Management on the fiddle
Defence contracts mean government money and lets face it a license to print money, you might think thank security on military installation construction might be tight, but due to all the cash floating around and the fact that these are non-profit they are far more slack than your average civilian job.

This isn't the case however, the project managers on this particular project were a right bunch of penny pinching gits who really were turning a blind eye to safety and hiring any old migrant worker without the permit or background checks, then this particular manager who was a particularly nasty bit of work would then threaten exposing the workers if they didn't help with his little side projects.

We've all liberated the odd thing whilst on the job but this really was taking the piss and with the help of the poor migrant workers he ended up having the audacity to siphon off entire deliveries and write them off or say they were 'lost in transit', which did actually happen on occasions when the locals really got fed up with the forces in the region. About the last lot that went was an innocuous palette of small mesh grilles that were about 2m squared.

When it came to covering that exhaust port the manager told me it wasn't an issue, anyway who'd notice?
(bluehamster, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 14:35, 8 replies)

Beautiful
You just better hope some good-for-nothing kids don't come and jam shit up the exhaust.
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 14:40, closed)

*tries to resist urges*
*fails*

the exhaust port was 2 metres wide
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 14:54, closed)

Sorted
better? :)
(bluehamster, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 15:12, closed)

I recognise this mate, pretty sure
if that's the manager I'm thinking of, he's not the easiest guy to stand up to..

In fact this one time I grew the balls and tried but in the end I choked..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 14:59, closed)

It's got to the point where anything beginning with 'defense contracts' is instantly recognisable as Death Star material.

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 15:14, closed)

But surely
This is the kind of world you want to live in?
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 21:13, closed)

Tee bee aitch - and don't tell anyone - Star Wars provokes in me a resounding "meh"
However, I heartily approve of all pun-related and shaggy dog material, so yes.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 19:42, closed)

I thought it was Red Dwarf at first,
with Rimmer not replacing the drive plates.
( Bob Todd whee, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 9:08, closed)