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Hooray! It's IT Day! Let's hear it for the lukewarm mugs of dirty water that everyone seems to like so much

Cynical Pie

Try working in the Fire Service.

In a previous life I worked for a Fire Service in the NW of England and as a civilian employee shared an office with uniformed staff.

The average brew count was 4 per hour including several occasions of one being made and not even started before another brew was offered.

In essence I had fresh tea on tap and its a legacy of the uniformed staff being on station so always grabbing a brew as they never knew if theyd get to finish one by being called out.

Its a legacy that persists after they leave too. A good friend is a retired London Fireman and even now after being retired for 15 years he still manage 3 brews an hour and gets the DTs if he doesn't have his mid morning toast between 10-10.30am and a brew and some cake between 3 and 3.30om :)

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