Workers call for the return of the tea trolley

The Guardian reports on a survey by employment agency Office Angels. Office workers who were surveyed indicated that a full one-hour lunch break each day would boose morale considerably. Another key request was a return to the days of the tea trolley; this prompts a Guardian leader: In praise of the office tea trolley.

Info on the survey can be found in the Office Angels Press Releases Archive. The top traditions office workers wanted to see brought back were:

• Taking a full hour for your lunch break (39%)
• Annual ‘work outing’ (33%)
• Subsidised canteen (29%)
• The tea lady with her trolley full of sticky buns and afternoon delights (26%)
• Pub lunches - that last all afternoon! (23%)
• The sandwich man coming into the office with his selection of lunchtime treats (19%)