And if they don’t drink it, you question everything about yourself
Unless they show up late then they ain’t getting shit from me
The world never says no about a good cup of tea.
In the yellow one
When the builders were redoing our shower room, we offered drinks and they didn’t want any. /shrug
even when you are just handing over a cup of tea!
A few months ago, i had tradesmen hired by my housing association come to fix my bedroom door (it was broken before i moved in), it was the afternoon and they said it was the first cup of tea they had been offered all day, this country is dead
And always its really shit or really good, no in-between
Having worked in a trade job for afew years, getting offered a cuppa can make or break a day ☕😂
Husband and I don’t drink tea so, unfortunately, I am one of the outliers here. They can have water if they so wish 😀
Only in the north and midlands
My old man was a tradie, and he drilled it into me that you “look after the grafter” so I always offer a brew n biscuits. If it’s an all day job, they get a bacon butty made. The roofers even got a box of beers each after a 2 day job putting a full new roof on my garage.
Ah. The obligatory cup of burglar’s tea.
In my experience this is usually followed by about half an hour of awkwardly hovering a medium distance away from them, not knowing what to do with your hands.
What until they get the bill where I massively overestimate the unit cost of a tea bag, splash of milk and tea spoon of sugar. Bill them for an hour’s labour at £80 each time I make them a cuppa even though it only takes 5 mins. Additional biscuit fee.
Play them at their own game
Yeah they got a bit funny about taking drinks after Covid
I used to have client sign off sheets personally printed with a checkbox at the bottom with the question “offered a brew?” If not, 5% on your bill. No joke.
If you don’t your getting crap service.
For the love of God, 1 a day. Had a site run over by nearly a week because the client was putting a bbq on every day for the guys on top of multiple coffees
My dads a chippy and loads of people wouldnt offer anything but then he had people making him a fryup. I personally always offer Tea (Yorkshir) and fresh bean coffee because its polite
It’s not “every” person where I’m from. In my hometown all the tradies know this rule: When you work at a low-income house they’ll give you their last tea bag to make you welcome, but at one of the big houses next to the posh golf club and amongst the former footballers, you’ll never see the residents except when they want to complain or get a discount.
Not a trade but do think the offer of a cuppa to any visitor is a basic courtesy. I visit customer businesses for my job and the amount of times I am not offered a cuppa is SHOCKING. I judge them hard for that. Extra brownie points for the ones who deliver endless cups, like some weird chain tea drinker.
When they refuse you can’t help but be suspicious and have to hide the offence you feel.
Meh…I don’t drink tea so they’re all shit outta luck at my house!
In a tradesperson I’d rather people not offer tbh, I just want to complete the job and get paid
Tbf I don’t really drink hot drinks but I never really accept a drink from someone’s house I’m working in
It’s not tradesmen. It’s literally everyone who come in the house unless I already know they don’t drink tea or coffee
When they are above 25 they get kicked out?
It’s the law.
And a biscuit!
This is like the British version of tipping in the USA. Everyone is expected to do it and if you don’t you are seen as some kind of monster.
P.S. Don’t tip.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a single one accept it despite always offering tea and coffee.
In the country of my parents, you feed the people who labour in your house. I have continued that tradition, living in a small European country where it is not common to even offer a glass of water to labourers. All the people who have worked at my house have left bemused but with a full stomach.
I don’t drink tea or coffee, so I never have it in the house. I’ll offer any alternative such as a soft drink, water, juice etc
Make their chosen brew, offer biscuits, tell them to shout if you’re needed, & GTF out of their way so they can get on with the job. Simple as dat.
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They never get that far
Never done that.
And if they don’t drink it, you question everything about yourself
Unless they show up late then they ain’t getting shit from me
The world never says no about a good cup of tea.
In the yellow one
When the builders were redoing our shower room, we offered drinks and they didn’t want any. /shrug
even when you are just handing over a cup of tea!
A few months ago, i had tradesmen hired by my housing association come to fix my bedroom door (it was broken before i moved in), it was the afternoon and they said it was the first cup of tea they had been offered all day, this country is dead
And always its really shit or really good, no in-between
Having worked in a trade job for afew years, getting offered a cuppa can make or break a day ☕😂
Husband and I don’t drink tea so, unfortunately, I am one of the outliers here. They can have water if they so wish 😀
Only in the north and midlands
My old man was a tradie, and he drilled it into me that you “look after the grafter” so I always offer a brew n biscuits. If it’s an all day job, they get a bacon butty made. The roofers even got a box of beers each after a 2 day job putting a full new roof on my garage.
Ah. The obligatory cup of burglar’s tea.
In my experience this is usually followed by about half an hour of awkwardly hovering a medium distance away from them, not knowing what to do with your hands.
What until they get the bill where I massively overestimate the unit cost of a tea bag, splash of milk and tea spoon of sugar. Bill them for an hour’s labour at £80 each time I make them a cuppa even though it only takes 5 mins. Additional biscuit fee.
Play them at their own game
Yeah they got a bit funny about taking drinks after Covid
I used to have client sign off sheets personally printed with a checkbox at the bottom with the question “offered a brew?” If not, 5% on your bill. No joke.
If you don’t your getting crap service.
For the love of God, 1 a day. Had a site run over by nearly a week because the client was putting a bbq on every day for the guys on top of multiple coffees
My dads a chippy and loads of people wouldnt offer anything but then he had people making him a fryup. I personally always offer Tea (Yorkshir) and fresh bean coffee because its polite
It’s not “every” person where I’m from. In my hometown all the tradies know this rule: When you work at a low-income house they’ll give you their last tea bag to make you welcome, but at one of the big houses next to the posh golf club and amongst the former footballers, you’ll never see the residents except when they want to complain or get a discount.
Not a trade but do think the offer of a cuppa to any visitor is a basic courtesy. I visit customer businesses for my job and the amount of times I am not offered a cuppa is SHOCKING. I judge them hard for that. Extra brownie points for the ones who deliver endless cups, like some weird chain tea drinker.
When they refuse you can’t help but be suspicious and have to hide the offence you feel.
Meh…I don’t drink tea so they’re all shit outta luck at my house!
In a tradesperson I’d rather people not offer tbh, I just want to complete the job and get paid
Tbf I don’t really drink hot drinks but I never really accept a drink from someone’s house I’m working in
It’s not tradesmen. It’s literally everyone who come in the house unless I already know they don’t drink tea or coffee
When they are above 25 they get kicked out?
It’s the law.
And a biscuit!
This is like the British version of tipping in the USA. Everyone is expected to do it and if you don’t you are seen as some kind of monster.
P.S. Don’t tip.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a single one accept it despite always offering tea and coffee.
In the country of my parents, you feed the people who labour in your house. I have continued that tradition, living in a small European country where it is not common to even offer a glass of water to labourers. All the people who have worked at my house have left bemused but with a full stomach.
I don’t drink tea or coffee, so I never have it in the house. I’ll offer any alternative such as a soft drink, water, juice etc
Make their chosen brew, offer biscuits, tell them to shout if you’re needed, & GTF out of their way so they can get on with the job. Simple as dat.
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