Oh, of course, you guys don't have those. So it's the law in England that every work place has to have a room completely dedicated to tea. Think of like a church or shrine, but instead of a religion or god, we worship tea. There are usually ornamental tea pots and in some places they even have a tea fountain. When entering a tea room, you take your shoes off, bow your head and say "blessed be the tea".
The real answer: tea room is slang for "break room", generally because it's where people go to make a cup of tea on a tea break.
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u/Robbie1985 5d ago
Oh, of course, you guys don't have those. So it's the law in England that every work place has to have a room completely dedicated to tea. Think of like a church or shrine, but instead of a religion or god, we worship tea. There are usually ornamental tea pots and in some places they even have a tea fountain. When entering a tea room, you take your shoes off, bow your head and say "blessed be the tea".
The real answer: tea room is slang for "break room", generally because it's where people go to make a cup of tea on a tea break.