Have you got a favourite mug?

Argh it won't post the photo of my mug?? :(

Oh no, that's a shame - can you describe it? 

It's a sports direct sized one with NOPE, NOT TODAY printed on it :). And almost completely brown tea stained inside! 

Here is an article explaining why Open Plan should be bannned! www.vice.com/.../open-plan-offices-should-be-banned-immediately

The only reason I can cohabit with my husband is that he likes lots of time on his own too. Really feel for you having to work in open plan. I have hearing loss and used to sit under my desk to make phone calls in open plan. Got strange looks but it was lovely being hidden away! Hope you manage to find somewhere to escape to. 

On a serious note I had to leave that job in the end. There were plenty of suitable alternative work spaces but my employer would not make accommodations. Tried Occ Health, Access to Work, GP and union intervention but they took no notice. Got some redress in the end through the employment tribunal process but it was extremely arduous.

You're welcome Sunflower!  I know exactly what you mean re the coal bunker, I don't co-habit well at all and always said that if forced into such a situation I'd need an old house with a priest hole I could escape into!  We've recently been moved into a huge open plan office at work (aarrgghh) and I'm constantly scoping the place out for potential 'coal bunkers' 

Thanks so much for explaining this to me - great message to have on a mug. One of the things quite a few of us seem to struggle with is being able to say 'please leave me alone'. I used to escape to a disused coal bunker as a child when I was sharing a bedroom - not cosy but lovely and peaceful. Tea is very good as a fabric dye which is probably why it stains mugs so well! 

I just wish you'd been able to see it in all its stained glory, hehe!  The words basically just echo how I feel when expectations are placed upon me.. especially if I'm in my 'safe place' (eg: snuggled on my sofa and shut away from the world) or comfort zone ;) 

I just wish you'd been able to see it in all its stained glory, hehe!  The words basically just echo how I feel when expectations are placed upon me.. especially if I'm in my 'safe place' (eg: snuggled on my sofa and shut away from the world) or comfort zone ;) 

Here is an article explaining why Open Plan should be bannned! www.vice.com/.../open-plan-offices-should-be-banned-immediately

The only reason I can cohabit with my husband is that he likes lots of time on his own too. Really feel for you having to work in open plan. I have hearing loss and used to sit under my desk to make phone calls in open plan. Got strange looks but it was lovely being hidden away! Hope you manage to find somewhere to escape to. 

On a serious note I had to leave that job in the end. There were plenty of suitable alternative work spaces but my employer would not make accommodations. Tried Occ Health, Access to Work, GP and union intervention but they took no notice. Got some redress in the end through the employment tribunal process but it was extremely arduous.

You're welcome Sunflower!  I know exactly what you mean re the coal bunker, I don't co-habit well at all and always said that if forced into such a situation I'd need an old house with a priest hole I could escape into!  We've recently been moved into a huge open plan office at work (aarrgghh) and I'm constantly scoping the place out for potential 'coal bunkers' 

Thanks so much for explaining this to me - great message to have on a mug. One of the things quite a few of us seem to struggle with is being able to say 'please leave me alone'. I used to escape to a disused coal bunker as a child when I was sharing a bedroom - not cosy but lovely and peaceful. Tea is very good as a fabric dye which is probably why it stains mugs so well!