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The tea boy is the theoretical lowest possible position in an office job. The job of a tea boy is to make cups of tea for his superiors. As the lowest ranking employee of an organisation, a tea boy must make tea for any employee of a corporation who requires refreshment, even the cleaner.

An actual job position of "tea boy" is very rare and it is usually a theoretical position within a comapny, often used jokingly as a threat to employees. An employee who is under performing may have the threat of being "demoted to tea boy" if he performs any worse.

In full irony, in some companies, some employees may actually prefer to become a tea boy. In a call centre, for example, may of the phone operatives dream of having such a luxurious position f having to simply make tea for a living. It's a far better life than having abuse hurled at you from disgruntled customers.