Posted By Merv Newman No. This is stupid. People need to drink when they need to drink. Some people are on diets or medication which require them to drink 100 cl every hour. Who is this quy and where is he coming from ? TTT ? a total control freak. Must be charging, like me, at least £1500 per hour. But I pay the coffee. Merv

Posted By Dave Wilson Merv do it now! What an idiot this is certainly not the way to go! Take in water in one of those safety bottles so if it did fall over then no water spilt

Posted By Amanda I agree with Merv on this. If the water is contained in a sports type bottle what is the problem? Merv is right, as a trainer we must be aware of the needs of the students to ensure there is inclusion and a good learning environment. What about mints?? have they been banned too?? or is it just water?

Posted By Dave Wilson Bit critical there Gary me old fruit, I think that this hard line may be acceptable but it always depends on your target audience. You telling me you have a load of senior management doing a course and they cant sit down and have tea and tiffin and listen to you present your stuff, like wise on a hot day in a crappy training room with no aircon etc etc. Are we to assume that at training venues / hotels / conference centres with sweets and posh water you are going to confiscate them / not allow the delegates to utilise them, I really do think this is not acceptable.

Posted By Tabs "I am at a loss to accept the recent requirement for people to sip water every few minutes" and "The drinking of water during a training lesson has nothing to do with Health & Safety." Well I suggest neither of you have had certain medications that I have been on for the past few years which give a drying of the throat and then a tickly cough. I promise you, my coughing is far more disruptive than my sipping water. Discontinuing the medication so I can attend your class certainly is a health issue. People get dry throats for many reasons, and that kind of discomfort will be distracting to their ability to learn. I think trainers should remember that they are part of a service provision and that a tiny issue like sipping water (from a cup if you don't want the bottle gurgle) should not be able to distract you or others from the issues. Sounds like unnecessary control to me.

Posted By GARRY WIZZ Obviously if there is a medical condition then it must be accomadated in or out the classroom, my comments refer to average jo. No probs Garry

Posted By Gilly Margrave Apparently schools are now encouraging access to drinking water in the classroom partly on children's health grounds and partly because it improves concentration. http://www.learning.wale...k/pdfs/think-water-e.pdf As to what has changed: Central heating: overheated dry air. Gilly Merv - can we have the ugly camel joke now please?

Posted By uisafe Victim Luan comes back for trying more: Thanks for your comments first. - I can not tell the detail about the trainer rather than convience him tomorrow based on your comments, because this may carry side affects on his Comapany and himself as well. so help first rather than destroy. - I have a good habit - drinking water with good frequently because of body needs. like some of others, I am always doing so in the meeting, office, class room etc, but never before DCS or stuff like that., I have attended many trainings, we are free to take water or even go to toilet during training ongoing, it is the first time to meet this uncomforable issue, It is the 4th time during the 12 years for the TTT by different suppliers, but first time in my life for this drinking water problem. it is not a risk issue, I have some complains, but no feed back from the trainer. - during the 10min break, people around one table sized abt 60cm*120cm, 2 water bottles, one coffee bottle,(about 30 trainees) some cokies and fruits as well for free, not charged by the trainer, the facilities do not work very well because not spaciouse enough, some people will somke + drink + toilet(may take longer time if not [expletive deleted]ing type), the break can not make you relax enough. - good aircon in the room, but outside is more or less 30 degress. - especially for adault training, shall not like that. creating a humanity training enviroment does not affect the delivery of the training, even can make it training better. so tomorrow, base on the your comments and my decisions, for the benifits of others and myself, I will speak to him again and bring water cup in, or take a water bottle with me as your guys suggested. I will share more as necessary with you later. If possible, I will take some pictures as well. Have a nice day!

Posted By uisafe Hunter, Paper cups only at monment. just for myself, I will take a bottle of mineral water, no noise except you doing that on purpose. these water bottles are also very very commenly put in the meeting room or class room sometimes. smoke only at break & out the class. let's see if I can take some photos today for better understanding. poor luan will develop a brief topic for training presentation exercise based on the above materials... :)

Posted By uisafe After talked with Trainer and show him the 4 pages printed material your guys gave, he agreed to take water into the classroom. All the attendees are very happy with that. Lesson learned: It is a better way to conduct training based on the humanity and people's demands,think about attitude. Training rules like ball, not very ball is good ball.