13th June 2013, 01:39 PM
BAJR Wrote:To be fair to the course tutor ... Although I agree with Crocs sentiments.. I would hope that I would be at my place of work so that I can "start work" at the stroke of 8 or 8:30am rather than turn up, just after, and then have a cuppa, while getting a chat in before the "day proper" gets going around 9ish.
I always get to work with time to spare, to have a breather before starting work. either that or work out a way to arrive exactly on teh final strike of the bells and go straight to my trench. ah teh 80s..
I try and get to site early for my own comfort but if I'm still putting my boots on at a minute past eight I don't feel that I am swinging the lead. My boots are often on before eight, I'm not a clock watcher, though bad employers or managers can turn you into one, usually by superficial clock watching.
Things used to be worse in the workplace. In the nineties one of my girlfriends used to work in a newsagents where they were expected to clean up before the shop closed. It usually took half an hour to clean up but often the girls couldn't start cleaning because there were still customers to serve. This meant they often had to do the cleaning after closing. They weren't paid for this extra half hour because they were supposed to have done it before the shop closed. Though not as common this type of thing still goes on.