tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7273967988433536494..comments2024-03-28T03:54:26.782-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Dodgy landlordsRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-51013986585944119562016-05-30T00:22:40.195-07:002016-05-30T00:22:40.195-07:00I worked for a soft drinks company supplying the O...I worked for a soft drinks company supplying the On Trade in the 1980s. By this time computerised stock control and vehicle loading lists made it all but impossible for draymen to steal stock from the company to sell to errant publicans.<br /><br />The ingenuity of man however knows no bounds.<br /><br />While delivering stock to publican A a couple of our draymen would take back 10 crates of returnable empties while telling the publican they had only taken 5. They would then sell the crates to Publican B for half price who would then return them to us at a later date for the full price.<br /><br />Everyone then happy and in pocket apart from publican A.<br /><br />However computers are quite handy and over time we noticed that publican B was returning twice as many empty crates as he was buying full ones.<br /><br />Some security work caught the draymen red-handed and they were sacked and charged with theft. They were found not guilty on the theft charge but remained sacked after appealing to an employment tribunal.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10981727620207262801noreply@blogger.com