Free tea and coffee

I would take free tea, coffee and milk for granted in a work situation I haven't had many jobs in my life but every where had free tea, coffee and milk.

Have you ever had to work somewhere where you had to pay for tea/ coffee and milk? to me it is the ultimate in stinginess if you are asked to pay.

eezipc

Not pay as such but I have worked in many offices where you would have to bring your own tea/coffee and milk.

eezipc

eezipc wrote: »

Not pay as such but I have worked in many offices where you would have to bring your own tea/coffee and milk.

That is as bad.

jester77

Never heard of having to pay for a coffee or a tea. Worked in a few places that has their own barista and even one that delivered to your desk.

Aglomerado

Worked in a wholesaler in the late 90s. Warehouse and cash and carry downstairs FULL of coffee, biscuits, tea etc.

We office drones used to bring our own little jars of Maxwell House (yeah, I know, gank) in with us and guard them jealously in our desk drawers after tea break.

I went to the warehouse canteen a few times and they were always "accidentally" dropping stuff and appropriating it for their breals

The next job I was in, not food related, supplied everything for us, massive box of biscuits every couple of weeks. Subsidised canteen where I am now.

osarusan

Never worked in a place which supplied that.

The places would have a fridge, microwave, kettle, and so on, but people brought their own tea, coffee, milk, sugar.

draiochtanois

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Badly Drunk Boy

Free tea and coffee? You lot probably don't like the idea of paying for your bin collection or even some sort of water rates!

Where I work, there's a canteen for that sort of thing, where you pay. In the offices, Staff seem to have different rules, having their own milk and tea reserves, but I don't know who pays for it. I have a office but I'm not 'Staff'. (We look upon them with disdain.)

Also, I don't drink tea or coffee so I don't care.

mcgovern

In my last job they had an on-site O'Briens, €2+ for a coffee.
You could also get instant coffee from the canteen for about a euro but it was in a tiny, horrible polystyrene cup.
They even charged you for hot water if you brought your own teabags

smurfjed

Free coffee, tea, soda, water, fruit, sandwiches and meals when i go to work, unfortuntately they stopped the cheese plates.

The Backwards Man

If you have to pay for tae, it's time to walk away.


Everywhere should offer free tea or coffee, homes, shops, businesses. If you can't offer someone a wee cup in their hand you're good for nothing in my book.

biko

Most/all places I've worked have had canteen and I had to pay for tea/coffee.
It's usually 50 cents or a euro so won't break the bank anyway.

Must be nice to have one of those posh jobs where stuff come for free

mcgovern

mcgovern wrote: »

In my last job they had an on-site O'Briens, €2+ for a coffee.
You could also get instant coffee from the canteen for about a euro but it was in a tiny, horrible polystyrene cup.
They even charged you for hot water if you brought your own teabags

Charging for hot water!!!

suicide_circus

Those catering boxes of tea and coffee are never the May West

murpho999

Worked in AIB in the 90s.
They had coffee docks that served Tea and Coffee and scones etc. Was subsidised but you had to pay.

I think they still do that.

eezipc

The Backwards Man wrote: »

If you have to pay for tae, it's time to walk away.

That's my new philosophy on life. Love it.

Shenshen

I used to work in a call centre where there was a "subsidised" canteen (which still somehow managed to be more expensive that any cafe I've ever been to). But hot water and sugar were for free if you brought your own tea bags.

The place I work in now is unreal when it comes to looking after their employees. Coffee and tea are free, as are milk and sugar. They bring in fresh fruit a few times a week, there's always some sort of biscuits and soft frinks. They even have butter, salt, vinegar, olive oil, etc in the fridge/cupboards for all to use. Anything you might need to put together your lunchtime salad.

SarahMollie

We have free tea and coffee in the breakrooms that are located on every floor. Lots of people still bring in their own if they only like a particular brand of tea, and the machine coffee is only so-so.

We also have Costa which is subsidised if you want proper barista coffee.

We get our lunches free every day, and breakfast is very cheap in the canteen if you want it. Only problem is trying not to get fat.

