O.D.D.S. Field Operations Mug
$20.00Standard-issue drinkware of the Office of Data-Driven Speculation. White enamel with a silver rim. The O.D.D.S. crest is printed on the side in full color, because even probability auditors need to stay hydrated during recalibrations.
This is the mug that sits on the desk of every analyst in the department. It has seen late nights. It has seen line movements that defied explanation. It has held coffee, tea, and on one documented occasion, something the Forecasting Directorate brought back from Vladivostok that Le Council has since classified as "not technically a beverage."
The enamel is durable. The print is sublimated, which means it is in the coating, not on it—like a well-embedded statistical bias. The rim is silver because O.D.D.S. is funded by Le Council and Le Council approves of restraint.
This mug is hand-wash only. Le Council understands that this is inconvenient. Le Council also understands that putting a mug through a dishwasher is the thermal equivalent of playing at The Red Furnace, and The Desk cannot guarantee what survives The Furnace.
Not affiliated with O.M.E.N. O.M.E.N. has its own mugs. Le Council does not endorse them. Le Council has heard they glow. Le Council is not investigating this.
Specifications:
- 12 oz capacity (sufficient for one full recalibration session)
- Metal with enamel layer and sublimation coating
- Height: 3.14″ (8 cm)
- Diameter: 3.25″ (8.5 cm)
- White coating, silver rim
- Hand-wash only (this is not a suggestion)
Proceeds support the continued operation of Hockay and the reluctant employment of actuaries.