Tea and coffee

[hannahwex]

Hi everyone

I work with a team of 5 people in a health centre. We are not employed by the health centre, we rent a room and are employed by the local hospital.

The practice manager has asked us to pay £10 per person per month for tea and coffee.

I have never paid more than £2 in any other workplace.

AIBU in thinking this is a bit steep or is it the norm these days

Thanks!

Are they buying through NHS supply chain? Some of the prices on there are pretty inflated.

Regardless, I would tell her that's far too much, ask her for a breakdown, then start buying your own. Can you get a cheap fridge for your office?

I don't spend £10 a month on my own coffee gosh dang diddly darn it.
No way is chip in to a £50 pot for coffee and tea every month. I'd refuse and either drink whatever I'd brought in that day.

Sparkling, we're programmers. We write things then set them off to run. Its a natural point to brew up and have a breather until I can see what's going on.

Our system is much fairer: just pay for however many cups you drink.

We have a list of names on the wall, with columns for each kind of drink and whenever anyone has a hot drink, they add a vertical line in the appropriate field for each type of drink they have.

Once a month, the heavy mob come round and each person pays their total
That way, the 5-a-day caffeine addicts aren't subsidised by the once-a-week -is-enough dilettantes.

£10 each is silly

Id buy your own between you