It was in the last days at Dowty in September that the nice lady from Human Resources wanted input for the magazine, she did not realise (or care) that I was serving the last few days of my notice, so I gave it a shot.
A test guy, Andy, had managed to hoodwink these people once, his lucky "mascot" called "Stretch the Chicken" was shown to the intern, a simple rubber chicken that apparently never left his pocket during important tests and he always gave it a quick "pull" for good luck.
The piece of comedic brilliance ended up in the company magazine, complete with a photograph of the chicken.
The lady took me outside the factory and took a photo, she then asked me to write a paragraph for the magazine and I gave it my best veiled shot, nothing in comparison with Andy's masterpiece, but nevertheless, a month after I left, the following appeared in the 360 degrees newsletter :
Unfortunately, they edited it somewhat, the second paragraph in which I vented that management never listen anyway and should face a firing squad, was, for some reason, not published.
