On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 08:54:39 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 22:17:47 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 17:54:09 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Clive George wrote:
On 02/06/2012 07:09, ARWadsworth wrote:

You shouldn't. Foul language and shouting betrays a lack
of education and an inability to communicate.

So how do you give out a bollocking then?

It's possible to do it without swearing or shouting, and
indeed can be more menacing that way. The quick shout can be
more appropriate though.

There are other ways

A couple of weeks ago an apprentice who I had asked to drill
some holes came back to me about 15 minutes later to tell me
the drill was not working. I told him to make sure there was
power to the drill (it was already in place as I had used it
earlier) and that the extension lead was plugged into a
transformer and that the transformer was plugged into a socket.
15 minutes later he came back and announced the drill was
broken. I warned him that if I had to get down from the tower
scaffold to plug the drill in I would punch him in the ********
and he needed to go and recheck the extension lead and
transformer as I was busy. He went away and 15 minutes later he
came back to say they were fine so I climbed down the scaffold
walked across to where I had earlier plugged the extension lead
into a transformer to find the extension lead plug sat on the
floor and not plugged in to a transformer.

Just as I pulled the van into the unit I punched him in the
********.


Oh well I assume his pay doesn't impact on the company too much.


The idiot must really be short of a few brain cells.


I would have
screamed in agony, rolled on the floor till the ambulance
arrived, had a month off work [ Or at the very least four working
days], and also contacted the police and a solicitor.

So are you are saying that you could not manage to plug in a 110V
extension lead to a 110V transformer?

No of couse not!

I'm saying that I would take full advantage of any physical assault
against me.

And lose your job!

What would you do to the apprentice then? Plugging an extension lead in is
easy and he needed to learn.a leasson.

I think by the time the HSE enquiry was over the apprentices job would
be safe for a while.

How did the apprentice make it past the interview? I would assume a
few O levels or the equivalent are needed.

Anyway I would inform the apprentice where he went wrong and on a
second occasion refuse to work with him. Sites can be dagerous places
an a clear understanding of the task and what is expected is an
absolute must.

HN