Confessions from quality control - The Frontera factory
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The Crack Fox said:
dme123 said:
They seem to spend half their time working out ways to steal time or material from their employer
I know of a chap who used to take a wheelbarrow full of empty boxes into work everyday. I forget what excuse he used. Test equipment being delivered, or something. Then he'd leave every night with the same wheelbarrow and boxes, albeit filled with stolen stuff. Like all thieves, he got caught. Mind you, he'd had ten years' of ship's electronics and hardware away before then.When it was spotted and his HR team asked him to explain why he did it he said "i have no idea really, if you want them back i've got piles of all that junk in the spare room".
He genuinely took it because it was there and it was free, no other reason.
omgus said:
I worked with a Client who nearly every night took home an new A4 book of lined paper, a selection of biros and highlighters, a ringbinder folder and 10 punched pockets.
When it was spotted and his HR team asked him to explain why he did it he said "i have no idea really, if you want them back i've got piles of all that junk in the spare room".
He genuinely took it because it was there and it was free, no other reason.
A mate of mine was a maintenance joiner many years ago in a university in the North East , in his shed he had about 10 boxes ( gross ) of 2 1/4 x no.14 screws , a pretty odd size and nearly 1500 in total , he took them from work because they were " free" and nobody mentioned them going missing , same thing applied he'd never even used any.When it was spotted and his HR team asked him to explain why he did it he said "i have no idea really, if you want them back i've got piles of all that junk in the spare room".
He genuinely took it because it was there and it was free, no other reason.
Could never get my head around his logic behind him taking them.
The Crack Fox said:
W00DY said:
Loved the book and would definitely back another.
Thank you, W00DY.39 chapters in the next one already, plus lots and lots of decent pics, it'll be full colour this time.
I'm considering recording "confessions from quality control" as a podcast, hosted on my website. I wonder if folks would like that? I am told that I sound like a posh Brummie (I'm from Leicestershire).
The Crack Fox said:
Thanks! The Longbridge experiment was known as "Cowley to Casablanca" and is on my blog somewhere with lots of pics.
Given the original frivolous reason for the jaunt, it's surely time for a reprise to one of the other GP locations on the continent that progress forgot; I vote for Kyalami, although nursing some british-built chod that far might be a bit challenging. More practical targets might be Algeria, Tunisia or for the more bulletproof Libya.The Crack Fox said:
I really want to drive to Libya in a wrecked Alfa to revisit/relive the infamous Tripoli Grand Prix of the thirties which was decided by backhanders amongst bent Italians. The old circuit is now a bombed out airport and the country is lawless, but surely a pith helmet and ratty Alfa 145 would be sufficient for such a trip? I've got a Swiss Army knife (12 attachments) for defence purposes.
WCPGW?hidetheelephants said:
The Crack Fox said:
I really want to drive to Libya in a wrecked Alfa to revisit/relive the infamous Tripoli Grand Prix of the thirties which was decided by backhanders amongst bent Italians. The old circuit is now a bombed out airport and the country is lawless, but surely a pith helmet and ratty Alfa 145 would be sufficient for such a trip? I've got a Swiss Army knife (12 attachments) for defence purposes.
WCPGW?
Edited by Cliftonite on Tuesday 1st November 11:43
Cliftonite said:
hidetheelephants said:
The Crack Fox said:
I really want to drive to Libya in a wrecked Alfa to revisit/relive the infamous Tripoli Grand Prix of the thirties which was decided by backhanders amongst bent Italians. The old circuit is now a bombed out airport and the country is lawless, but surely a pith helmet and ratty Alfa 145 would be sufficient for such a trip? I've got a Swiss Army knife (12 attachments) for defence purposes.
WCPGW?I call shotgun, if only because I missed out on riding to Casablanca in a Rover 100. Given that odyssey had the splendid title of the Harris Mann(k) Rally we need a snappy title for the next proposed folly; I couldn't think of a suitable pun involving an italian car designer so I settled for the Trip(e)oli Caper.
Edited by hidetheelephants on Wednesday 2nd November 01:19
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