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Office tea makers apparently gain an extra eight days of paid ‘holiday’ each year
Professional time-wasters.
Emily Sergeant -
14th October 2024 
“Anyone fancy a brew?”
For most office workers in the UK, especially here in Greater Manchester, that’s a question you’re likely to hear on a pretty frequent basis, as so many of us rely on those lovely warm caffeinated beverages to get us through the working day – but a recent study has revealed that, apparently, those who regularly make themselves a cup of tea, or do brew rounds for others, gain an extra eight days of paid ‘holiday’ each year.
The research, which was conducted by online retailer Haypp, has looked into who are the biggest time wasters in the office, and revealed which culprits gain the most unofficial holidays’.
TikTok scrollers have claimed the top spot on the list, as on average, a worker spends 33 minutes scrolling through the social media app during the workday.
When you add these minutes up across the week, it equates to 385, and then looking across the year, a whopping 129 hours a year is spent scrolling, on average, which shockingly adds up to just over three weeks of additional ‘unofficial holiday’ a year.
Top 5 biggest time-wasters at work
- TikTok scrollers – 3 weeks, 3 days
- Tea makers – 8 days
- Smokers – 6 days
- Talking about the weather – 5 days
- Latecomers – 3 days
In true British fashion, the second biggest time wasters were the tea makers, and another culprit was smokers, as the research found that 52% of employees who smoke in the UK are still regularly getting up from their desks to enjoy a cigarette or vape, and will spend between five and ten minutes a day, on average, doing so.
Other non-work related tasks that take up significant amounts of time included talking about the weather, and turning up late for the day.
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Markus Lindblad from Haypp, said it’s been “shocking” to see how much additional holiday some people get through wasting time at work.
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