Pete Waterman gets steamed up.
Moderators: 52D, Tom F, Rlangham, Atlantic 3279, Blink Bonny, Saint Johnstoun, richard
-
52D
- LNER A4 4-6-2 'Streak'
- Posts: 3968
- Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:50 pm
- Location: Reallocated now between the Lickey and GWR
- Contact:
Re: Pete Waterman gets steamed up.
Well said Mr Waterman i have just taken delivery of my first apprentice for many years on Monday.
Hi interested in the area served by 52D. also researching colliery wagonways from same area.
Re: Pete Waterman gets steamed up.
Years ago, when we managers on BR were being re-programmed under the OFQ project, I was at one such M&EE session at the Grove.
We were asked "what was the most valuable thing on the railway". They were looking for an answer like "a quality procedure" or some such rubbish.
Getting rather fed up with this (being ex-depot I do "group hugs" stuff very badly) I said, "a properly trained, time served Cat 4 Fitter or Electrician".
You could tell the real railwaymen around me by the appreciative nods.
Sad to say, the facilitator hadn't a clue what I was on about.
We were asked "what was the most valuable thing on the railway". They were looking for an answer like "a quality procedure" or some such rubbish.
Getting rather fed up with this (being ex-depot I do "group hugs" stuff very badly) I said, "a properly trained, time served Cat 4 Fitter or Electrician".
You could tell the real railwaymen around me by the appreciative nods.
Sad to say, the facilitator hadn't a clue what I was on about.
-
52D
- LNER A4 4-6-2 'Streak'
- Posts: 3968
- Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:50 pm
- Location: Reallocated now between the Lickey and GWR
- Contact:
Re: Pete Waterman gets steamed up.
Further to my post above, The apprentice got taken out to his first customer visit Wednesday. I think i enjoyed it more than him as i spent half the day chatting to the crews of a class 20 and a class 37 working in multiple at Leiston yard with a nuclear load.
I wonder what the late Sir John B would have made of his line to Aldbrough being truncated at Leiston.
I wonder what the late Sir John B would have made of his line to Aldbrough being truncated at Leiston.
Hi interested in the area served by 52D. also researching colliery wagonways from same area.
Re: Pete Waterman gets steamed up.
Right on the nail frae Mr W.
I work in science - fully trained auld style Lab Tech/Manager.
We have had no trainees/apprentice's for years - nobody exists to take our places in the future.
The result is when there are problems, no one can figure it out or fix it on the spot.
They reduce technician numbers to save money and then spend more money getting outsiders to sort out the problems or even worse get researchers doing our jobs. They then wonder why we have gifted researchers leaving science?
Oooo what I'd love to do to some of these "facilitators/pen-pushers/bean-counters...."
I work in science - fully trained auld style Lab Tech/Manager.
We have had no trainees/apprentice's for years - nobody exists to take our places in the future.
The result is when there are problems, no one can figure it out or fix it on the spot.
They reduce technician numbers to save money and then spend more money getting outsiders to sort out the problems or even worse get researchers doing our jobs. They then wonder why we have gifted researchers leaving science?
Oooo what I'd love to do to some of these "facilitators/pen-pushers/bean-counters...."
-
Autocar Publicity
- NER C7 4-4-2
- Posts: 847
- Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:36 pm
- Location: Yorkshire
Re: Pete Waterman gets steamed up.
The trouble is that some people have forgotten that not everything can be quantified and listed on a balance sheet. In an era of box-ticking and fulfilling targets, actually doing the job properly isn't allowed any more. I know a lot of people in all sorts of work who are either very frustrated or becoming very cynical thanks to this - not just the posters above.