No time for a brew...

[JD-Kid]

What's the cost involved to give people a cup of tea or coffee?
Unbelievable how tight some people are.
I baled straw at a farm once and the wife brought some ice cream down the field one for her and one for the farmer!!
Tight twunt.
Anyone comes here has what refreshments they want.

seen a thing on telly short doco thing on the lollypop men on the roadsides one guy said a car went though returned 5 min's later with food and a cup of coffee for them
in saying that contractoing i used to take my own lunchs all the time that way i knew i was going to get feed and also i could eat etc when it suited me IE filling a drill at 11 45 or 12 30 could be lunch time might of just got going again and some one come along with a feed or might have 1/4 of an hour left to finsh a job etc etc

 

[JD-Kid]

Our accountant was a great character,each year his secretary would ring to arrange his annual visit, when rung back to arrange a suitable date his opening line would be "am I coming for my dinner", he arranged all his farm visits around mealtimes, probably down to the fact he lost his wife in her mid 40s.

it's intresting wool guys used to turn up at smoko's partly for free food but if yer think about it best time to have a yarn is while people are not working not seen as a waste of time and dose not stuff up yer day

 

[exmoor dave]

We always offer builders, plumbers etc a cup of tea on arrival partly as we are glad they have actually turned up, also biscuits or a sandwich if there are there for the day. Had one self employed builder who worked from 8am to 9pm and always refused tea, coffee etc, we never saw him eat though he did have a bottle of water with him, they must have broken the mould when he was made! Have had the exact opposite when people turn up, sit in their van having coffee for half an hour before starting, then knock at your door asking for tools because they haven't got any. Every time you go past they are sat outside reading the paper or if its raining back in the van having another break. OH once passed them down the road at 4pm (they had knocked off at 3pm) - they were sat by the side of the road having a brew on the way home.

sounds just like my off farm bro, doesn't seem to eat during the day, just drinks loads of coffee

 

[tractorbob]

 

[davedb]

sounds like were lucky every farm we go to doing silage at least brings a brew out, most will either fetch chips or bring you some buttys one night we finished at about half 11 to the be invited in the house for a full english and that was after getting buttys for dinner and drinks all day

 

[rob1]

Works both ways tho, my old agronomist always called in at 10 ish on a sunday for a coffee and bit of the wifes cake, just gave him a break and he always went the extra mile for us, new bloke doesnt bother to call round but once in a blue moon just looks over the gate I think and sends recs by date rather than whats happening so if I see him he rarely gets coffee, wont be staying with him for next year.

 

[exmoor dave]

at home, always give the contractors (one man band haymaker) and the hauliers- they happily unload the little straw bales with us- a cup of tea and biscuits or cake (if we have any).

out other farm we don't have a house or anything so the silage contractors have to go with out! but we are ways helping them out with raking, loading spreaders etc.

 

[Gulli]

i dont expect tractor drivers to be locked in their cab, but if they cant eat their sandwiches on the move or jump out while they change fields or wait for their turn to stretch their legs then its a bad job , they have air con, blue tooth, cb radios, air seats , and super dooper suspension at their disposal

where is that tin hat smiley

Quite agree, there's always time for a quick stop if you need it

 

[franklin]

Well, after getting in at 11pm to find the wife fuming and the dinner ruined, I am knocking off at 9pm and going to pick up a Chinese. Meal that is - dont quite need a new wife yet.

 

[ridger]

Me and team were contract harvesting potatoes about 6 years ago, and the mans wife brought us in for tea, one of the men on harvester didn't like his sandwich and decided to discretely try to feed it to the dog who was below table, he didn't realise that there was actually 2 dogs, which started to fight about the sandwich it was interesting

 

[slaney]

my uncle who was a millionaire used to go around all the neighbouring farms at lunch time so as to get a good feed,he used to go to funerals of folks he had never met for the same reason.

