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<blockquote data-quote="Ali_Maxxum" data-source="post: 7709355" data-attributes="member: 12293"><p>Interesting thread. 'How many feed staff' and then swiftly pass the baton to your O/H and then practically call out the people who don't or can't? Are you the one doing the home made pie and prepping spuds and veg, etc? Probably not.</p><p></p><p>We try our absolute best to feed and water our harvest gang (albeit casual) as and when we can but unfortunately it's just not always possible. We usually have a 'food fetcher' but quite often they're part of the team as well, including my O/H. Quite often it is just sausage and chips or a burger or a pizza and a crate of Thatchers. If the old girl pops up (doesn't live here any more) she will cook stuff in the day so all we have to do is reheat when we get home. The takeaway stuff so described as 'muck' is at least something to keep the worms at bay, if you don't want it, you can politely decline and not be so ungrateful.</p><p></p><p>Gone are the days where women are confined to the kitchen, nobody has outwardly said it but 4 pages here most of which suggest as such. We also don't have the summers 'like we used to' so when we do go, it is unfortunately a mad busy rush. I, myself tend not to eat much if at all during the day this time of year, bouncing around on a tractor for 12+hrs a day you don't really want a gut full of grub.</p><p></p><p>On the flipside I know exactly what it's like to not even be offered when they are stood there talking to you with a mug of coffee in hand. Most of which are good to at least offer, some really are awful and are almost marching you out the drive after you've thrown the last bale in. Some customers will go out and fetch pie and chips or sausage and chips and some cider or whatever, I know of 2 that still do the big cooked dinner but they are old school, couple of others make sandwiches out of probably 3 loaves on bread followed by 10 litres of tea!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ali_Maxxum, post: 7709355, member: 12293"] Interesting thread. 'How many feed staff' and then swiftly pass the baton to your O/H and then practically call out the people who don't or can't? Are you the one doing the home made pie and prepping spuds and veg, etc? Probably not. We try our absolute best to feed and water our harvest gang (albeit casual) as and when we can but unfortunately it's just not always possible. We usually have a 'food fetcher' but quite often they're part of the team as well, including my O/H. Quite often it is just sausage and chips or a burger or a pizza and a crate of Thatchers. If the old girl pops up (doesn't live here any more) she will cook stuff in the day so all we have to do is reheat when we get home. The takeaway stuff so described as 'muck' is at least something to keep the worms at bay, if you don't want it, you can politely decline and not be so ungrateful. Gone are the days where women are confined to the kitchen, nobody has outwardly said it but 4 pages here most of which suggest as such. We also don't have the summers 'like we used to' so when we do go, it is unfortunately a mad busy rush. I, myself tend not to eat much if at all during the day this time of year, bouncing around on a tractor for 12+hrs a day you don't really want a gut full of grub. On the flipside I know exactly what it's like to not even be offered when they are stood there talking to you with a mug of coffee in hand. Most of which are good to at least offer, some really are awful and are almost marching you out the drive after you've thrown the last bale in. Some customers will go out and fetch pie and chips or sausage and chips and some cider or whatever, I know of 2 that still do the big cooked dinner but they are old school, couple of others make sandwiches out of probably 3 loaves on bread followed by 10 litres of tea! [/QUOTE]
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