We must preserve our beloved break. We must never crumble!
WORKERS OF BRITAIN unite! It’s time to reclaim the biscuit break.
Whether you’re grafting in the office or caring at home, we want you to own that tea and biccy moment. It’s time to refresh body and mind.
We’re so frantic these days that 76 per cent of workers say they’re “too busy to take a proper tea break”, according to McVitie’s.
And though we’re bombarded with targets, deadlines and stuffed inboxes, 72 per cent of us would love breaks to be a proper thing.
Having a breather is a great way to relieve the pressure. It restores our focus and mojo, and can even help us bond with our workmates.
Time for a biscuit break, Britain?
Let’s face it, every break is better with a McVitie’s biscuit. You could be sharing a laugh over a cheeky Penguin, debating chocolate up or chocolate down with a Chocolate Digestive or the politics of dunking a Hobnob.
Whatever your favourite, they always taste delicious – the perfect little pick-me-up. It’s official: breaks are good for us and they make us more productive.
So what are you waiting for? Come on! Find your ideal biscuit break with our (highly unscientific) fun quiz…
To dunk or not to dunk… that is the question. And more to the point, how long for?
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Urgh, no chance! If biscuits were meant to be soggy, they’d come with a weather warning.
A quick dip does me, just to soften things up a bit.
I like to play double-dip roulette. It’s “one Mississippi, two Mississippi…” #livelifeontheedge
Your boss brings out a plate of biscuits.
Do you:
Dive in to get first dibs… after all, there’s only one Penguin on that plate.
Shout: “Ooh, you’re really spoiling us!” Then go round the room, offering the Chocolate Digestives like you’re Carson in Downton Abbey.
Hang back. Everyone will scrum for the Hobnobs and then the Rich Tea will be all yours. (The fools: it’s the Daddy.)
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If your perfect biscuit had a dating advert, what would it say?
Tall, dark and gorgeous stranger seeks significant other for smooth and intimate pleasures.
Chatty, sociable soul, all wild oats sowed. Fun and tasty, never crumbles under pressure.
Loyal and dependable sort; can be relied on to make every cuppa that bit better without showing off. Likes cats.
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It’s been a tough morning crowd. The small humans are running amok because you gave them the wrong sort of banana, and you just sent an email intended for your best workmate to your worst line manager. Ouch! Do you:
Move the clocks forward an hour before exclaiming: “Is that the time!” – and retreat to a corner with a Ginger Nut to regroup.
Admit your mistakes and make a peace-offering brew with a couple of Rich Tea.
Start singing: “Always look on the bright side of life”, while swigging from an army-issue enamel mug and clutching a packet of Chocolate Digestives.
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It’s time for a break, and a full packet of bite-sized heaven in biscuit form awaits. Do you have the willpower to have just the one?
Statistically speaking, “a packet” is singular.
Will Power? Did I go to school with him?
Oh yes. Because I’ve brought in just the one, in my best 1980s Tupperware.
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Are you chocolate up or chocolate down when munching a biscuit? FYI: one is the right way and one could be the sign of a psychopath…
Neither. It’s got to have chocolate ALL the way round or I’m out.
“You say ‘to-may-to’, I say ‘tomato’…” Who cares? I just get stuck in!
Clearly it’s chocolate up: I like to see and admire a perfect biscuit.
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What’s your position: messily crumbly or perfectly crunchy?
Dah-ling, do I look like someone who does crumbs?
I just lift up the bottom of my shirt and catch the lot: job done.
I’m a traditionalist. It’s got to be crisp, until my biscuit falls in and dissolves in my brew… I knew I shouldn’t have double-dipped.
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You spot a solitary Jaffa Cake abandoned in its box by the printer. Do you:
Slip it into your pocket. It’s the perfect excuse to take time out later and enjoy a moment of solitude.
Loudly ask if anyone is the owner. No takers? Result! Go and put the kettle on.
Scoff it there and then – after all, a bird in the hand and all that…
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Quietly sophisticated, you like to have a moment to yourself to unwind and chill out far from the madding crowd – or at least your maddening boss/toddler/
workmates.
You love ’em really, but there’s nothing better than when they all leave you alone for five minutes. Tea time means Me Time.
So pull down the blinds, unwrap that individual Penguin, curl up and enjoy it in peace. Heck, have the whole packet – they’ll never know… mwah-ha-ha!
Enjoy a biscuit break with McVitie’s: what’s your perfect break?
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We’d follow you anywhere, but especially to the staff room. A sociable soul, you’re the Mr Motivator of downing tools and recalibrating with a much-needed brew and biscuit break.
You like a natter over a cuppa and you don’t mind doing so in the presence of fellow dunkers. A Hobnob (or two) tops up your enviable energy levels, and there’s plenty in a packet to go round.
Most likely to say: “Anyone fancy a brew?” Least likely to say: “I’ve just got to get this to Nigel in accounts…”
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Sneaking off is not your style, but you are a confident cookie (see what we did?), perfectly in tune with your circadian rhythms and you know a break keeps you zen.
You’re just as happy with an original McVitie’s biccy and a flask in the park as you are sitting round with the team, and you value the classics – you grew up on Rich Tea and Ginger Nuts. Traditional is best: after all, if it ain’t broke, why fix it?
Then, just when people think they know you, you blow their minds by telling them a Jaffa Cake might be your favourite, actually. Don’t open that can of worms – is it a biscuit? Is it a cake? Who cares? It’s delicious!
Mostly - C
Enjoy a biscuit break with McVitie’s: what’s your perfect break?