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I used to work at comet in the aftersales dept and was mates with the boss. I told him i wanted a laptop one day and he wrote off a unit with a bogus fault and asked me for 150 quid for it. Retail on that badboy was 1200 at the time. Place was full of feckers on the fiddle, a lot of stuff was "lost in transit" despite sealed tote boxes.
Had a denion hifi and a tv out of that place before i was made redundant. Both for peanuts.
Ah the good ol days.
Had a denion hifi and a tv out of that place before i was made redundant. Both for peanuts.
Ah the good ol days.
grumpy52 said:
In the late 80's I worked part time for a car hire company collecting and delivering cars .
At 6 months or 6000 miles the cars would come off the fleet and be taken to a site where they were sold on .
It's very strange that most of the cars arrived at the site without radios , spare wheels and very little petrol .
3 years of working for them for crap wages was made up for by not buying petrol or tyres in all that time and the big pocket on wax jackets is perfect for a car radio .
When dear old dad retired from the RAF the mountain of kit he had acquired over the years was amazing the best were the hand made chelsea style boots only issued to the music service for ceremonial duties , 4 pairs brand new and unworn also loads of service issue shoes all new .He was entitled to new kit on a regular basis which he claimed but he never wore footwear out .
Also on retirement he was allowed to purchase his musical instrument that he had used during his service , a euphonium only 9 months old worth about £4k . When he went to complete the paperwork for the instrument he was told that this was not possible as the instrument had been destroyed during the Iraq war . Said instrument was in fact sat in the boot of the old mans car.
He was told by the instruments controller that it was impossible to buy something that officially no longer exists .The old fella and his euphonium never went to Iraq .
When Atlantic Conveyor sank in the Falklands war she was carrying a lot of vital kit, not least Chinook and Wessex helicopters.At 6 months or 6000 miles the cars would come off the fleet and be taken to a site where they were sold on .
It's very strange that most of the cars arrived at the site without radios , spare wheels and very little petrol .
3 years of working for them for crap wages was made up for by not buying petrol or tyres in all that time and the big pocket on wax jackets is perfect for a car radio .
When dear old dad retired from the RAF the mountain of kit he had acquired over the years was amazing the best were the hand made chelsea style boots only issued to the music service for ceremonial duties , 4 pairs brand new and unworn also loads of service issue shoes all new .He was entitled to new kit on a regular basis which he claimed but he never wore footwear out .
Also on retirement he was allowed to purchase his musical instrument that he had used during his service , a euphonium only 9 months old worth about £4k . When he went to complete the paperwork for the instrument he was told that this was not possible as the instrument had been destroyed during the Iraq war . Said instrument was in fact sat in the boot of the old mans car.
He was told by the instruments controller that it was impossible to buy something that officially no longer exists .The old fella and his euphonium never went to Iraq .
Someone once told me that for years afterwards it was discovered all manner of equipment had been hastily packed into the ship prior to her sailing for the South Atlantic. Stuff that was lost included a marquee, a mobile disco and office furnishings. Oh and spare Land Rover parts. Lots of them.
A mate of mine worked in maintenance at a university not a million miles from Newcastle , I was helping him out with a job at home and he showed me some of his stuff he borrowed from work , included was 10 boxes of a gross 2 1/4 x 14 countersunk slotted wood screws then he admitted never using any of that size at home.
He's probably still got the damn things , canny lad but couldn't stop helping himself to all sorts of freebies.
He's probably still got the damn things , canny lad but couldn't stop helping himself to all sorts of freebies.
grumpy52 said:
.... to purchase his musical instrument that he had used during his service , a euphonium only 9 months old worth about £4k . When he went to complete the paperwork for the instrument he was told that this was not possible as the instrument had been destroyed during the Iraq war . Said instrument was in fact sat in the boot of the old mans car.
He was told by the instruments controller that it was impossible to buy something that officially no longer exists .The old fella and his euphonium never went to Iraq .
If the QM had a wink in his eye He was told by the instruments controller that it was impossible to buy something that officially no longer exists .The old fella and his euphonium never went to Iraq .
at the time, then I imagine that actually happened.
el stovey said:
parakitaMol. said:
WOW so many amazingly true stories. Just awesome.
Edited by robinessex on Tuesday 1st December 09:13
I worked in a satellite office that was shut down so with permission took everything I could get my hands on.
A decade later and I am still working through the paper via the laserjet and toner!
