On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:43:59 +0100, ARWadsworth wrote:

jgharston wrote:
On tonight's episode they sent in some youngsters to compare with the
70-year-olds from yesterday. The plumber Ashley was outstanding from
the first second he walked onto the job. The rest of the 20-year-olds
were such a appalling example of "today's yoof" they could be
poster-childs for any Daily Wail young benfer scrounger scum campaign.

JGH

I have watched it.

There is no way I can do what I do now when I am 70 at the same speed.

Could I still do it? Why not?

BTW we have a new apprentice. There is something seriously wrong with
this one. He is interested in what he does, he is a quick learner and is
good at his job. And for some reason I liked him the moment I met him
(just the way he spoke to me when we met did the trick).

He cannot afford to insure a car so he takes the train to Doncaster and
then bikes it from the train station to the unit. He is an absolute
pleasure to talk to and is just superb in every aspect of his work. In
fact he is causing problems because he is fitting the gear faster than
we can get it delivered! And everything he has installed is perfect.

Much better than the tosser that was fired yesterday (that was the one I
punched in the ******** a couple of months ago).

Back in 2005 I advised on recruiting a helpdesk operator - I gave them a
technical test. The guy we chose had just finished Uni. In the holidays,
he advertised a PC-fix service, and because he couldn't drive, picked
them up and dropped them off by bus. He was very keen, very quick, and in
the space of a year got into developing, and then had a guy under him.

To be fair, my then boss was so impressed, he paid for him to have
driving lessons (passed first time).

So not all young'uns are a waste of space.