On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:06:51 GMT, Roy Hauer
wrote:

Thats what they used to do where I worked. The section chief would
walk through and say clean this place up NOW.......every drill bit
cutter or whatever always was promptly thrown n the trash......I even
remember when folks would regularly throw away brand new packs of
drill bits and such just so the supply system kept a full supply on
hand for when they needed them. If a demand was not shown the items
got dropped, so to keep the demand up, and not have to fill out
paperwork for a reissue or initial issue, it was easier to trash
everything in the supply point one or two times a month. Still goes on
today, but I think a good percentage winds up oin Ebay from someone
dragging it home and capitolizing on the fraud / waste.

Many years ago, I worked in quarters adjacent to a gov't maintenance
facility. The facility manager, over the years, had developed a good
concept of his requirements in disposable stores to enable his four
man staff to work efficiently, and had built stock accordingly. One
weekend, the manager was an accident victim and monday afternoon, a
bean counter arrived from headquarters to review the facility and
appoint the shop foreman as manager. Late that evening, I got a
frantic call from the foreman asking my assistance in moving stores
into hiding in my area to preserve them from destruction by the bean
counter as "inventory over and above authorized levels" One example
was that only two spare outer lenses were authorized for the hood worn
by the chap doing heavy duty sand blasting (he used a new one every
morning and again after lunch, plus an occasional replacement for
accidental breakage)
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada