Tea Round Settles Office Arguments

Giles Turnbull ()

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Fancy a brew? Of course you do

Now, if I worked in a proper office with a bunch of other people, this app would probably have pride of place on my iPhone’s dock.

It’s called Tea Round, and it’s a work of genius. You enter the names of everyone in your office, then simply give it a shake every time the decision is made that a cup of tea is called for.

Tea Round decides whose turn it is, and the named individual must go and make the tea. After all, “Tea Round’s decision is final and legally binding.”

You can even have separate tea rounds for work, home, and anywhere else there might be a need for a group of people to have a cup of tea. Right now the app is free, which makes it almost as awesome as tea itself.

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Unfortunately I work alone, at home, and it is always my turn to make the tea. That is both a blessing and a curse.

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Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. He has a website you can ignore and a Twitter account you needn't follow.

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  • Elizabeth

    Why are you reviewing this kind of low-level apps? Not the same functions, but for true tea lovers, I would take http://www.kostik.de/aromatic/
    Cheers
    -Eliz

  • MmnW

    I do work with other people. But I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my tea. Never. Also, most of us drink different kinds of tea. So all anyone “has” to do is heat the water …

  • http://gilest.org gilest

    I’ve no doubt Aromatic is a wonderful app, but it doesn’t do the same job as Tea Round. And I don’t consider it “low-level”. Deciding who’s making the tea is one of the fundamental cornerstones of the British economy.

  • http://www.jonathanbaldwin.co.uk Jonathan

    Absolutely – arguments about whose turn it is to make the tea have brought many an office to a standstill, and I’m well aware of the brewing (geddit?) animosity that grows if it’s perceived that someone isn’t pulling their weight in the tea-making area.
    My approach to all this is simple: I only make tea when no one else is around, or when I can get away with no one else hearing the kettle. If I do have to make tea, I make it really really badly so no one ever asks me again.

    Now we need an app for biscuit-buying – not just whose turn but what variety.

  • Church of Apple

    Good thing I’ll never have that problem since we drink COFFEE here =D

  • solar

    Lance only has one teabag as most folks(cyclists know)

  • Fen_Tiger

    Can it trick workmates into making the tea? e.g.

    Me: er, what comes after S in the alphabet?
    Victim: T?
    Me: Yes, please.

    As the man said, it’s a pillar of British Society

  • http://gilest.org gilest

    @Fen_Tiger

    it’s the way you tell ‘em

  • http://www.properbostin.com Jon

    Hi, there is a tea maker picker program available for the PC that you can run on your desk top or laptop. It is a free download for MS Windows.
    Get it at http://www.properbostin.co.uk.

    Cheers,
    Jon