Facilities for making hot drinks in offices...

LadyMissA

dickydonkin wrote: »

They do indeed - and the tap that is providing drinking water should not be in the toilet.

and that's why I asked where is the drinking water from but I do not think the OP replied

paulwf

As a backup option you could try and do a deal with the cafe. They won't be interested if they are a chain but an independent might be able to sort something out if there are enough of you, you can bring your own mugs (disposable cups are surprisingly expensive) and if you aren't too fussed what grade of tea and coffee they get in for you. If you only have a couple of drinks a day rather than a pot of tea on the brew all the time it might be better than running out of milk (or finding it has gone off), wondering who has spilt sugar everywhere and why all the teaspoons in your office have disappeared

skintandscared_2

You can even buy electric mugs these days that just plug into the mains and heat up the water in the cup. Milk powder doesn't need a fridge.

claire16c

pea-benn wrote: »

The problem is that I'd have to pay for the facilities nearby!

I've always taken free tea and coffee for granted in the industry I work in. In fact, most places I've worked before have had free soft drinks. One place even had big fruitbowl for us to help ourselves.

We could probably get a kettle and a fridge in the actual office but then they'd be no where to wash the cups up (apart from the toilets).

you could do that and then take it in turns to buy disposable cups.

agrinnall

Two very large companies that I have worked for took away their facilities for staff to make their own hot drinks and installed vending machines instead (one was free, I think the other had a small charge). As far as I remember the primary reason for doing it was the risk of injury from boiling water and the potential for the company to be sued by a scalded employee. Neither company would allow people to bring in their own kettles or other heating facilities as all electrical items had to be safety tested (although that never seemed to apply to things like phone chargers so I suspect that was more of an excuse than a blanket reason).

hcb42

agrinnall wrote: »

As far as I remember the primary reason for doing it was the risk of injury from boiling water and the potential for the company to be sued by a scalded employee.

that's just poor management:(

Bogof_Babe

We weren't allowed to bring in electrical equipment either. One year during a blazing hot summer we even had our individual desk fans confiscated (they were owned by the company but we'd had them on our desks for yonks). In a big open plan office where some people wanted the aircon on high and others not on at all, being unable to control our personal ambient conditions lead to much misery.

Don't go buying kettles etc. until you have checked with your manager that you'll be allowed to use it!

I always took in a flask of coffee, but if you have a long journey or other things to carry that's not always practical.

Deep_In_Debt

We have a free coffee machine with fairly decent stuff (has coffee beans) which also dispenses hot water for tea and a range of different tea bags. We have various squashes and drinking water.

I like having the fridge...the problem is, sandwiches often get nicked from the fridge...even if a bite has been taken out...just why?

Savvy_Sue

skintandscared wrote: »

Milk powder doesn't need a fridge.

but isn't drinkable! I'd prefer to get some of those individual milk things they use in supermarket cafes ...

KiKi

I'm doing some contract work at the moment and not only do we have really lovely machines that provide filter coffee, hot water for tea, lattes, mochas, espressos, hot chocolate etc, we get a free two course meal every day. Fantastic freshly made food, really high quality, lots of choice.

Apparently it's a historical thing from when the company used to be located in a building in the middle of nowhere. Mind you, it helps make up for the atrocious salaries.

KiKi