"Andy Champ" wrote in message
. uk...
On 10/06/2012 16:46, Mr Pounder wrote:
When I was an apprentice back in 1966 I served my time with a very old
school plumber. He was a total **** with me and worked me like a dog. In
his
eyes I was a bone idle ******. This was the days of standing at the bus
stop
in the ****ing down rain.
He once came back from his dinner hour and made me rip out every pipe I
had
put in. I worked through my dinner hour. There was nothing wrong with my
workmanship. He was a ****.
I later found out that I was regarded as being the best apprentice on the
company.
I was the only one that got C&G.
My old trainer will be long dead now, I sincerely hope that he is burning
in
hell for the hell he put me through.

Yes, but were you the best apprentice _because_ he put you through hell?

Andy

Yes.
But there was no need for him to do what he did to me. He went over the top.