Its amazing how easy it is to manipulate the male of our species. Ever since I have worked at the factory they have had a machine to clean the floor that would make a Lada look stylish. I think they bought the buggy from the children’s television programme chock-a-block, attached a vacuum cleaner, and a beast was born. But it did the job and did it well. That is it would have. If anyone actually used it apart from one lady who gudgeingly operated this design horror each week despite it not being part of her job.

Now the fellas are queuing up to clean the floor. People that a week ago didn’t know one end of a broom from the other are now wanting to do the cleaning. It might even turn nasty. The reason for this abrupt change of attitude? A new machine that looks more like a snowmobile. It goes slower, is less movable than the previous, and doesn’t do the job any better, but it looks ”cool”. The name on the request form for new equipment? My assumption would be the lady who instead of sighing at the end of the week now has a large smirk on her face.