Friday, April 1, 2016

Christmas Card List

Ken Marlton, the permie, was not happy and was being harassed by the other permies and the elder statesman "new" jobshopper Jim Collins. Dave Weldon, the permie, although enjoying winding Ken up, was not happy and was being harassed by his own version of elder statesmen, the jobshoppeurs Dave Rutherford and Pete Clark and after all of it, something had to break.

May 1994.

After all his promises, Ken Marlton saw the light and gave in his notice at Dowty, in that exact moment he was expunged from the Chief's Christmas Card list forever, instantly no longer a friend and was to be sent to a sort of Coventry that fortunately for Ken involved being paid more and paying less tax.

And it saved Barry a stamp.

The knock on effect was that the Global Express landing Gear work had to be done by someone, and apparently, in addition to my already burgeoning responsibilities, that was going to arrive at my doorstep within hours of Ken's submission of renewed jobshopperism.

Apparently.

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