01x08 - More Speed, Less Work

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always turn

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and i think that's very

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you can always turn the goods out always

turn the goods out

we can depend upon

at spotty's wooden company bertha is

making garden gnomes

tom takes them to nel and flo who paint

them in bright colors

these are the blocks that the gnomes are

made from

here are some more blocks ted thank you

roy we'll stack them down here

i've given this one funny eyes nell

well i don't suppose it will mind

do you have any gnomes in your garden

no not in our garden we only have

weeds i think i'll make this one special

and give it a blue spot on the top of

its hat

oh that does look special

good morning ted morning roy

who are these little fellas they're

garden gnomes

what do they do in the garden they don't

do anything

they just sit around next to flowers and

things

why do they wear funny hats

so that people will know that their

gnomes of course

where can you buy them oh in gardening

shops

if i had a gnome in my garden it would

have to wear a turban

would it still be unknown then

why don't you ask ted to get bertha to

make you one with a turban

that would be jelly nice could bethel do

that

bertha can do anything anything

best machine in the factory

i will do as you say i will ask ted to

make me a gnome with a turban

hey flo look at mr duncan

where over there see

yes i see him he's writing things down

on his clipboard

i wonder why all morning

mr duncan has been watching people at

work he checks his watch

and then writes on his clipboard

mrs stop next

nearly boiled are we ernie

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about another five minutes to go now

where did i put those current cakes

five minutes here oh if you're waiting

for a cup of tea mr duncan it's not

quite ready

ah it's all too slow

well i never i wonder what he wanted

not cross not

i won now mr duncan is watching tracy in

the design office

mr sprott isn't here at the moment mr

duncan did you want to see him

hey no not now no

i wonder what he wanted

did you want something mr duncan well

uh uh the manager is not here this

morning

i know he and mr are at a meeting

so i am in charge of the factory until

they come back

yes i suppose you are

and i've been going around the factory

watching people

why have you been doing that mr duncan

to see how long it takes people to do

their jobs

it's all down here everyone in this

factory

is working far too slowly

time is money miss mclacatey

it's a very happy factory yeah

that may be so but people are paid to

work hard

there are some changes i am going to

make

oh dear i don't think the manager will

like that mr duncan

he will when he reads my notes it's all

written down here

i hope mr willmake comes back soon

so pageant you'd like birthers if i

could know wearing a turban

yes please if it would not be too much

trouble

let me have that one right bertha's

gonna make a no with a turban

there i told you bertha could do it

all right what's going on here nobody

working as usual

we will be working very hard no

you haven't you've been playing around i

have been watching you

it's all written down here

so that's why he was watching us now

he's been spying on us

this is not spying it is called time and

motion study

it is to find out how fast people work

and to see how quickly machines make

things

it is this machine that's too slow when

you finish

this job ted i am closing bertha down

for good

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but bertha's the best machete of the

factory

she is too old and too slow

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oh

and far too clever behalf

you can't close down bertha what will

happen to all of us

you'll all be given other jobs to do

around the factory

what about tom he only works with bertha

he can keep the offices clean in fact he

can start

right now we must organize a protest

later that afternoon tracy went to see

miss mcclackety

miss mcclackety what are we going to do

mr duncan says that we are not working

hard enough and he's going around the

factory changing everyone's job

i i wish mr willmake was here

what's tom doing here this is his new

job

he's not allowed to work with bertha

anymore

oh dear poor old tom

i'm going to see ted about this

i'll come with you

no tom you stay here and tidy the office

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but what an earth is going on here

that plant point nearly hit me

hello tom where is everybody you

shouldn't be up here

come on tom i want to see what has been

happening during my absence

oh mr willmake thank goodness you're

back

what on earth's the matter miss

mclackity mr duncan's closed down bertha

she's not allowed to work anymore but

beth has our best machine

now come along time to stop protesting

and have a nice cup of tea

i haven't seen a teapot like that before

mrs tub

this is mr duncan's idea to speed up the

tea break

sorry no more d breaks this afternoon

now what's all this for testing ted

don't shut down bertha

bertha is the best machine bertha must

stay

we like working with bertha

ah there is mr duncan

will you explain what's going on mr

duncan

well you've been away son i've been

reorganizing the factory

to make it more efficient but the

factory works perfectly well as it is

i've done a time in motion studies on it

everybody works

too slowly especially this machine

it's all written down here

where

come along mr duncan what have you got

written down

show me a clipboard

my stopwatch

yes yes but where are they

inside bethlehem

inside bertha eh then you've nothing to

show me

come along mr spot we must let bertha

get back to work

find something better to do with the

time mr duncan more

motion maybe

you can stop your protest now ted

everything is back to normal

we can go on working with bertha with me

packing

and me stacking

yes carry on ted you can all go on

working with bertha

oh i'm glad that's over

no look well i never

would you believe it that's mr duncan's

clipboard

she knew what to do

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we can depend upon you

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