I know of a few who did the same and even left funerals after eating to come back and get more from a different server half an hour later

 

[Goggles]

We always get a bacon or sausage roll on a Sunday morning, usually made with the farms pork. Always a beer at the end of a harvest night, unfortunately I'm a lonely cultivator so don't get one with the combine team, but don't mind.
Workshop fridge always filled up with coke and mars bars in case anyone needs a quick sugar hit. Takeaways also provided some nights.
Mrs. Goggles bribes the combine driver with ice cream in return for a ride for young master Goggles, apparently a CAT with tillage train doesn't cut the mustard any more!
A guy who lives on the edge of one of our fields always brings us a bottle of beer when we are working there. First time he did it I was very impressed, until I realised it was a non alcoholic Becks. He still does it every year and we always politely accept. Not actually sure if he realises it's non alcoholic or maybe he does and doesn't want us ripping his fence down whilst under the influence.
I don't usually stop for meal breaks when we are busy because I have the luxury of auto steer, air con, dab etc. but always have a walk around the machine when I change fields, or stop for a pee. The boss doesn't expect us to work through though, probably because he does his share at the sharp end too. It's just my choice. Always stop for meal breaks when we are fencing, army marches on its stomach and all that.

 

[Red Fred]

I used to have an elderly neighbour who would bring out a cold beer when I was haymaking over the fence. It wasn't until after he'd died that we read in his obituary that he was one of our most heroic bomber pilots. No one would have guessed as he was such a modest old gentleman. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1375206/Group-Captain-J-D-D-Joe-Collier.html

 

[bobk]

Well, after getting in at 11pm to find the wife fuming and the dinner ruined, I am knocking off at 9pm and going to pick up a Chinese. Meal that is - dont quite need a new wife yet.

Are you running this gaffe on your jack jones static ?

 

[multi power]

I used to have an elderly neighbour who would bring out a cold beer when I was haymaking over the fence. It wasn't until after he'd died that we read in his obituary that he was one of our most heroic bomber pilots. No one would have guessed as he was such a modest old gentleman. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1375206/Group-Captain-J-D-D-Joe-Collier.html

a very brave man indeed

 

[ridger]

I

I used to have an elderly neighbour who would bring out a cold beer when I was haymaking over the fence. It wasn't until after he'd died that we read in his obituary that he was one of our most heroic bomber pilots. No one would have guessed as he was such a modest old gentleman. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1375206/Group-Captain-J-D-D-Joe-Collier.html

id have loved to have met him.

 

[Spuddler]

We very rarely get tea doing building work and most is doing extensions,patios,driveways etc.allways get to know home owners very well aswell.tight arses.
Nick...

I always find at larger houses you are less likely to get a cuppa

 

[Ivor Cornfield]

We are a tea/coffee/bacon sarnie/and beer establishment. And not allways necessarily in that order.
though we do have a certain chap who is perfectly happy with that, omitting the tea

 

[nick...]

Youre right there.the poorer the people the better you get treated.sorry if that sounds wrong
Nick...

 

[Headless chicken]

Video about this on Facebook. Guy walks into a pizza cafe acting homeless asks people to spare him a slice , they all refuse.

He gets some of his friends to give a pizza to a man on the street. He then asks this man for a slice and he agrees.

This is my first year on silage and what I have seen is the ones that want the most give you the least and the ones who are just happy to get there grass in make sure your well fed.

We don't stop in the day but try to have enough trailers running that there is 5 mins on a field change for leg stretch and a slash. We do go long hours 8am until 2-3am is not uncommon. If the farmer doesn't feed us the boss will always.

I make enough food to last me from 8am until 8am the next day if needs be. If making silage late at home everyone gets offered good. Mostly chips because many prefer to drive on if it's going to be a late finish. Last time it cost me £40 to feed everyone ..... The buck rake stayed on for an hour to make sure the pit was right and another hour the next morning. £40 doesn't buy you a lot of silage when you've got crap in the pit because your too tight too look after the people who make it.