Apparently I’m Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea

This has the makings of a very interesting book, and although I enjoyed reading it, I found it very bitty and disjointed. The author was made redundant from his engineering job and took on the role of being a support worker, for a variety of charitable and government organisations.

He reports on humorous incidents and characters, and gently pokes fun at some disadvantaged clients, but without any malice; indeed I think he comes over as a very supportive and kind person, who often went above and beyond the call of duty. The results make for an interesting read, especially if the reader has had any experience of support work - he worked in the halcyon days when support workers could take clients shopping, playing golf, even to the pub. However, interspersed are snippets about his time in engineering, so the book veers between autobiography and anecdotal tales of support work. He splits the incidents into chapters, but the links between sections are often weak and tend to leap about between various incidents with no clear logic.

Perhaps it would have been an easier read if the tales had been chosen with more discernment, included more background and were organised a little better. But overall its a good read and I enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Matador for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My thanks to NetGalley and Matador for a copy of “Apparently I’m Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea”:for an honest review .
I was drawn to this book by the title and cover and i found it an interesting , and at times humorous, read.
If I have to nit pick it didn’t flow very well between chapters ,as the book progressed, but overall I enjoyed it.
I think anyone who has worked in the same social care profession would particularly enjoy it.

A great insight into being a support worker in the community and the challenges they face on a day to day basis
Would love to have met some of the characters the author worked with, every day would definitely have been different

The author walks one down memory lane with personal anecdotes of the last twelve years of his working life when he supported and cared for people in need. At times poignant. At times humourous. Occasionally tragic and sometimes triumphant. This is an eye-opening memoir about Britain's treatment of its most vulnerable. It is a better place because of people like Graham Phipps.