a litre of water in 3-4 minutes. You can buy them in the supermarket for around £20.
And then there’s this beauty my wife treated me to a while back… https://www.sageappliances.com/en-gb/product/bke825?sku=SKE825BSS3GUK1
WTF is this slop… “Just minutes ago […] Former U.S. President […]” ???
I was very tempted, but the cost of their uncapped service was just a bit too much. You get what you pay for I guess, but I’ll take the occasional mild infuriation over around £35pm extra cost.
More of a famous quote I guess, but:
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Since I first heard it, I’ve been far less annoyed / paranoid about other peoples actions, at work in particular.
If the US gets a new president in 2029, I’ll be devastated if they don’t take the opportunity to do a major speach or something against the backdrop of a half derelict East Wing - it would be iconic.
I’m not sure these overlapping dots necessary represent the data so well… e.g. it gives the impression that London has only had about three terrorism incidents…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London
We have them in kitchens that need to serve a large number of people - big offices, big hotel breakfast areas, transport lounges, etc.
But a standard kitchen, I think it’s like someone else said in this thread: The time it takes to boil a 240V kettle isn’t much more than the time it takes to get the mug ready, so there’s no real benefit to going through the extra structural work to fit a boiling water tap.
Also I think most “boiling water” taps are actually like 95°C, not boiling, so if you’re a black tea snob that isn’t acceptable.