Its even worse at Microsoft China: they empty fridges after 6 PM or so, and they never stock them very fully. So if you work at night or on the weekend, you are pretty much SOL on anything but hot or luke warm water (its a Chinese thing, I would kill for a water cooler), or taking a 10 minute walk to the nearest convenience store outside the building. Suffice it to say, I never overtime at the office, its just too much of a logistical nightmare if I get thirsty.
But I guess they did have a big theft problem N years ago that justifies this behavior. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this would be a real problem.
What's the difference? Or rather, what do you mean by Chai? As far as I know, that's just a different word for tea. I guess you might mean some drink that has milk?
For what it's worth, I bring in my own leaves to the office.
OK, I was just asking, because Chai is also e.g. the Turkish word for tea. (I guess it's just that some cultures we use the chai-based word for tea instead of the tea-based word use more milk. In Mongolio it's chai as well, and they have lots of milk and butter and salt and pepper.)
But I guess they did have a big theft problem N years ago that justifies this behavior. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this would be a real problem.