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Jolly japes at work
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Mayfield | Report | 2 Apr 2013 18:50 |
Hmm yes I have heard the navy had some, like new hands looking for the the golden rivet! |
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AnninGlos | Report | 2 Apr 2013 17:10 |
I'm sure in the R Navy there were many but OH tells a story of when he was on board an aircraft carrier (60s). He was a Chief PO and working on radar. Something was causing all the fuses to blow and they were tearing their hair out trying to fix it, running all over the ship. A young graduate officer came into the area and said to OH, what's the problem Chief? Now they are exhausted, fed up, and don't know. |
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*$parkling $andie* | Report | 2 Apr 2013 16:37 |
On stationery order that the juniors used to had to collect and deliver someone had written (very badly in a obviously flat pencil ) |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 2 Apr 2013 16:17 |
we used to have lots of fun with some of the headed paper we received - if you got one from the police it had to be used - so you'd copy the paper and then decide what to do with it - the Pope was visiting Cardiff so we sent a letter to one of the nurses informing him that because he had a criminal record he was not allowed to go within five miles of the city centre during the visit!!! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 2 Apr 2013 16:14 |
note left on my desk once - Please ring Mr R Sole with a telephone number which connected - only when I asked for said person did I realise it was a set up |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 2 Apr 2013 15:58 |
When I was a young apprentice upholsteress I was sent to shops for a reel of tartan thread...of course I was gullible then...:-S.......but not that gullible :-D |
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Janet | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:55 |
Don't like playing tricks on anyone. Think some of the things that happened to apprentices, or new members of staff were just mental people bullying others in the smoke screen of ' a bit of fun'. Thankfully I didn't experience anything negative.....not that it would have worried me one iota but some people have difficulty dealing with such stupidity. Don't even care if I am the only person in the world who thinks that way.-jl |
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Bobtanian | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:22 |
The Long Wait, And A Sky hook were common in my day,also Left handed screwdrivers, |
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Merlin | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:20 |
Sky Hooks were quite hard to find, :-D |
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KittytheLearnerCook | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:17 |
Mum sent my brother out to buy some elbow grease once...........I thought it was a real product she used to keep our home squeaky clean! :-D |
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Mayfield | Report | 2 Apr 2013 14:08 |
In pre political correct days tricks were often played on new employees, young apprentices sent off to the stores for a "long Wait" or to the female factory staff to get “a handful of greased nuts" some like the last were a little cruel I’m afraid! |
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