Buzz·Posted on 26 Feb 2015Sports Direct Mugs Are Taking Over Britain's OfficesWho brought them here? What do they want?by Laura SilverBuzzFeed News Reporter, UKLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail It has come to people's attention that there is a Sports Direct mug lurking in every office in the UK. Tom Hopgood @tomhopgood Is it a rule that every office must have one unnecessarily large Sports Direct mug in the kitchen? 04:41 PM - 04 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Stuart @20Hotels Is there any office left in the country that doesn't contain an oversized Sports Direct mug? 09:02 AM - 14 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Callum Galbraith @cgalbraith Just spied a massive Sports Direct mug in the office. It's true, they ARE in every office in the country. 01:55 PM - 30 Sep 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite The epidemic also seems to have spread to non-office-based workplaces like building sites and schools. View this photo on Instagram But nobody seems to know how they got there, nor does anybody seem to like them very much. Linka @inmywindow Dear god why can't you all just understand that the Sports Direct mug is a monstrosity that should be eliminated?! 05:13 PM - 07 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Joe Hughes @Seeph Fire drill in the office, least I hope it is. If it's an actual fire then the Sports Direct mug will be lost for ever. #nooooo #whyGodwhy 08:50 AM - 23 Feb 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite The seemingly ubiquitous mug is available for just £1.50 from Sports Direct shops and their website, but who is going out of their way to buy them? Some suspect the epidemic could spread beyond the UK. Caroline O'Donoghue @Czaroline @goulcher @BangerJonny starting to wonder if there's an office in the world without a Sports Direct mug 10:02 AM - 28 Apr 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Some have looked to celebrities to discover the secret of their omnipresence. Zoe Beales @ZoeBeales @laurenlaverne why does every office have a sports direct mug? 03:52 PM - 30 Jan 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite But for some, the reliable sight of a Sports Direct mug in the office cupboard is a source of comfort. eleanormorgan @eleanormorgan Doesn't matter what office I'm in, drinking tea out of a huge Sports Direct mug makes me feel "home". 12:09 PM - 10 Mar 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Others have wondered if it spurs people on through the grey drudgery of office life. Carl Anka @Ankaman616 Shoutouts to Sports Direct and their £1 gargantuan mug. Powering most of British office work this. 01:15 PM - 11 Feb 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite The practical benefits of a giant mug in an office of limited culinary resource have not gone unnoticed. Richard Stagg @richstaggy The office Sports Direct mug is allowing me to easily measure my tea consumption in litres. (1.5 today already in case you're wondering) 11:32 AM - 27 Jan 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite mbenney @mbenney No bowls so I've had to make porridge in the obligatory office big sports direct mug. 10:18 AM - 07 Jan 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite You could say that the Sports Direct mug and spreadsheet has come to be a tableau of modern British working life. View this photo on Instagram But the question remains: Who brought them here? What do they want? Will they ever go away?!