Secrecy…within the workshop?

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Biggest secret in my workshop is where the chuck key goes every time I turn around.

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

At one place where I worked, "Fred" was deemed to be the "expert" on one job. He was not a secretive type, rather, he was always helpful. So in my youthful enthusiasm I got involved with helping him. His explanation of what he was doing was not at all convincing. In a word he was winging it, but eventually came up with an acceptable result. His being the "expert" was just a title to allow him to do the job, which every no one else wanted to get involved with.

So secrecy might be just a cover for people who don't really understand what is going on. As in "I can't tell you that" (because I don't know).

Frank

[JonParticipant @jon]

Used to annoy me the people that always had a messy desk no idea where anything is so others see them as busy. One thing BS5750 didn't change, upon vetting its awaiting to be filed.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I used to be famous for my messy desk but always amazed people when I could find anything in an instant. My workshop has now got too many things for my failing memory to keep track of so a logical system is going to be implemented to save me remembering where things are. This is going to be hard as being a messy worker for the last 50 years is going to be difficult to change.

Mike

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Michael Poole on 30/06/2016 16:24:32:

I used to be famous for my messy desk but always amazed people when I could find anything in an instant. My workshop has now got too many things for my failing memory to keep track of so a logical system is going to be implemented to save me remembering where things are. This is going to be hard as being a messy worker for the last 50 years is going to be difficult to change.

Mike

When challenged I used to say that "a tidy desk is the sign of a weak mind". For some reason I wasn't universally popular at work.

Dave

[NJHParticipant @njh]

……. or maybe a tidy desk is a sign of having too little to do !

( I think the same applies to the workshop)

Norman

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

I once worked for a company where everyone had an empty desk. My boss asked me why my desk was so cluttered when everyone else had a tidy desk. I told him it was obvious that no one else did any work.

Dave

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Jon on 30/06/2016 15:59:02:

Used to annoy me the people that always had a messy desk no idea where anything is so others see them as busy. One thing BS5750 didn't change, upon vetting its awaiting to be filed.

Albert Einstein

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by daveb on 30/06/2016 20:34:52:

I once worked for a company where everyone had an empty desk. My boss asked me why my desk was so cluttered when everyone else had a tidy desk. I told him it was obvious that no one else did any work.

Dave

My view is that hot-desking caused the last recession

Neil

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 30/06/2016 21:03:26:

Posted by daveb on 30/06/2016 20:34:52:

I once worked for a company where everyone had an empty desk. My boss asked me why my desk was so cluttered when everyone else had a tidy desk. I told him it was obvious that no one else did any work.

Dave

My view is that hot-desking caused the last recession

Neil

Many a true word spoken in jest! Or perhaps Neil isn't joking. Hot desking is hell for people who think for a living,

Dave

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 30/06/2016 21:02:04:

Posted by Jon on 30/06/2016 15:59:02:

Albert Einstein

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”

And in order to think clearly, one must empty the mind.

On another favourite of messy desk geniuses, psychologists have now proved that "multi-tasking" so beloved of Gen Y etc is total cobblers and lo and behold, one gets more done by doing one thing at a time.

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Multi tasking = divided attention, which is probably why it’s illegal and damned dangerous to use mobile phone when driving.

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Multi tasking = divided attention, which is probably why it’s illegal and damned dangerous to use mobile phone when driving.

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