Teenage Audi mechanic committed suicide after bullying

[vonuber]

Article here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/teenage...

Such choice parts as:

article said:

George's line manager, Simon Wright, who admitted to playing a number of pranks on George, told the inquest: "I was in the workshop when a prank was played on George and he was set on fire.

"It did not go too far. We knew where to draw the line," he said.

"It was not bullying."

Or:

article said:

However, Mr Kindeleit [garage owner]did not deny that he had witnessed George being locked in a cage and set on fire and had reacted by laughing and walking away, but he could not recall telling George's parents about this at the meeting.

What a complete load of cockends. Doesn't even sound like they have a shred of remorse.

[vonuber]

We have an apprenticeship scheme in our office for school leavers to become engineers. Anything remotely approaching this would be grounds for instant dismissal; in fact bullying of any kind to anyone would be.

I really feel for the Dad.

[vonuber]

I'm surprised by how many seem to look back at bullying employees with such fond memories.

[vonuber]

So you were basically a bully?

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WinstonWolf said:

People who have never dirtied their nails won't get it...

Oh fk off. That's got nothing to do with it; it's just plain bullying by a bunch of s who want to exert power over others.

There is no excuse for it in any workforce.

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WinstonWolf said:

Locking people in cages is pretty minor IMO. I've definitely had worse, it was all done in good fun. I guess it just didn't bother me that much...

Are you Steven Wright from Synter Audi, Reading?

[vonuber]

WinstonWolf said:

The point i'm making is it happened to hundreds of blokes, it was the norm.

That doesn't make it right though, does it.

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Jazzy Jag said:

People need to recognise the as the apprentice you are starting at the very bottom.

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All you "moral high ground" guys need to spend some quality time in the real world.

We send our apprentices to college and then to uni. They are heavily invested in and if found to be just making tea for some bellend of a manager there would be some serious questions asked.

But then this is the real world, not the bullying 1950s backwards culture you lot seem to work in, and actively seem to take pride in.

And we wonder why parts of UK industry are getting left behind.

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Zetec-S said:

Serious question - what makes someone a 'qualified' mechanic?

When you have had your balls sufficiently greased enough to be able to do it to the next poor sod.

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Zetec-S said:

Vaud said:

For me that is in the "fun/very mild banter"... though WinstonWolf would probably finish with a staple nail gun to the temple whilst greasing his balls.

FTFY

FTFY