Whittle - a Deathmatch (22-10)

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macca 53
macca 53
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macca 53
^^and in the chemical industry
Angus Clydesdale
Angus Clydesdale
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Angus Clydesdale
And on such blocks an Empire was built…
GlennR
GlennR
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I think that was the name of some committee chair or the like.
GlennR
GlennR
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GlennR
Ah yes:

britannica.com
Ocelot Spleens
Ocelot Spleens
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Ocelot Spleens
Having worked at the Post Office I wouldn't say you were encouraged by the Unions to use all 20, but you certainly knew they existed. BTW, they invoked the doctor's note stuff after, I think 4 days, maybe 5, if you couldn't produce such a note you were for the high jump.

I also remember well getting disciplined for being late 3 times in a month, and they had a manager timing you coming in the front door.

Swings and roundabouts. You knew where you stood.
TROSaracen
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Anyone remember the British Leyland scandal where they had a site visit to one of the factory floors and found the entire clocked on workforce tucked up fast asleep on campbeds? :-)
Diogenes
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Or the times when there were ghost workers whose wages were collected by the union reps? We shouldn't let these things deflect us from the fact that trade unions providing strong representation in the workplace is a good thing.

Are we have another round to whittle down (ha-ha) the remaining contenders, or have Greppers called it quits?
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Diogenes
...the entire clocked on workforce tucked up fast asleep on campbeds?


These days workers don't even need to turn up to work, they can log on then sleep in the comfort of their own homes.
GregP
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An’ erm, employer known to me puts a lot of store by the Bradford Score.

20 days off sick in a row - four straight weeks - scores 20 and nobody bats an eyelid.

Having four single days off within a 52 week period scores 64 and a mandatory interview with your boss and HR.
GregP
GregP
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GregP
Round 2 should be tomorrow but might get pushed back to Tuesday

About This Thread

Maintained by GregP
Deathmatch closed 08/10/22
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GOLD: Whittling, the carving of wood with a knife

SILVER: Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS (1907–1996), British RAF officer who invented the jet engine

BRONZE: Whittle W1 jet engine
BRONZE: swittle - FETCH SUPPORTER - Crosby's trails and beach lead almost inevitably to meetings with men made of iron

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