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Loo rolls stolen by gym staff
 

NEARLY one in 10 lawyers have bought an illegal DVD.

And bankers are the worst when it comes to paying for a round of drinks, while workers in gyms and leisure centres steal the most loo rolls.

A new poll of almost 4000 workers names and shames different professions for their anti-social office behaviour.

The study found people in the travel industry are most likely to claim credit for a colleague's hard work, dodge whiprounds by saying they don't have cash on them and even steal workmates' food from the office fridge.

The research said six in 10 employees in travel have been victims of colleagues' grubby and sometimes illegal behaviour.

The survey was commissioned by knockoffornot.com, a website set up to combat the nation's Knock-Off Nigels, who engage in anti-social behaviour in the workplace.

While the travel industry was worst overall, more than a quarter of those in the transport industry say colleagues regularly buy knock-off DVDs from traders at work and those in IT or telecom firms are the biggest culprits for illegal film downloads during office hours.

A knockoffornot.com spokesman said: "Ironically, those working in travel are probably most in need of a holiday to get away from all the Knock-Off Nigels."

Publication date 07/08/08

Posted by: swiss scottish, Argyll on 12:51pm Thu 7 Aug 08
aint there any other news in the town??? im away to read the back of a cereal box!
Posted by: jah1873, Glasgow, Scotland on 1:06pm Thu 7 Aug 08
swiss scottish wrote:
aint there any other news in the town??? im away to read the back of a cereal box!
I've already read the back of my cereal box, although compared to the above story it was a fine read, it wasn't a patch on the cleaning instructions on my new jacket. Riveting!!
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 11:10pm Thu 7 Aug 08
swiss scottish wrote:
aint there any other news in the town??? im away to read the back of a cereal box!

Come on Swiss Scottish, what do you expect.
Just don't roll after reading this, or I might eat you for my dessert!

As for leisure centre staff nicking toilet rolls, what have our leisure centres come to ?

I mean I've heard of knocked off "gear" being sold in seedy pubs to order, but toilet rolls.
Surely even that has to sink to a new low.
The very bottom I'd say! ( no pub intended!) LOL ;-)
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 11:13pm Thu 7 Aug 08
Oops. Meant no pun intended ;-)
Still no pub intended, an even more unintentional pun LOL ;-)
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