Also…
A two year old PC.
Four LCD displays.
A genuine Herman Miller Aeron chair.
The nespreso machine.
And a yucca plant.
A decade later and I am still working through the paper via the laserjet and toner!
Also…
A two year old PC.
Four LCD displays.
A genuine Herman Miller Aeron chair.
The nespreso machine.
And a yucca plant.
When the Plessey factory started to close places in Iford in the 1970's, loads of machinery was sold of to employees for scrap value. Of course, turn up with truck to buy your lathe, and lots of very costly accessories and hand tools would be chucked in a box for your attention as well!! I think it’s fair to say, when office, factories, etc., close, lots of stuff is exported shall we say unofficially. Of course, lots of it is basically written of, and has virtually no book value anymore anyway.
Not stealing a physical item, but I worked with a chap who managed to steal time off...
He was legitimately working on 2 different projects at the same time, but on 2 different sites. For nearly a year he told each of the project managers he was busy with the other project so could only do a couple of day's work each month for them.
He was a civil servant so didn't even get the sack when rumbled.
He was legitimately working on 2 different projects at the same time, but on 2 different sites. For nearly a year he told each of the project managers he was busy with the other project so could only do a couple of day's work each month for them.
He was a civil servant so didn't even get the sack when rumbled.
Truckosaurus said:
Not stealing a physical item, but I worked with a chap who managed to steal time off...
He was legitimately working on 2 different projects at the same time, but on 2 different sites. For nearly a year he told each of the project managers he was busy with the other project so could only do a couple of day's work each month for them.
He was a civil servant so didn't even get the sack when rumbled.
Reminds me of this story a few years ago...He was legitimately working on 2 different projects at the same time, but on 2 different sites. For nearly a year he told each of the project managers he was busy with the other project so could only do a couple of day's work each month for them.
He was a civil servant so didn't even get the sack when rumbled.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693
At a major car brand dealership I used to work for a chap got busted, although never "acquired from work" he had setup a ebay page and was selling stock out of the warehouse, sat-nav's etc and was shipping it on Sat mornings when no department boss was in. Only got found out when someone used the same pc he used and used ebay to check the price of a part and found his account logged in with all his listings.
Typically only things I've personally got are pens or cups. Although I did get a Herman Miller Aeron chair from a company that had wrote off 2 broken ones of which I just swapped the broken parts and made a single like new unit.
Typically only things I've personally got are pens or cups. Although I did get a Herman Miller Aeron chair from a company that had wrote off 2 broken ones of which I just swapped the broken parts and made a single like new unit.
As a poor student I worked in a branch of a large chain of bars. The company had a loyalty card that you could buy and it got you discount off certain drinks.
I never did this of course, but it was common practice when customers didn't want to buy the card (very common on Friday/ sat with non regulars) to swipe through a spare cars and note the discount on the screen of the electronic till system.
It tested the mental arithmetic a little as you had to keep a running total of savings through the night, sometimes that was 10-15p and sometimes over a larger round it was a couple of quid. At the end of the night you extracted your value from the till as it was being carried to the office for counting.
Or, if your mates came in, which they often did, you balanced out your pot by ringing it back through the till as product and giving it away. Making sure to take a tenner from them and return them a tenner in cash. Or even more if you wanted to fence the cash back through them!
Like I say.... I never did it.
I never did this of course, but it was common practice when customers didn't want to buy the card (very common on Friday/ sat with non regulars) to swipe through a spare cars and note the discount on the screen of the electronic till system.
It tested the mental arithmetic a little as you had to keep a running total of savings through the night, sometimes that was 10-15p and sometimes over a larger round it was a couple of quid. At the end of the night you extracted your value from the till as it was being carried to the office for counting.
Or, if your mates came in, which they often did, you balanced out your pot by ringing it back through the till as product and giving it away. Making sure to take a tenner from them and return them a tenner in cash. Or even more if you wanted to fence the cash back through them!
Like I say.... I never did it.
dazwalsh said:
I used to work at comet in the aftersales dept and was mates with the boss. I told him i wanted a laptop one day and he wrote off a unit with a bogus fault and asked me for 150 quid for it. Retail on that badboy was 1200 at the time. Place was full of feckers on the fiddle, a lot of stuff was "lost in transit" despite sealed tote boxes.
Had a denion hifi and a tv out of that place before i was made redundant. Both for peanuts.
Ah the good ol days.