The slight downside is that because so much is provided, they won't let us have fridges/microwaves in the breakrooms as apparently we have no need for them. Kind of annoying if you're trying to eat your own food for whatever reason (usually if you're trying to lose weight!)

KERSPLAT!

Free tea and coffee where I work. There is absolute carnage on a Friday when the milk reserves start to deplete...

kneemos

If you worked for me you wouldn't have time to drink tea or coffee.

Notions.

Skylinehead

Nothing free, there's a Costa on premises which is cheaper than they usually are, but still 1.60 for a coffee so I can only justify one a day. I just use my own for the rest of the day.

Speedwell

I work from home, so I have to pay for all my tea, coffee, and milk

Skylinehead

kneemos wrote: »

If you worked for me you wouldn't have time to drink tea or coffee.

Notions.

Would we have time to ask silly questions all day? :pac:

kneemos

kneemos wrote: »

If you worked for me you wouldn't have time to drink tea or coffee.

Notions.

I know the next thing, people will expect the place to be heated in the winter! free tea and coffee is only the start.

d31b0y

Used to put 2 euro a week towards tea, coffee & milk in my last place. If the funds built up enough, they'd buy a cake with it on a Friday.
Now I get free tea, coffee (proper coffee machine - freshly ground beans), milk, fruit and lunch from donnybrook fair.

d31b0y

d31b0y wrote: »

Used to put 2 euro a week towards tea, coffee & milk in my last place. If the funds built up enough, they'd buy a cake with it on a Friday.
Now I get free tea, coffee (proper coffee machine - freshly ground beans), milk, fruit and lunch from donnybrook fair.

Lunch form Donnybrook fair that a good perk the food is yum.

SarahMollie

d31b0y wrote: »

Used to put 2 euro a week towards tea, coffee & milk in my last place. If the funds built up enough, they'd buy a cake with it on a Friday.
Now I get free tea, coffee (proper coffee machine - freshly ground beans), milk, fruit and lunch from donnybrook fair.

Yumm, can I have a job there please ?

Epicbutterfly

I used to work in an office that we paid for milk monthly. Can't for the life of me remember how much but at least €4 a month between 10 of us or more.

What's worse is one of the girls in the office would have a spreadsheet on her PC or how much people owed. Some of my colleagues would never pay but drink tea and coffee to their hearts content.

Another massive pain was,our office was on the first floor and the tea and coffee facilities were on the second. You would have to make a round of tea and coffees for the whole team when you went to make tea or coffee! I'd have a tray and carry 8-9 mugs of coffee down a flight of stairs for everyone!

mad m

3 euro a week in our tea club in work. Gets you tea/coffee/sugar/butter/biscuits/jam. The odd time we get donuts or Gurr cakes.

Maybe twice a year we go out on money in tea club, sometimes a dinner can be paid for and we pick up drinks tab etc.

osarusan

Skylinehead wrote: »

Nothing free, there's a Costa on premises which is cheaper than they usually are, but still 1.60 for a coffee so I can only justify one a day. I just use my own for the rest of the day.

The rest of the time...how many cups are you drinking?

maudgonner

mad m wrote: »

3 euro a week in our tea club in work. Gets you tea/coffee/sugar/butter/biscuits/jam. The odd time we get donuts or Gurr cakes.

Maybe twice a year we go out on money in tea club, sometimes a dinner can be paid for and we pick up drinks tab etc.

I really don't think you should be talking about Tea Club...

Dr Crayfish

It's never free in any civil service job anyway

HensVassal

Worked in a large software company and there was a large kitchen and canteen area. In this kitchen there were multiple fridges and cupboards containing:

Milk
Bottles of Tropicana
cans of Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, Club Orange
Bowls of cheese and cherry tomatoes
Olives
All types of bread
Muesli, Cornflakes, Granola, Weetabix, Bran Flakes, Special K
Apples, oranges, bananas, pears, plums, kiwi fruits
Dispensers chucking out M&M's, chocolate raisins, etc
Drawers full of miniature Bountys, Mars, Toffee Crisp, Kitkats, Rolo's and two-piece packs of chocolate chip cookies, hob-nobs, shortbread biscuits.

