Zulu dawn

In return he would do mine.

It’s all about impendence and outside testing for the NQV program for trainee plumbers.

So there I am at 8am at the town hall with 4 lads all under 18, they have to replace 4 toilets and 4 basins for the local council.

What could go wrong?

Hmmmmmm………

First that all notice the translation poster in the lobby and all spotted that they do translations in about 50 different languages at the town hall.

Then make a few jokes about the number of “ZULU’S” in Brighton.

It don’t help that we call a length of copper a spear.

But like most work places, the town hall open at 830am and the first 10 people thru the door where all black and didn’t seem to speak English.

Can you all image what they all through and some of the jokes; until one of them heard them and made a compliant about it.

I then had to spend the next hour talking to a council official about their “attitude” and how I was going to control it.

If they were working for me I would have stop the job and told him “where to go”, but in this case I couldn’t.

I said to him look, “these lads have never seen a black person in the flesh before, and the first time they do meet one, they are at the town hall looking for hand outs. What kind of impression do you think that creates? ”.

He didn’t see my point of view and told me he was going to call my “boss” and have us all sack for it.

After a few more meetings with various council officials, it got steady worst.

By this time the jobs was done, the lads had finish and they where packing up.

Got them to sign for the work and we all left.