No clipboard with this guy but I've seen them in loads of factories . We always had to sign a "Chitty" , which he kept forever to use against you if requested the same item too many times . ( " Well you had a 12" hacksaw blade two years ago .....I have a record of it!!!!!!!)
I worked for many contractors between coming on the tools and becoming self employed . One firm insisted we all turn up at the office every day and fill in that day on the time sheet . Couple of reasons for this , once someone's wife phoned in , medical emergency , no one knew where he was working . The other reasons were the gaffer knew if you were late and he didn't have to pay travelling time to the jobs as it was after 8.00am .
Because of the mistrust no one ever got to site until 9.30 ....10.00 after the caff and tended to go home early . Result was none of the jobs came in on time .
Oh except for "The Running Man" He would be outside the office before 8.00 so he could get the post off the postman to hand to the gaffer .
I saw him open the gaffer's car door once .
Gaffer would hand out job cards for small jobs around the city centre and this guy would leave at the trot to get there quickly . We followed him once in the van , he kept running all the way ...not just round the corner to impress the boss .
I worked for many contractors between coming on the tools and becoming self employed . One firm insisted we all turn up at the office every day and fill in that day on the time sheet . Couple of reasons for this , once someone's wife phoned in , medical emergency , no one knew where he was working . The other reasons were the gaffer knew if you were late and he didn't have to pay travelling time to the jobs as it was after 8.00am .
Because of the mistrust no one ever got to site until 9.30 ....10.00 after the caff and tended to go home early . Result was none of the jobs came in on time .
Oh except for "The Running Man" He would be outside the office before 8.00 so he could get the post off the postman to hand to the gaffer .
I saw him open the gaffer's car door once .
Gaffer would hand out job cards for small jobs around the city centre and this guy would leave at the trot to get there quickly . We followed him once in the van , he kept running all the way ...not just round the corner to impress the boss .
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