‘ Don ’ t you dare try and pass the blame onto Gill. Christ, I don ’ t know how you have the nerve to sit there and say that. ’
‘ I ’ m not saying it ’ s her fault, I ’ m just —’
‘ Bloody hell, Keith, a team member like Gill is worth ten of you. If you take account of all the re-work your mistakes have caused, you ’ re working out at about a third of an effective person a day. You understand that? You were never particularly fast, but your rates-per-hour right now are pathetic. Most people get quicker the longer they ’ re in a job. You ’ re getting slower . This is no one ’ s fault but yours. You need to start taking some responsibility here. ’
And all Keith can think is don ’ t talk to me about responsibility. You ’ re not the one who had to change his dad ’ s trousers last night after
