““The British custom of taking tea as an afternoon break has more to do with sugar than with tea. During the nineteenth century, when the custom arose, it was something like the coffee break in modern workplaces, but not so leisurely: a chance to gulp a quick cup of tea, which was invariably laced with sugar. In this way were the human machines of the factory “nourished”—fueled—without even needing to leave their machines.””
![“[Hyun Song Shin] most accurately portrayed the state of the global economy. 'I'd like to tell you about the Millennium Bridge in London,' he began…'The bridge was opened by the queen on a sunny day in June,' Shin continued. 'The press was there in force, and many thousands of people turned up to…” quote by Neil Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79d/neil-irwin-66207_every-day_hyun-song-shin-most-accurately-portrayed_728738.jpg)
