Yet another trivial poll

[ladyofastolat]

At work, there is a kitchen about 20 steps from my desk, and at any time I like during the day, I can wander in and make myself a hot drink, and bring it back to my desk to drink while working. I was quite horrified to discover the other day that Pellinor has to buy any drink that he consumes from the staff canteen, and can only do so at designated break times. I'm curious to find out if his situation is normal and I'm just very lucky, of if I'm the normal one, and he's horribly deprived.



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Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Similar rules apply in places where there are young children. On those rare occasions when a pre-schools offers me a cup of tea, I generally have to drink it standing up in a corner of a well-barricaded, tiny kitchen, while staff members bustle around me cutting carrots into tempting little pieces, as part of their ongoing attempt to persuade children that raw vegetables are yummy, and not the manifestation of pure evil that they truly are.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm carrots.

Re the tea, I remember a child I was at primary school with who as a toddler had pulled a kettle full of hot water over himself. He was one of twins, Gareth and David: they looked identical when clothed, but when we went swimming you could see that one of them was sort of - melted. Gareth, I think it was.

That said, I'm sure parents must drink hot drinks in their houses. Maybe that will be prohibited soon.

[firin.livejournal.com]

Basically, they should prohibit parents who don't pay attention to the proximity of children to hot liquids.

A previous partner of mine told me of an occasion where an infant daughter of his (for whom he did not have custody), pulled his cup of tea from the coffee table in front of him and burned her face and chest. He felt that his partner, who yelled at him for his inattention, was wrong...

I can see why public places would want to minimise the risks though.

[firin.livejournal.com]

(places where there are young children)...and in health care environments, where any type of food, drink or container of either is viewed as an infection control risk and thus outright banned.