chainsaw cat
Tea. Biccies. Happy now?
Is that a euphemism?
Brixton Central Square workwatch thread - post here if you see any work being done
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Is that a euphemism?
Which is when I'm going past on my way to work, and they're not there then. There clearly is some work happening at some point, but it would be nice if there was some sense of urgency about it. I'm getting fed up with Brixton town centre being covered in crash barriers and road works. It looks rubbish
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Which is when I'm going past on my way to work, and they're not there then. There clearly is some work happening at some point, but it would be nice if there was some sense of urgency about it. I'm getting fed up with Brixton town centre being covered in crash barriers and road works. It looks rubbish
hm, that must be their pre-10.00am tea break tea break
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I saw a guy in a hole today (traffic lights between Acre Lane and the Town Hall). He had a spade. Or is it a shovel?
I also saw two other guys turn the traffic lights around in Acre Lane to stop a big green Polish truck crashing into them.
It was all very exciting.
I also saw two other guys turn the traffic lights around in Acre Lane to stop a big green Polish truck crashing into them.
It was all very exciting.
Gramsci
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Talking of Poles perhaps the lack of them at the moment is why nothing is happening
.Theres a very funny Polish film from the Communist period "What will you do if you catch me" about life in Communist Poland. Relevant to here as well.
Ridicules bureaucracy , petty officaldom . At "work" no one works--"presentism". Hilarious bits in film from a building site. Reading this thread about the glorious Central Sq so beloved by Councillors reminds me of film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077350/
gaijingirl
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We saw the diggers moving at 09:40am on Friday morning - meant to take a photo but couldn't be arsed.
Why do so many people have to make jibes about building and similar contract workers not doing any work and taking multiple tea-breaks? They will have a specific job to do by a fixed time and their company will probably be on a penalty clause if the work is not completed in time. They start at 7:00 in the morning so probably finish at 4:00. Also people on these boards who make such comments while perusing a bulletin board from work, are not in a strong position. Office workers I hear, have time to chat around the water-cooler or is that another stereotype akin to building workers having continuous tea breaks?
But the people working on the square don't start at 7am because I go past at 7.30/7.45am every day and there's no sign of them.
If they start onsite at 7am, don't you think it's a bit strange that no commuting urbanite has spotted them apparently working?
Edited to add this: Maybe they get paid for the time it takes to get them to work - I remember that the roofing & window contractors (coming in from somewhere in Kent) who last worked on this estate showed up at 9am at the earliest, took an hour's lunch break every day without fail, and were gone by 3pm every day.
Edited to add this: Maybe they get paid for the time it takes to get them to work - I remember that the roofing & window contractors (coming in from somewhere in Kent) who last worked on this estate showed up at 9am at the earliest, took an hour's lunch break every day without fail, and were gone by 3pm every day.
So we must conclude that they start work at 8:00 or 8:30 then. Perhaps they finish at 5:00. A call to the council should sort this out.
gaijingirl
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how dare you....
I am posting from a reclining position on my sofa and it's very comfortable indeed thank you very much...See above where I said I came home from work at 4.10pm and there was no sign of them.
Gramsci
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A fair point and to be honest I dont think people should be worked until they drop. People who do these jobs (and Ive dont them in the past) are paid poorly and are aften on "contracts" so they dont have job security. I could go on and on. So if you do this kind of job "skiving" is part of it -when possible. You learn that the more you do the more "they" want. I remember we once worked flat out and finished a specific job. We thought we would go early. No chance they just gave us another job. e got no thanks. So you learn from that.
Also the history of the wonderful
Central sq means these threads point is to poke fun at the whole thing IMO. Its more a go at the Council than individual workers.For instance I go to meetings where an officer will give the latest "report" on the progress of the square. Its like listening to some Communist describing the achievements of the Five Year Plan
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I was jesting. My current b/f and my last b/f were builders so I know it's not a nice, easy job, especially in weather like this or when it's freezing cold, or when you've got rich yuppies not wanting to pay you or wanting the job done for next-to-nothing
and I have no problem with them taking multiple tea-breaks. It's hard, physical work, unlike sitting on your arse in an office
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Its like listening to some Communist describing the achievements of the Five Year Plan
Well Lambeth's/TFL's works are beginning to feel like that
clandestino
no llevar papel
Yes, but if you looked through the window of that office, you'd at least see the worker sitting at their desk, even if they were on Urban rather than doing any work. Whereas, at the moment, the workers on the Central Square seem to be rarely, if ever, on site. It's not a comment on their supposed laziness, but a comment on Lambeth's inability to get on with the job at hand.
We've been here before, don't forget. As one Urbanite pointed out a while back, it took less time to build the Gherkin than it did to refurbish Brixton tube.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
clandestino
no llevar papel
But surely they're contractors employed by Lambeth?
Foucault's Wife
Tamiflu gives you wind
12.30 - saw no one
13.30 - saw no one
15.45 - saw no one
16.10 - saw no one
13.30 - saw no one
15.45 - saw no one
16.10 - saw no one
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
No, Brixton Central Square is now a Transport for London led project.
And (IMHO) TfL Street Management is currently a totally dysfunctional organisation that now rivals Lambeth at its early 1990s depths of incompetence.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
No, Brixton Central Square is now a Transport for London led project.
And (IMHO) TfL Street Management is currently a totally dysfunctional organisation that now rivals Lambeth at its early 1990s depths of incompetence.
I thought they were more incompetent in the early 1980s
I just walked home at around 10.15 pm and saw a man operating a small digger type vehicle and another man in a hole doing something. It was in a hole by the bit that was a bike lane but is now the temporary pedestrian bit crossing Acre Lane near McDonalds. (Admittedly probably not connected to the Windrush work bit). From this I think we can conclude they are trying to do the work under the cover of darkness.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
I thought they were more incompetent in the early 1980s
I am a mere arriviste having only been in the Borough for twenty years.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Well I'm only four years ahead of you.
Lambeth were always in the papers for what they were spending money on and they weren't able to collect council tax as loads of people weren't paying and I think staff working in Lambeth purposely fucked up their computers (so my friend who worked for Lambeth said) so people got 3 or 4 years worth of Poll Tax/Community Charge at once
Foucault's Wife
Tamiflu gives you wind
They were doing work last night. Could here a pneumatic drill going ding ding ding ding when we were trying to get to sleep at around 11pm. Alas in this weather one cannot close the windows.
