Graphic designers not offered much tea in meetings exclusive report finds.

After this grumble, I thought I'd keep a list of all the meetings I attended (externally) in one week and all the beverages I was offered. Here are the shocking results.

Number of external meetings attended: 7
Meetings where beverages were offered: 4
Meetings where that beverage was tea: 2
Meetings where a beverage was requested: 1
Meetings where that beverage was tea: 0

Comments

[John Dodds]

That's shocking - perhaps you could design a "I'd love a cuppa" badge or T shirt and see if that produces better results next week?

[Richard McKeever]

Take a tip from designer Onkar Singh Kular and send along in advance of any meeting his helpful chart to to match the exact shade of a person's preferred milk-to-tea ratio.

Via Adorablog
see http://www.adorablog.org/2005/01/earl_grey_panto.html

[claire]

Brilliant. This is the kind of thing we need more of Ben.

How about being offered pizza then once it was delivered saying 'there's not enough for you' and directing you in the direction of the nearest Sainsburys.

Chew on that one.

[Ben]

Terrible.

[Tom]

Stop fucking complaining.

It's only polite to take along your own refreshments to offer THEM - chocolate biscuits are staple, flowers are optional - pasteis de nata from Patisserie Valerie are creme de la custard !

Hurry up and get a Business Development Manager - and make sure one of the questions you ask is 'what is the most important thing to take to a client meeting'.

Works EVERY TIME.

[Steve O]

Looks like Tom didn't have any tea at all today... Take your own? What!? Bizarre...

It's polite to offer refreshments to all visitors - I do it every time.

[Tom]

Think outside the teabag.

[Steve O]

I missed the sarcasm! Someone must have slipped me decaf...

[Colon Cleanse Geek]

You just gotta move to Canada where people offer you your choice of beverage and expect you to enjoy a snack with them. Eh:-))