Archive for November, 2009

Lefty journo says make tea for colleagues

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

The Guardian newspaper recently extolled the virtues of making tea for your work collegues. In the article “If you only do one thing this week … make tea for your colleagues” the writer pointed out what we at OfficeCuppa already know;

Once you have made your colleagues tea they will of course owe you a cuppa. It’s an investment, and the returns can be brilliant. Next time you are stuck at your desk, bogged down in work and parched, one of your colleagues may just come over and return the favour.

Tea is the backbone of the British workplace. The article also pointed out some of the health benefits of tea drinking.

However, the journo was concerned that, “Making a round of tea may also be the only way to make sure you get a perfect brew.” Obviously she had not heard of OfficeCuppa – the brewlist funtion solves that problem eh!

Bring back the tea trolley

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Apparently us office workers would like to see the a friendly lady coming round with a tea trolley. (Office staff would welcome the return of the tea trolley, a survey suggests). It’s an old story from August 2007 (must have been a slow news day!) – but we think it still rings true.

I am not old enough to remember the tea lady, but I have to say, in today’s computer dominated workplace I quite fancy seeing a rickety trolley with a steel urn trundling past at 11am and 4pm. Wouldn’t you?