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    Have a Break-have a quick-crap

    http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...t_Sawley_firm/

    A lancashire company has come a cropper. It seems food production workers are upset that they have to clock in and out to take a leak.

    I've seen the item on the TV and the employees and various others seemed to think that the company were taking a liberty.

    I actually think the employer is correct.

    1. I have seen in a factory production line environment the abuse of the "5 min break".
    All the operatives stop for 5 minutes and then get back to start production again, but a few take liberties and drift back sometimes up to 10 minutes late causing disruption and often lost pay for the majority.

    2. Why should the employer pay for the worker to sit in the trap for 15 minutes? It is open to abuse - as has been pointed out in 1.

    3. Food hygene areas have to be secure. People leaving and entering have to do so in a controlled way.

    It seems that Point 3 is the main reason and that this has been in place for 5 years.
    When brought in, it also seems that a reasonable loo-break allowance was added to the workers pay, to compensate them.

    Problem is, this is fixed and is not open to abuse.

    I'm expecting our usual good mix of serious comment and humour on this one

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    I'd like to see people around here clock in and out when they go for a fag break! Some of the staff round here seem to spend more time stood outside than sat at their desks.

    I'm working... honest...

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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    I agree: give people the chance to self-regulate. If they take the p*ss (pun intended) then take it away from them.

    This could be the start of a Pythonesque* thread:

    Loo breaks? Loo breaks? Luxury...


    *But wasn't it actually This Was The Week That Was?
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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    Quote Originally Posted by southernsoftie View Post
    I agree: give people the chance to self-regulate. If they take the p*ss (pun intended) then take it away from them.

    This could be the start of a Pythonesque* thread:

    Loo breaks? Loo breaks? Luxury...


    *But wasn't it actually This Was The Week That Was?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDaSvRO9xA
    No, it was the "At Last, The 1948 Show". Couple of Python players involved.

    Young 'uns: watch this and discover true comedy!
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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    Hahaha... like it...

    My business partner used to complain about the frequency of my loo visits... Runner, well hydrated, you get it... Until I pointed out the fact that he spends half his day on the phone doing private stuff and the other half playing computer games or out of the office on some vague business that shoul never last half a day...

    I have however been know to take a quick nap faking a loo visit when I had a part time job as a student... I did not always go to bed on time those days...
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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    I must admit, when I was in employment, I did use to take great pleasure in visiting the porcelain throne and thinking I was getting paid for it. Now I'm self-employed, it's still a pleasure but lacks that naughty thrill.

    Seriously though, I can't agree strongly enough with Dom. When I was working in London, at least half the city's workforce seemed to be huddled in doorways having a fag at any one time.

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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    Yeah, I hate the fag thing too... That is why I have never employed a smoker...
    “the cause of my pain, was the cause of my cure” Rumi

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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    Quote Originally Posted by dominion View Post
    I'd like to see people around here clock in and out when they go for a fag break! Some of the staff round here seem to spend more time stood outside than sat at their desks.

    I'm working... honest...
    I have a friend who was temping in a factory. He pointed out to the owner that it was unfair on those who didn't smoke that they weren't allowed a 5-minute break every hour like those who did. The owner thought about it for a while and agreed - so banned smoking breaks

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    Quite right too. I have never understood why an addiction to fags should give you the right to stand outside/have a break several times a day while others continue working...
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    Re: Have a Break-have a quick-

    Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
    I have a friend who was temping in a factory. He pointed out to the owner that it was unfair on those who didn't smoke that they weren't allowed a 5-minute break every hour like those who did. The owner thought about it for a while and agreed - so banned smoking breaks
    Briliant!! Bet they loved him!
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