Ours aren’t catered at ALL. Coming from York which had coffee and pastries for BOS (but not, I should clarify, cocaine or booze), that was an unpleasant shock.

We are told to bring a coffee with you into meetings now…occasionally someone brings in a packet of biscuits they picked up in their weekly shop.

All this talk of departmental meetings reminds me of the best tv depiction of one, from the BBC's version of The History Man (1981; no pastries or coffee visible): youtu.be/8yhwV1Yr4xY?...

The History Man Ep 3 of 4 - starring Antony Sher - Malcolm Bradbury novel - BBC2, 1981

YouTube video by Bill Matthews - TV Comedy & Drama Curator / Writer