To arrive at work and make a cup of coffee?

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I have been criticised today for arriving at work and after logging on etc making a cup of coffee. Doesn't everyone do this? Or am I living in the dark ages and I should arrive and start work straight away? Maybe I should delay my first cup of coffee for a half an hour or some such?

I have a coffee waiting for me when I get in. My boss makes it for me.

Yanbu! Your boss is an absolute idiot.

No wonder the economy has been in the state it's in. All these people arriving for work and the first thing they do is make coffee as though it's the most natural thing to do....Bizarre.

I see. So the state of the economy is all about the coffee is it? Righty ho.

Fficially o get 15 min break mid morning and 1 hr 15 mins for lunch, no afternoon break.

In reality, I arrive up to an hour early, never take tea break and usually eat lunch at my desk. I will open across to the main office with the kettle to brew a cuppa while I catch up with my staff on issues, sometimes I drink it as we talk or others I bring it back with me to drink as I do my next task. And work an hour extra at night as well.

New rules came in 8 months ago, requiring an extra half hours work a day. For no extra pay. Result? I now actually do less work as I am watching the clock more and taking lunch at least twice a week, and trying to make the effort to leave on time.

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The majority of my colleagues make a cuppa when they arrive. The bosses don't mind as long as we are logged in and working by our start time, it's normal to arrive early. I don't drink hot drinks (personal taste) but I tend to go to the toilet when I arrive. AFAIC before my official start time = my own time and I work more efficiently if I'm not desperate for the toilet. In my defence I'm usually logged in working before my start time.

Course it's normal. I would shrivel up and die without my morning cup of tea... hence my username.

Tell your boss to stick it up her arse.

Gosh this thread is ridiculous.

I work at a large multinational, tons of employees, results are everything bla bla bla. Very high standards of work - in fact I'm at home working now (with a bit of mumsnet and wine to ease the pain!)

EVERYONE comes in and makes a cup of tea/coffee which are provided free, alongside free vending machines. We use the microwaves provided to make eggs, keep stuff in the fridges. It's like a dorm, everyone doing cereal etc.

Employers who don't understand the importance of food in a working environment are dullards - if people have breakfast in the office, they come in earlier, have lunch at their desks/near their desks rather than taking a full hour, and are unlikely to leave the office inbetween. As a result, there are no lunchbreaks, people don't take tea breaks, and people come in early and eat breakfast at desk. Kind of sad, really.

I'm under no illusions that my employers' kindness keeps us working longer. But hey, at least my boss doesn't tell me off for making a morning coffee! He/she sounds like a tit.

I think it is perfectly reasonable to logon and the make a cup of coffee OP, everyone in our office does it. I often logon then get my cereal and eat it at my desk while reading my emails, or go to the canteen and get some toast.

We also use this giantrobot.co.uk/drinks_dash/ to decide who makes the drinks. After a discussion over whose computer to use, who wants to take part and then watching the race it wastes at least 5 minutes of everyones time just to decide who should make the drinks.

I'm shocked at some of these responses!
I get up at 6.30am, get myself and 3DC ready for school/nursery, feed them, drop them off and then drive an hour to work.
The first chance I get for a coffee is when I arrive at work and believe you me I'm much more productive afterwards. sometimes I even have toast

The most miserable place I ever worked was somewhere the boss was always on our backs to look productive/no eating/drinking etc. People work much harder and better if their employers treat them as human beings and I work much harder in my current job than I ever did there.

I am confused by the people who say that you are wasting valuable working time by getting yourself a coffee and who then say that you should offer the rest of the office one too. Like asking around, establishing individual requests and then making multiple cups of coffee is so much less time consuming than just making the one.

I get that the OP works in an office environment but there are jobs where you can't make a hot drink when you start work, like if you work in a supermarket or such-like. I think if you're in the type of job like OPs where there's a chance to get a hot drink whenever you want, that's lucky in itself.

I told my.colleagues about this thread yesterday.
Judging by their reactions I think there would be a mass walk out if our boss attempted to bring in drinks making restrictions!

I used to work with a lady who would stroll in at 9.30 (start time), would make her breakfast in the kitchen and chat and pop to the loo while all that was going on and would never be ready for her working day until closer to 10. I sat near her and it would really annoy me but when it came to appraisal time she was hauled up on it and seemed genuinely astonished that it wasn't acceptable and complained all over about it. She only got a bit better when it affected her payrise and bonus . We were given a lot of flexibility but that was just taking the p*ss!

"The economy" is currently in a state where there are lots of unemployed people and not enough jobs.

Maybe we should all spend a bit MORE time making coffee, then that extra work that we're not doing could make a few more jobs.

Oh dear - all you busy people who dont get proper breaks at work - which is against the law by the way. I work long hours too and dont get paid overtime. If all you coffee guzzlers are doing such great work why are businesses failing day after day while you wander around with your much needed teas and coffees. And in some cases breakfast as well? I'm sick of people who flout the rules and then claim its the norm. Its not and never will be. Maybe if you were running a business you'd feel differently - why have we reached a point where we have to be allowed constant drinks and snacks? Get on with your work and you might not have to do so much unpaid overtime.

Really chocolate a lot of people are making these drinks BEFORE their start times because they arrive early. When I my rota requires a 9-5 shift for example I arrive, go to the toilet, get some juice sit down, log on and start between 8:40 and 8:50. I don't see what rules I'm flouting, don't see how I'm wasting my employers time. They use key loggers and other monitoring programs to monitor our productivity. I'm consistently I the top 10 percent within the organisation.

chocolate - some links to prove your comments about people making a tea or coffee at work resulting in failing businesses would be great to see - as you're so sure of yourself on this point I assume you can provide us with them?

Chocolate - I also have my own business which is run from home and employs at least 6 people at any one time.

Guess what? They all work from home and put in their own hours without me telling them when to eat/go to the toilet/drink coffee and it works perfectly well.

a job i started 10 years ago, give or take, the reason I stayed was my line manager said, Priorities, coffee.
i loved her!

i had been in previous jobs where they looked at you strangely when you asked for coffee, but come on, with dcs to get ready you have a full day's work before you get to work. !

i do log in before i boil the kettle.