You cannot be serious? seriously? oh dear.

[dirty boy]

We've got a work experience lad here at the moment, in the absence of the secretary, I asked him to make the teas this afternoon.

I explained to him that a list is by the kettle explaning what we all have (white tea, black coffee etc)

Off he trots.

Two minutes later, up he comes and asks how long to leave the tea bag in? I wasn't too sure how to answer, it's not really an exact science after all.

"erm, till the water's gone dark"

His reply

"What if i've already put the milk in?"

I'm struggling here

"erm, stir it till it's a normal tea colour?"

"okay"

Off he trots again.

Few minutes pass, i'm thinking, surely it doesn't take this long to make 4 cups of tea

Bearing in mind there are only 4 of us in the office today due to (illness, study leave, part timers, and holiday)

Anyway, finally hearing him clinking cups on his way up the stairs.....

he'd only gone and made drinks for all the people on the list!!!!!!! YES, he's made 11 cups of tea.




Add that to the fact my tea looks like he's brewed 10 bags in there

What on earth has possessed this lad? Is he blind? Did he really see 11 people in the office today? It's not like it's a vast organisation?

Any ideas on what amazingly simple tasks I can get him to fk up spectacularly?

beggars belief. really.

[SpydieNut]

he has, i suspect, curled one off in *your* cup, you supercilious bd.

[oobster]

Send him for some Tartan Paint, a long stand, a glass hammer, a bag of sparks etc.

[CWAC]

dirty boy said:

my tea looks like he's brewed 10 bags in there

Nothing wrong with a cup of builders piss

Edited by CWAC on Tuesday 19th May 16:17

[mickk]

Send him around the shops for the old favourite.....Long Weights, he may be sometime.

[dmitsi]

Give him back two of the cups and tell him they need to be in left handed mugs, there should be a few downstairs.

[Hairspray]

Don't be too hard on him! He's probably scared of you...

And he didn't want to screw up, I'm sure!

[JJCW]

i thought you said to make what was on the list....

Edited by JJCW on Tuesday 19th May 16:19

[Elskeggso]

oobster said:

Send him for some Tartan Paint, a long stand, a glass hammer, a bag of sparks etc.

And a reach-around

[sleep envy]

sandwich run tomorrow

[anonymous-user]

Punch him in the face until he gets it right!

[Chris71]

Hands up all those on this thread who watched The Inbetweeners when they did work experience?

Needless to say the tartan paint and the long weight made an appearance.

[tricky69]

he is totally mugging you off !

[Uhura_Fighter]

MonkeyMatt said:

Punch him in the face until he gets it right!

Lol - You must work in our HR dept.

[Funk Odyssey]

make your own tea and give him something useful to do, maybe?

[CWAC]

Our new boys get sent to have an ID photo taken in their respirator.

They are made to hold a board (similar to a mug shot) with ID10T written on it

[john_p]

We had one guy on work experience told to make the tea, he served it all up, stone cold. he didn't realise you had to boil the kettle....

[CWAC]

Funk Odyssey said:

make your own tea and give him something useful to do, maybe?

Spot the abused tea-boy!

[wargriff]

I blame the piss poor training he has recieved from you

[MitchT]

Don't let this get out or he'll be in management before you know it... and you'll be making cups of tea for him!