The tradition of the tea break, from which the role of tea lady rose, has itself declined, also offering a possible explanation why tea ladies are not commonly found today.
They go into the tea break on a high and come out worrying about over-rates.
Half-way through the task, the team take a well-earned tea break which gives the designer an opportunity to assess the progress of the makeover.
He has given himself a rise, he is not prepared to concede a rise to his employees, and he does not even give them a tea break.
Do they appreciate the importance of the tea break as one of the occasions when a man can escape for ten minutes or more from doing the same thing?
She is the kind of nurse who has never extended her tea break.
Unfortunately, he seems to have gone off for his tea break.
They had all departed, and there was not even a sign to say that they had gone for a tea break.
