Worst Person for the JobIn a week where it emerges that the new Health Secretary is a fan of the hocus-pocus that is homeopathy, tell us about people who are spectacularly out of their depth in a job. Have you ever found yourself wallowing in your own incompetence? Tell us. (Note: "Name of football manager/politician - nuff said" does not constitute an answer)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 12:48)
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How not to build an indoor running track in an arena.Working at the world indoor athletic championships in Birmingham 2003
The indoor running track is made up of separate pieces which all click into place (sledge hammer into place). however you have to get the angle of the first curve perfectly to make the far end fit together as its a big oval. Also there has to be enough room around the track to pull out the seating units and have a walk way, so if its buggered up and slightly off the track will go into the wall.
All the angles to get it correctly built are taken from the datum point in the floor at one end of the arena. However one year Disney on ice didn't put down any foam insulation and this caused the floor of the arena to warp, in other words the datum point was completely off.
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This didn't stop the arena floor manager making us build it and re build the indoor track 3 times, as much as we pointed this out and his measurements would be wrong..he knew the datum point was off and that his measurements would be wrong but he still carried on regardless.
AS usual in that job we pulled it out of our arses in the last remaining few hours
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