I don’t know why the writer decided to put in capitals the inicials of those words. The context is the following:

"Perhaps the most anthropollogically fascinating aspect of the tea run, however, is when it is free. then in place of financial wrangling you get the Politics of the Mug. Who brings in their own? Will they leave their colleagues use it?."

Is it simply a way of ironising about the way politicians stress the themes they’re interested in? No? What then? Any comment is welcome!

Thank you!!

        WS.

I missed the explanation of "tea run."  What is it?

Tea run ‘spread deadly bugs’

Sitran

Tea run…. Er… ¿Ronda de tés?

People who get together to have a cup of tea or coffee, I guess. However, I’m not certain of that either… ¬¬

I’ll go on searching.

Regards,

      WS.

PS: I asked that, too, in another forum, Apo.

Hey Katy, that’s exactly the thing being described here! You got it once more!! :D

Thanks!!!

         WS.

PS: I shouldn’t be so happy… Gosh… How can I translate that in less than ten words into Spanish…  :-/

Sólo toma su té quien lleva su propia taza.  Nine words! ;D  

Brazilian dude

Probably a bit late for your translation, WS, but here’s my take on the P of the M.

I guess the earlier part of the passage is talking about the kind of tea/coffee run that Katy posted about, and the "financial wrangling" is about who pays what. Something like, "Yes, but I only had a plain one - that fancy one you had costs twice as much."

Then it moves on to: If a company provides a kitchen and free tea/coffee, then people find something different to argue about - Who Uses Which Cup/Mug.

"Hey, that’s my Rupert the Bear mug! And you’ve put coffee in it - I can’t stand coffee..!"

Nodders

...also an anagram of the word "nature".

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