Okay, so in an office environment why is it considered to look unprofessional to have a fast food to-go cup on your desk in public view- and it not be the same for a coffee cup/mug?
Why is a mug more than acceptable- even encouraged and being seen as "hard-working and sensible adult" and a to-go fast-food cup with or without a straw being viewed as "immature"?
I'm actually only posting about this because I realized I picked up a skewed view of the drinking utensils during my employment as an admin assistant when I was in England.
This morning I came in to my office, and hid my large McDonalds to-go cup of Sweet Iced Tea out of sight of the public and pulled out my coffee mug to put in easy reach and poured said sweet tea into the sensible mug.
It's also acceptable to have those big travel mugs filled with the bevvie of your choice, but I rarely see someone over 35 using one of those. Mostly the "20 somethings". On my days off I usually will carry one, but I'm usually at home then and it's mainly to keep my cat Nu-Nu from sticking her paw in it- (She thinks anything I;m having must be shared with her- at least to try and I'm actively discouraging her from that. She's chubby...I mean "fluffy" enough as it is without her eating human food as well)
....I digress- sorry....
and even when I bring one of the travel mugs to work I tend to store those out of public view too.
Is it just me doing this? What is up with that?
I must be getting eccentric in as I grow older.
2 comments:
The concept of to go cups looking unprofessional is new to me. Where did you hear such a thing? Is it tied to your skewed view from England?
Yep- those types cups were frowned upon in the office over there ..... Tea cups/mugs were looked upon as acceptable in the office environment.
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