I wonder if they'd still have jobs if they hadn't helped bankrupt their employer by stealing the stock?Had a denion hifi and a tv out of that place before i was made redundant. Both for peanuts.
Ah the good ol days.
In my early twenties, where I worked, one of the directors had his office next to ours, so he could spy on anyone he thought wasn't working hard enough. Nasty bit of work. Occasionally, his wife would pop in for a lift home after shopping. The complete opposite. Very friendly, a bit scatty, and (most thought) gorgeous. One day, she popped in for a lift home, forgetting he’d buggered of on business for a few days. So I, being a gentleman, offered her a lift home. She cooked a nice breakfast! Does this count ok ?
Luton Van delivering stuff to a Clyde Shipyard, left empty,checked by security,completely empty,just the usual wood lining not even an empty box. Guy was nicking sheets of marine ply.
One from years back, made the papers then- large Shipping Co. done lots of business with British Rail, Paid by cheque to BR YORK. Smart bloke opens account at bank in name of B..R.... York. Got caught eventually but meantime had spent several £10000's
There is many a humble abode on Clydeside fitted out with the finest Brazilian Mahogany furniture and carpeted with the top quality Axminster bearing a remarkable resemblance to that fitted on the QE2.
The number of Singer Industrial Sewing machine motors still to be found driving lathes, saws etc is indeed remarkable.
For years no workshop near the Rootes Group at Linwood ever had to but self tapping screws or Nuts & bolts. These were available by the sackfull for a few bob.
Many a lunch tin went into the yard an came out as a solid block of Gunmetal, worth a few quid as scrap.
Wages were paid in cash in a sealed envelope with a clear front panel so that the cash could be clearly checked without breaking the seal. Soon a slim tool was made with which a note could be rolled tightly round and slipped out of a corner of the envelope. Nip back to the pay office for the extra quid or fiver if lucky. With over 4000 men to pay and everything done manually by cashiers mistakes were inevitable. Then some clever wee lassie twigged and the notes were simply stapled through the envelope. Never got any thanks though despite saving the company thousands.
Scrap could be bought, much interest was shown in the many assorted tanks etc, sold for a few quid, no one noticed that the were full of Diesel. A tank for £6 was a bargain with it's 500 galls on board.
large wooden machinery crates were sold off, handy for building a garden shed, delivered intact on a flatbed with Hiab for an extra few quid to save time. Well surprised not was one bloke whose crate still contained a handsome Marine Engine just the right size and horsepower to install in his converted lifeboat.
There were some silly things as well, the guys who made a tool to stamp Half Crown coins at home found that each coin cost about 2/3d in materials to make.
One from years back, made the papers then- large Shipping Co. done lots of business with British Rail, Paid by cheque to BR YORK. Smart bloke opens account at bank in name of B..R.... York. Got caught eventually but meantime had spent several £10000's
There is many a humble abode on Clydeside fitted out with the finest Brazilian Mahogany furniture and carpeted with the top quality Axminster bearing a remarkable resemblance to that fitted on the QE2.
The number of Singer Industrial Sewing machine motors still to be found driving lathes, saws etc is indeed remarkable.
For years no workshop near the Rootes Group at Linwood ever had to but self tapping screws or Nuts & bolts. These were available by the sackfull for a few bob.
Many a lunch tin went into the yard an came out as a solid block of Gunmetal, worth a few quid as scrap.
Wages were paid in cash in a sealed envelope with a clear front panel so that the cash could be clearly checked without breaking the seal. Soon a slim tool was made with which a note could be rolled tightly round and slipped out of a corner of the envelope. Nip back to the pay office for the extra quid or fiver if lucky. With over 4000 men to pay and everything done manually by cashiers mistakes were inevitable. Then some clever wee lassie twigged and the notes were simply stapled through the envelope. Never got any thanks though despite saving the company thousands.
Scrap could be bought, much interest was shown in the many assorted tanks etc, sold for a few quid, no one noticed that the were full of Diesel. A tank for £6 was a bargain with it's 500 galls on board.
large wooden machinery crates were sold off, handy for building a garden shed, delivered intact on a flatbed with Hiab for an extra few quid to save time. Well surprised not was one bloke whose crate still contained a handsome Marine Engine just the right size and horsepower to install in his converted lifeboat.
There were some silly things as well, the guys who made a tool to stamp Half Crown coins at home found that each coin cost about 2/3d in materials to make.
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