All free

Oh and there were a couple of cappucino machines too as well as a boiling water machines and boxes of tea-bags AND sachets of cup-a-soup.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Free tea/coffee/milk here but the effort of making it. Just pop out and have someone make you one, so although it's free we still pay

Skylinehead

osarusan wrote: »

The rest of the time...how many cups are you drinking?

Usually just a Costa in the morning and a tea in the afternoon. Have instant coffee here too if it's a particularly bad day...

cml387

They're supplying free tea and coffee because of what they put into it.

HensVassal

HensVassal wrote: »

Worked in a large software company and there was a large kitchen and canteen area. In this kitchen there were multiple fridges and cupboards containing:

Milk
Bottles of Tropicana
cans of Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, Club Orange
Bowls of cheese and cherry tomatoes
Olives
All types of bread
Muesli, Cornflakes, Granola, Weetabix, Bran Flakes, Special K
Apples, oranges, bananas, pears, plums, kiwi fruits
Dispensers chucking out M&M's, chocolate raisins, etc
Drawers full of miniature Bountys, Mars, Toffee Crisp, Kitkats, Rolo's and two-piece packs of chocolate chip cookies, hob-nobs, shortbread biscuits.

All free

Oh and there were a couple of cappucino machines too as well as a boiling water machines and boxes of tea-bags AND sachets of cup-a-soup.

Did people start to resemble sumo wrestlers after a while

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

mariaalice wrote: »

Did people start to resemble sumo wrestlers after a while

:eek:
I'm glad you don't work here. Gruel and water eh

endofrainbow

worked in a place years back where you had to pay for tea/coffee/milk/sugar. I think it was a tenner a month. I used to drink my own freeze dried coffee and used the milk provided but still had to pay for the rest of the stuff I didn't use ....

Olishi4

Most places where I worked, you had to buy your own but there was a microwave, fridge, toaster or a canteen.

One place provided the milk, tea and coffee and they had a hot chocolate machine too. And a massage chair that noone ever seemed to use.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Out me social club pays for it through membership subs. We basically pay €2 a week which covers tea coffee sugar and milk and full Sky HD package. It's a preset good deal considering I could drink up to 5 cups of coffee some days.

Butterface

We get free lunches and tea and coffee etc where I work now. It's handy as I never have to make sure I have enough cash on me for lunch or drinks every day.

thegreatgonzo

biko wrote: »

Most/all places I've worked have had canteen and I had to pay for tea/coffee.
It's usually 50 cents or a euro so won't break the bank anyway.

Must be nice to have one of those posh jobs where stuff come for free

It's posh places that have their own canteen:p

In a vet practice, you might have to eat your lunch next to some ripe clinical waste but you can have all the tea and coffee you want:D

circadian

IBM has an overpriced Costa Coffee on site and substandard kitchen facilities to make your own coffee/tea etc.

MarkR

Place I work in now has a pretty nice set up. They have some fancy coffee machine leased, so as many cappuccino / double espressos / tea as you like. Too many to be honest. We also get lunch on Monday (carnage) and Scones / Sausage rolls on Friday.

fleet_admiral

Worked in a printers when i was in my teens. Had to pay £1 a week towards the tea, coffee, milk and sugar. Didnt mind at all

Samaris

Tea and coffee (and milk/sugar) supplied where I am, and there's nearly always cake somewhere as people get together to either buy a cake or make one when there's a birthday or someone's leaving.

S'lovely place. Although fortunately, I'm not much of a cake person.

Hm, maybe I'll make a batch of scones and bring them in Monday for folks.

Antar Bolaeisk

Free tea and coffee, there's a range of tea on offer, the coffee selection isn't great though. On the plus side it's delivered to the desk!

HensVassal

Knew a bloke who worked in a place where they had beer taps.

Samaris

HensVassal wrote: »

Knew a bloke who worked in a place where they had beer taps.

By any chance was it a pub?

theteal

Bloody PG Tips. . .I'll stick to water, thanks



We do get a discount in the pub built into the ground floor of the building!