A lad I know was off on the sick with an injury for a while on full pay, played the game, turned up to his welfare interviews with his employer, complained that his injury was getting slowly better but still keeping him at home… and only got busted because he appeared in a photo in the paper having come second in a local half marathon.
Another boy I know who was on light work duties in the office because of a supposed back issue, got pulled in for a “meeting without biscuits” because he was spotted refereeing an ice hockey game one weekend by someone from the office.
Yes, your logic is pretty much spot on. Meetings that people are welcome at generally attract little sweeteners to make the meeting or conference more bearable - whether it’s sandwiches, cakes, teas, coffees, or biscuits.
Generally, if you walk in to a room and nobody offers you a tea, coffee, or a biscuit - there’s a reasonable chance that you’re going to get your arse kicked for something.
If you don’t mind me asking - have you not heard the phrase before because it’s an expression you’ve not come across before, or is English a second language and it’s meaning is implied rather than explicit? To me, your logical approach suggests the latter, and I’m asking out of sheer interest :)
Maybe I have not heard the phrase because I live in USA and you seem to live in United Kingdom. then maybe that phrase is something that you guys use, but we don’t.
also as a USA person, when I think of biscuit, this is a biscuit to us:
I think when you say “biscuit,” you are talking about the sweet treats that we call cookies.
My friend, I can write my entire knowledge of baking on the back of a postage stamp in black marker, but judging by the pictures, I’d call them scones - the pronunciation of which is a matter of controversy even in the UK.
They would be small cakes though, speaking generically!
You’d probably like the video series where British guys try American fast food for the first time. Specifically the one where they go to Popeyes, they called the biscuit a scone but loved it.
This is my first time hearing this saying as well being a yank and all. Anyways, I currently work for a company that had a meeting with biscuits (doughnuts) and pretty much everyone that showed up was let go. Those that by chance had something else to do, dodged the shady way to fire people. Legal issues insu no. Needless to say doughnuts are not common around here and when they do get brought in this event always gets brought up.
Leave it to corporate America to pervert something that is supposed to be nice.
I’m guessing reffing in hockey is pretty physical? Because I can see myself playing some light sports with a bad back, if I’m careful about my movements. But lifting heavy things or crawling into weird contortions for things like plumbing or auto work would be out.
The thing about physical injuries is that they don’t cripple you 100% of the time, but are very prone to being set off. And people tend to take more risks in their leisure time, because, well, you want to do the things you enjoy and accept the large risk. I do not accept that risk for work if at all possible.
2nd in a marathon certainly speaks to great physical shape. But again, could be different muscles. A sensitive back isn’t going to be debilitating for running in straight lines on paved surfaces.
That’s what I was thinking, but you can absolutely modify your movements to, say, use more legs, and less turning of the hips.
My sport was boxing, and I threw my back out. Badly. Set me back for a long time, physical therapy, the works. When I went back, I ruled out several of my more explosive twisting moves. Stopped wrenching out of clinches, favoring work on the inside if forced.
And I was actively avoiding anything involving lifting or bending during that recovery.
A lad I know was off on the sick with an injury for a while on full pay, played the game, turned up to his welfare interviews with his employer, complained that his injury was getting slowly better but still keeping him at home… and only got busted because he appeared in a photo in the paper having come second in a local half marathon.
Another boy I know who was on light work duties in the office because of a supposed back issue, got pulled in for a “meeting without biscuits” because he was spotted refereeing an ice hockey game one weekend by someone from the office.
Outstanding levels of fuckery.
I’ve never received biscuits at a meeting… Did I do too much fuckery?
Or the wrong kind of fuckery
Huh. first time I’ve heard the term meeting without biscuits. I will use context clues to deduce the meaning:
A meeting with biscuits is probably a perquisite type of meeting with good news involved,
So a meeting with no biscuits would not be a friendly meeting and is punitive in nature.
Yes, your logic is pretty much spot on. Meetings that people are welcome at generally attract little sweeteners to make the meeting or conference more bearable - whether it’s sandwiches, cakes, teas, coffees, or biscuits.
Generally, if you walk in to a room and nobody offers you a tea, coffee, or a biscuit - there’s a reasonable chance that you’re going to get your arse kicked for something.
If you don’t mind me asking - have you not heard the phrase before because it’s an expression you’ve not come across before, or is English a second language and it’s meaning is implied rather than explicit? To me, your logical approach suggests the latter, and I’m asking out of sheer interest :)
Maybe I have not heard the phrase because I live in USA and you seem to live in United Kingdom. then maybe that phrase is something that you guys use, but we don’t.
also as a USA person, when I think of biscuit, this is a biscuit to us:
I think when you say “biscuit,” you are talking about the sweet treats that we call cookies.
Awesome, thank you - I am guilty of using a lot of British slang after all.
Hope you have a good day!
Thank you.
You’ve got me curious, if Americans call these things biscuits:
flour
baking powder
sugar
salt
butter
milk
Bake in oven for 12 minutes or until tops turn lightly golden brown.
What do UK people call these?
My friend, I can write my entire knowledge of baking on the back of a postage stamp in black marker, but judging by the pictures, I’d call them scones - the pronunciation of which is a matter of controversy even in the UK.
They would be small cakes though, speaking generically!
You’d probably like the video series where British guys try American fast food for the first time. Specifically the one where they go to Popeyes, they called the biscuit a scone but loved it.
That was so fun to watch. I doubt they’d ever had that much butter and fat in anything before. Lol
Breadies
This is my first time hearing this saying as well being a yank and all. Anyways, I currently work for a company that had a meeting with biscuits (doughnuts) and pretty much everyone that showed up was let go. Those that by chance had something else to do, dodged the shady way to fire people. Legal issues insu no. Needless to say doughnuts are not common around here and when they do get brought in this event always gets brought up.
Leave it to corporate America to pervert something that is supposed to be nice.
I’m an Aussie, and a biscuit is a biscuit, plus I love Britcoms, yet I’ve never heard the term!
I love it, though.
Seriously, I’ve lived in the UK for 35 years and I’ve never heard that expression either.
Here in the US it’s a meeting with two managers that signals you’re in trouble.
More to the point: biscuits are hospitality in the UK.
So in the UK, a biscuit is not an edible flour-based bread-type thing? It’s just the act of hospitality?
I’m guessing reffing in hockey is pretty physical? Because I can see myself playing some light sports with a bad back, if I’m careful about my movements. But lifting heavy things or crawling into weird contortions for things like plumbing or auto work would be out.
The thing about physical injuries is that they don’t cripple you 100% of the time, but are very prone to being set off. And people tend to take more risks in their leisure time, because, well, you want to do the things you enjoy and accept the large risk. I do not accept that risk for work if at all possible.
2nd in a marathon certainly speaks to great physical shape. But again, could be different muscles. A sensitive back isn’t going to be debilitating for running in straight lines on paved surfaces.
The refs in hockey have to skate along and keep up with the players. That’s a lot of moving and twisting your back.
That’s what I was thinking, but you can absolutely modify your movements to, say, use more legs, and less turning of the hips.
My sport was boxing, and I threw my back out. Badly. Set me back for a long time, physical therapy, the works. When I went back, I ruled out several of my more explosive twisting moves. Stopped wrenching out of clinches, favoring work on the inside if forced.
And I was actively avoiding anything involving lifting or bending during that recovery.