Food Riots at Swanwick
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Food Riots at Swanwick
Staff unrest continues to bubble at the massive and complex ATC mega-centre as Managers try to re-coup some of the overtime costs by increasing food prices. There have been price rises of 25% on some confectionary items after being assured that the increases would be barely noticeable.
Last night-duty the chain on my oar came loose and I sneaked up to the fourth floor. The rumours are true, and I can reveal to you all that the coffee machine that serves the management suite is 1 penny cheaper than the floors below. Investigations continue..............
Last night-duty the chain on my oar came loose and I sneaked up to the fourth floor. The rumours are true, and I can reveal to you all that the coffee machine that serves the management suite is 1 penny cheaper than the floors below. Investigations continue..............
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Coffee
It is not just down south.
Up here, in the building next to the building site, the price of a cup of machine made "coffee" has risen from 13p to 17p over night.
Now that is well above inflation, but, the price of a bacon bap has been reduced.....
Up here, in the building next to the building site, the price of a cup of machine made "coffee" has risen from 13p to 17p over night.
Now that is well above inflation, but, the price of a bacon bap has been reduced.....
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mmmmmm! Cheap Baps
I wonder if I can get my AAVAs paid in coffee granules?.. seems a valuable commodity these days.
Oh no, on second thoughts, It's not real coffee in the machines is it. More like a baldrick concoction
cappucino sir? hhhghghhhtt
I wonder if I can get my AAVAs paid in coffee granules?.. seems a valuable commodity these days.
Oh no, on second thoughts, It's not real coffee in the machines is it. More like a baldrick concoction
cappucino sir? hhhghghhhtt
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From: The Burrow, N53:48:02 W1:48:57, The Tin Tent - EGBS, EGBO
At least you have somewhere you can go to buy something to eat or drink. I work in the local hospital. We get 30 mins break in an eight hours long shift. The canteen is ten minutes (at least) walk away and therefore ten minutes back again. 
This leaves us with ten minutes to queue, select our meal, eat it then return. 
It can't be done so we all bring in our own food. We have a microwave in the coffee room as a concession - they aren't allowed anywhere else in the hospital, but the distance to the canteen is very inconvenient if you happen, for whatever reason, to have no food with you.
On a brighter note, tea costs 20p per WEEK and coffee 50p per week, but then we do make it ourselves and so far nobody has got food poisoning. 
This leaves us with ten minutes to queue, select our meal, eat it then return. It can't be done so we all bring in our own food. We have a microwave in the coffee room as a concession - they aren't allowed anywhere else in the hospital, but the distance to the canteen is very inconvenient if you happen, for whatever reason, to have no food with you. On a brighter note, tea costs 20p per WEEK and coffee 50p per week, but then we do make it ourselves and so far nobody has got food poisoning.
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DX Wombat,
Glad to see that health and safety at work issues (not being allowed to nuke your own food have kettles in offices etc) don't apply if management would have to fork out for facilities and/or give long enough breaks to make use of facilites that are already in place.
(In lizzies boy scout unit we were not allowed to keep kettles in the tank park due to H&S - no problem with 20-odd armoured vehicles moving in an area smaller than a football pitch at night in the pouring rain with 100 odd blokes running around cabling them together etc - but a kettle
Blooming heath and saftey at war act, my @rse)
Glad to see that health and safety at work issues (not being allowed to nuke your own food have kettles in offices etc) don't apply if management would have to fork out for facilities and/or give long enough breaks to make use of facilites that are already in place.
(In lizzies boy scout unit we were not allowed to keep kettles in the tank park due to H&S - no problem with 20-odd armoured vehicles moving in an area smaller than a football pitch at night in the pouring rain with 100 odd blokes running around cabling them together etc - but a kettle
Blooming heath and saftey at war act, my @rse)
More than just an ATCO
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From: Up someone's nose
055166 I hope there was no such thing as a hopper full of coffee beans and that you did not add anything like small pieces of soap to said hopper.
Nice to see nothing's changer. Back in the 1960s staff under 18? got vouchers to reduce the cost of a meal at Fag Ash Lil's. On the next birthday no vouchers as salary increased, unfortunately so did Income Tax - net result, about 5 bob a week worse off.
Nice to see nothing's changer. Back in the 1960s staff under 18? got vouchers to reduce the cost of a meal at Fag Ash Lil's. On the next birthday no vouchers as salary increased, unfortunately so did Income Tax - net result, about 5 bob a week worse off.
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Hey...nice tip. I salute you. I'll report back if it works; your devious word association mind obviously picked up "squeaky-clean" ..."wash-your-mouth-out"..."flannel"..."nothing-sticks-to-me" etc etc.
Another economy measure used at Swanwick is at the annual watch meeting.....we have to attend work two hours early for some incomprehensible pep-talk about yet again having to work super-hard to cover staff shortfall. Catering is provided in the form of unidentifiable slimy globs of assorted mush....at each meeting more is left untouched [once bitten//twice shy] therefore food bill gradually diminishes......this shows up as an economy on the budget sheet and bonus-time has arrived.
Another economy measure used at Swanwick is at the annual watch meeting.....we have to attend work two hours early for some incomprehensible pep-talk about yet again having to work super-hard to cover staff shortfall. Catering is provided in the form of unidentifiable slimy globs of assorted mush....at each meeting more is left untouched [once bitten//twice shy] therefore food bill gradually diminishes......this shows up as an economy on the budget sheet and bonus-time has arrived.
