"I don't know" is not an answer

[ARW]

Pulled up at work with one of the Gremlins today and the first job was to drill a 22mm hole through a brick wall.

He got out the cordless SDS and 1m 22 drill bit. I stopped him and pointed out that

a) the battery was probably not charged enough to drill the hole and there was only one battery b) we would need the cordless SDS to fix the armoured cleats after drilling the hole

and

c) it was my cordless SDS and it is getting a little old and I do not want it drilling 22mm holes through brick walls.

I told him to get the Makia and extension lead out of the van and use those whilst I went up to the house to have a word with the owner.

10 minutes later when I got back there was no sign of the makita or an extention lead and the pillock was just putting the cordless battery on charge.

He had indeed tried to drill the hole with the cordless and the battery had died halfway through doing so.

I then kicked off and asked him why he had used the cordless and his answer was "I don't know". My reply was "I don't know is not a f****ng answer, you have until home time to tell me why you used the cordless or you are walking back"

At hometime I asked again why he had used the cordless and he said "I don't know".

So I left him to walk back to the unit in the cold rain.

It's 3 miles to the nearest bus stop and 7 miles back to the unit. As he fell asleep in the van on the way to the job I doubt very much that he knew where he was (middle of nowhere describes the place well) and he would probably be unable to call someone for lift.

And if he does not learn the walk then the owner of the firm will ask one question when he gets back to the unit.

That question is "why did you use the cordless?" If the answer is still "I don't know" then he will be handed a written warning (although to be fair he will get one regardless of his answer)

[Mr Pounder]

Why was your drill not charged up? I used to charge mine up every night. Did you tell the Gremlin to go for the joint?

[Bill Wright]

That isn't adequate when you're using it all day. We have 800W inverters in the van with aux batteries and charge everything that way.

Bill

[Mr Pounder]

I used to charge my drill up in Travelodges etc. It was one hell of a drill; cost £360 in 1999. It had all these lights and things. Then, they took it off me :-(

[R D S]

Why are teenage lads as thick as f*ck? I'm not sure they can help it, it must be hormonal.

My missus gave our (well, my) lad a Saturday job. It lasted 5 weeks before we decided it wasn't worth the family falling out with each other.

[js.b1]

Newspaper boy: I want paying in advance to deliver the newspapers.

Fine, if fitted with a GPS tracking, remote electrocuting, interactive corrective behaviour monitoring ankle tag... or should that be neck tag... with automatic guillotine on any attempt to remove.

[Graham.]

Ah, Travelodge. Isn't that the hotel where breakfast is a a croissant in a paper bag dumped outside your door?

Class.

[Owain]

if it was community service they'd be getting taxi'd to and fro. At public expense, of course.

Owain

[Jules Richardson]

Do they knock on the door and leg it?

[Dave Liquorice]

No soap either.

Used to use Travelodge a bit but they took away the soap, bath mat and biscuits then the maintenance seemed to slip and the cleaning...

These days tend to end up in Premier Inn, Holiday Inn Express (breakfast is included) and recently Days Inn (buy one get one free, flexible rate as well). Can rarely book far enough in advance to get the cheap rooms and even if I could there is no guarantee that I'll still need the room. Cheap rooms don't have any refunds...

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Not very bright, really.

I dunno.

[Chris J Dixon]

Some years ago I was allocated a youngster on YTS to do clerical work. She seemed to have been swiftly moved on from other departments, and I think I was a last resort.

She completely failed to understand that, in her position, she was generally to do what was asked of her, when and in the manner instructed. Discussion was fine, but somehow the outcome was never taken on board. There seemed to be a curious misconception that I would not notice what was, or was not, happening.

Chris

[The Natural Philosopher]

Indeed. A lot of times they need to do one days work to get back onto some list or other that means they can go back on the dole.

[The Natural Philosopher]

And that has to be basically because her parents simply let her do...pretty much what she wanted.

And were probably too out of it to notice.

[harry]

They have never had it tough. Hard times sharpens the mind up wonderfully. They may soon get opportunity to find out about this first hand,

[stuart noble]

I was watching a Wetherspoons waitress yesterday (yeah, sad I know) and it was staggering the amount of work she was getting through. Still she had time to smile at all the old farts and generally look like she was a happy bunny. I need hardly add that she was of East European origin.

[Dave Liquorice]

No just a lazy bastard who couldn't be arsed to follow simple instructions and do a bit of extra work to complete the task properly.

Roll on the time that to get the dole or other basic benifits for more than a few months you have to spend at least 20hrs a week cleaning the streets.

[Mr Pounder]

I really would not know. I was always away in the early hours of the morning.

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[Man at B&Q]

Doleing out UB should be handed to local councils with local people forced to do something useful for their community in return for the payments.Give them more incentive to get a proper job. Oh, and I would bring back the workhouse for those who refuse to play by the new rules.

MBQ

[Arfa Daily]

When's that then, Harry ? After all the electricity has gone off ... ? ;-)

Arfa