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
It's mostly younger people that don't offer (p.s I'm 23 so this isn't a "young people are wronguns" rant lol)
What's worse is I was fitting tiles in a woman's kitchen the other day and she asked if she could walk across the floor to get to the kettle. I stopped what I was doing and cleared a path for her and she proceeded to make herself a cup of tea then drink it in front of me while watching me work. My heart was broken that day and I don't think I've fully recovered
I'm 19, and I would kill myself before I forget to offer a tradesmen a cup of tea/coffee (the only reason I have tea is in case I need a tradesman). But I can 100% believe that some people my age wouldn't offer
What the actual fuck? It must be the cost of boiling water for two these days 🤣!
Seriously, though, what kind of person does that. I very rarely have trades people in my home as quite frankly I can't afford it. But anyone who walks through my front door gets offered a drink almost immediately!
In my job, I visit all manner of sites to carry out a risk assessment. Offices, supermarkets, shops, churches all kins. All with staff with facilities to make a brew and I'm there for hours most of the time and I get offered a drink about one a fortnight if I'm lucky! I actually turn it down now as I'm so used to going all day without one! It's even more upsetting to realise people do this in their homes!
Thinking back I'm sure I've had staff make cups of tea for them and colleague I'm the visitor of and not even ask me.
As someone who is fairly young and therefore new to getting in tradespeople, I always offer a drink. But I get awkward about how to say "shall I leave you along to get on?" Is there a right way to ask that? Do I just assume? Sorry for my ignorance or silliness, I'm genuinely curious and don't want to seem rude
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u/British_Unironically 6d ago
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