I am in the process of having a new kitchen - my fitter has been here for 3 hours and I've made him 2 cups of tea. Shall I just keep out of his way? Will he just ask if he wants more?
2007-03-13 04:24:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
he gets paid to work not drink tea! he will ask if he wants one
2007-03-13 04:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Having renovated 3 houses im pretty clued up on the technicalities of tea etiquette :)
1 - Tea on arrival
2 - when they have their lunch offer another
3 - then mid afternoon with a biccy or three .
Thats more than enough :) They will appreciate you but wont take you for granted.
2007-03-17 09:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by celebrityhandbags 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just offer him one when you have one (unless you are like me and drink gallons of the stuff). 9 times out of 10 workmen bring a flask of tea with them anyway. have fun in your new kitchen
2007-03-13 11:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by val f1 nutter 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
leave it with "let me know if you need anything". if he doesn't take you up on it, check and see in a few hours. it's smart to treat the people working on your house as humans, you'll get better work from them. we realize that we are disrupting your life and invading your home. when treated kindly, most of us will go out of our way to minimize the disruption and try to make it as easy as we can for you. good luck, enjoy the new kitchen!
2007-03-13 11:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by car dude 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
hmmm....new kitchen.....
get him used to regular cups of tea.....then tell him there is so much disruption you cannot find the tea or coffee until the job is done ;)
2007-03-13 19:14:51 · answer #5 · answered by safcian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's traditional to ask evry half hour. OH and they usually expect chocolate biscuits and fruit cake on alternate days if the jobs more than 1 day.
2007-03-13 11:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by motomarco9999 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
keep him sweet i was fitting windows a while ago and the customer made me and my mate a full cooked dinner needless 2 say she got the Royal treatment /just make him one every hour to keep him sweet
2007-03-13 11:59:26 · answer #7 · answered by chrispi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ask him if he wants he must be shy to say no to you so he keeps drinking tea .This is a nice question though
2007-03-13 11:36:30 · answer #8 · answered by Ash c 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
keep out of his way and take the kettle with you, if he wants a cupper just say that it is not working
2007-03-16 13:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep out of his way.
2007-03-13 15:36:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