BIZARRE HR
UK - Male colleagues are more likely to cajole their colleagues into brewing cups of tea for them, while female colleagues are likely to use the time brewing tea to gossip among colleagues.
In a recent study among 3,000 workers by Cafedirect, it found that female workers make more than three times as many cups of tea as their male counterparts.
About two-thirds of the male respondents also admitted to inventing bogus reasons for not making tea, while one in four sneaked off to make one just for themselves. On the other hand, 46% of female respondents say they use the time for making tea to skive off work, while 25% say they use the time to gossip with co-workers, reported the Daily Telegraph.
In addition, two-thirds of respondents say they often dispute with their colleagues on whose turn it is the tea at least once a day, and 24% say these disputes have led them to harbouring negative thoughts towards other colleagues.
Cafedirect chief executive, Anne MacCaig, said: ''As office politics goes, the humble tea round would seem an unlikely cause of controversy but, with some making markedly more tea than others, workers are coming to blows over brews."
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