Judging from her very specific description it appears that Elizabeth just stood there watching and analyzing the coffee drip all over the counter instead of putting the carafe in the coffee maker. John and Elly’s extremely shocked look in the last panel seems to be because Elizabeth is bright enough to know how to stop the coffee mess, but not bright enough to actually stop the mess. She’s a thinker, not a doer.
Judging from her very specific description it appears that Elizabeth just stood there watching and analyzing the coffee drip all over the counter instead of putting the carafe in the coffee maker. John and Elly’s extremely shocked look in the last panel seems to be because Elizabeth is bright enough to know how to stop the coffee mess, but not bright enough to actually stop the mess. She’s a thinker, not a doer.