We are conducting experiments on the work force. No ethics committee approval. No signed consent forms from the workers themselves. So if you see anyone in a Tara uniform, please do not mention a word about it.
The working title of the study – the correlation between sugar and productivity among workmen in Kent – a preliminary investigation.
Mr Tara Plumbing thinks they all work harder if they are force fed cakes in the morning, but I think a more healthy diet would be better, that’s why at home we go for porridge and fresh fruit smoothies.
The literature tells me that the GI composition of the two contrasting breakfasts means that the workers will have a burst of energetic behaviour after the cakes (so the boss can see they are working) but this is followed by a blood sugar dip – when they all need to slow right down or even rest – which would be around the time the boss has left the site.
Our breakfast, on the other hand, should mean we do not have highs and lows but just sustained energy until lunch time.
My preferred lunch is at about 10.40am and consists of cake!
This brings me nicely on to the subject of HOT Beverages (with the compulsory builder’s 2 sugars) : should customers provide or not?
As a company insider I can tell you it is certainly NOT expected, and between you and I, Mr Tara Plumbing would discourage any thing that interrupts the work! Slave driver!
My own view, when I’ve had people working at my property, is that is nice and courteous to offer a drink if I can, but not compulsory. Frankly, I might be too busy to make TEA or I may be out of some vital ingredient (milk, sugar, tea bags, cups).
If I want the job done quickly, it stands to reason that offering liquid refreshment in the morning may be to my personal benefit because everyone needs to dehydrate in the morning and it will be better if I have refreshed workers on site rather than dehydrated ones who need to disappear to a cafe in next to no time.
If there is one thing that annoys me it is workmen who actually ask me to make them a cup of tea – how rude. When I say “one thing that annoys me,” that is misleading. There are many things that annoy me, and they increase in number daily as I become a grumpy old women, furthermore, most of those things relate to bad manners (not the ska group, Buster Blood Vessel, long tongue, lip up fatty…).
I must end now, I’m gasping for a coffee.
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