14th June 2005, 02:23 PM
Ah yes Sith, the events happened much as you described. I was one of the tented masses and have to say I rather emjoyed it on the whole. Some amazing piss-ups, led by one of the managers many times. The "strike " that happened around that time took place with the Essex Unit as I recall. A day of downed tools which has obviously become confused with the events at Rectory Farm.
To be fair, I went on to work with Tempvs a few times after that on small excavations and evals and they did a good job. The staff they got were first rate on the whole (apart from me). Rectum Farm was too big a start for a small unit and they bit off more than they could chew. The senior manager at Rectory Farm never worked with Tempvs in the field again. His Basil Fawlty behaviour alienated even the remote academics in the Beaumont St HQ, or so I later heard
To be fair, I went on to work with Tempvs a few times after that on small excavations and evals and they did a good job. The staff they got were first rate on the whole (apart from me). Rectum Farm was too big a start for a small unit and they bit off more than they could chew. The senior manager at Rectory Farm never worked with Tempvs in the field again. His Basil Fawlty behaviour alienated even the remote academics in the Beaumont St HQ, or so I later heard