Am I unusual...

[janey]

You are not unusual, pretty much every job we go to we get made a cuppa and biscuits. Getting lunch and rolls is pretty much the norm.

 

You ol' charmer

 

We used to do ok on the private jobs for drinks and snacks and even doing street trees we were generally well catered for. But that was going back a bit . I wonder if having a woman on the crew made a difference?

 

Even my dad, who I live with, can't understand why I'm bothering with the Highway blokes outside.

[Pat Ferrett]

It's a strange thing because we tend to get less drinks on day rate than we do on price work .

[eggsarascal]

Always make a drink for anybody who comes to work for me, and if they are still about at lunch time they get a butty, had a lad around last month to prune our apple trees gave him a sausage butty for lunch, he said it was the first time he had ever been overed a butty in 20 years of being self employed...what is wrong with people

[Rich Rule]

The longer the driveway - the fewer the beverages.

[treequip]

I think it must be a southern thing, as up here in the north west we usually get offered drinks, had two today.

 

We even sometimes get asked by the neighbours of the house were working at.

 

Yup, warm drinks are the norm, toast and often homemade cake

[Matthew Arnold]

If we are tree felling on the trailways at the back of properties we are normally offered teas, coffees and sometimes even cakes. The last big job we did we were all given a box of beer each (only a fridge pack). We were really chuffed as we werent expecting it. Sadly the landowner of the fields where the trees were overhanging didnt want too much done to the trees as the were obscuring his veiw of the "poor" people houses. So we reduced them back to the boundary. The trees look odd but we coronetted them up so they would become monoliths.

[C.J]

We even sometimes get asked by the neighbours of the house were working at.

 

Neighbours are often more greatful than the client - Especially when you're reducing a conifer hedge and improving their view

[PeteB]

I always offer a hot drink to anyone I have in to work - common courtesy. Always grateful to receive an offering too.

[Graham]

It's always appreciated. Just laid 300m of big old hedge opposite a row of houses and only one oldish guy supplied us with drinks.

 

I remember once we pollarded some big old willows for a client. Everything had to be thrown over a wall, dragged through the garden via a small gate to the front. After three days we eventually asked for a cup of tea to be told by the 'lady' she was too busy. She sat in front of the TV every day in her dressing gown watching the shopping channel.

[bumble B]

"I'll have a black coffee and Dave has white coffee 1 sugar, thank you".