lets assume food (lunch, snacks, coffee, soda, water, carbonated water) runs $25&#x2F;day.  That&#x27;s high, based on a previous employer, but let&#x27;s run with it.<p><pre><code>   $25 * 5 * 50 = $6,250
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What the hell are they spending $25k&#x2F;year&#x2F;employee on?  I share your skepticism.<p>Edit: I can&#x27;t fully tell this story, because I remain anonymous on HN after a prick &#x2F; top 10 poster here threatened my employer over my opinions on software development.  But the partial story is still funny.<p>A former employer had a cool toy in the office.  It was something people noticed.  There was a techcrunch story with wankers going on about wasted money, extravagant bullshit, the usual.  The speculation on cost ranged from $25k to $100k.<p>I had to register to point out that actual cost was well under $1k.  How do I know?  Friends&#x2F;coworkers and I built it over the course of a couple evenings with tools borrowed from an employee&#x27;s father.  Parts ran well under $1k on amazon, even including the couple of six packs of beers we drank during construction.