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Do you feed traders working in your home

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J52 Wed 19-Nov-25 19:51:03

I give them Coffee/ tea etc and the best chocolate biscuits ( as an unashamed bribe!)
Once I’d just baked scones, not for the workmen and one said how kind of me to do that for them! They enjoyed them 😂

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CariadAgain Wed 19-Nov-25 19:20:02

They'd probably eat very different food to me anyway....given my diet is wholefood/no meat/and I do my best to find new foods I've not tried yet (as far as I can in a small town).

I offer drinks at regular intervals and leave it at that.

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Overthemoongran Wed 19-Nov-25 19:12:20

I willingly ply tradespeople with hot drinks and maybe a biscuit but I don’t provide lunch or other food. It’s up to them to either bring their own lunch or usually, I find that they like to pop into the local bakers for their lunch.

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GrannyGravy13 Wed 19-Nov-25 19:11:18

Provide never ending tea, coffee, biscuits.

Always offer lunch, but they usually have their own.

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ClicketyClick Wed 19-Nov-25 19:06:06

I have a plumber and his mates in today and for next few days putting in a new boiler and other bits. As it was so very cold today I also gave them bacon cobs to help warm them up. They had brought their own sandwiches but I would have felt guilty doing hot food for just me today. Now I don't know if I should provide something hot tomorrow other than the usual drinks & biscuits. What would you do?

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