Turn up to work 12-00 for a trip to Wales. Get from TM: " A unit’s gone down. It should be ready for about one o’clock ish I hope." I think fair enough, they can pay me £8.50 p/h to drink coffee then. Come half past one, he says. “Look, we’re not going to get it back 'till 15.30 - it’s a 3 hour run to Wales and the client close at 17.30. You may as well go home.” I was good enough to ask about where the shunter was that day. TM: “Oh, he’s off ill mate.” I enquire weather their was anything he’d like me to do? Ended up shunting demountable bodies around the yard for a couple of hours. Washed 6 vehicles (on proper wash). Went home.
Paid for eight hours 
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