February 18, 2013 - J

[6:58 ; I arrive at work]
6:58 ; J is already at work when I arrive
[6:58-8:00ish ; I am too busy to observe]
8:11-8:43 ; phone, sitting
8:48 ; see NOTE 1
8:49-9:30 ; gratuitous cleaning, see NOTE 2
9:30-9:53 ; wandering
10:13-10:19 ; wandering
[11:33-11:55 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
11:59-12:03 ; sitting, phone
12:38-12:50 ; wandering
12:53-1:01 ; wandering
1:10-1:11 ; wandering
1:13-1:52 ; wandering
1:57-2:00 wandering
[2:18-2:26 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -2:27 ; wandering
[2:35-2:45 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -2:48 ; wandering
[3:35 ; I leave work]



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NOTE 1: Details on this job are as follows:
8:48 ; brings over cart containing a job - 23 sintra boards, each with 12ct 12x23 pieces
10:00 ; first board on table
10:30 ; first board cut. It should be noted at this point that J was cutting this job at about 1/3 to 1/4 of the speed at which it should have been cut, taking 8 minutes to cut 1 board, (it should have taken more like 3). Even at this slow rate, the job would have taken 3 hours had he worked at it.
1:13 ; 16 boards cut, 7 left. One board was left paused in mid-cut on the table, rather than letting it continue to finish while he left for lunch.
3:00 ; job done. Time spent on job (minus lunch): 4 hours, 33 minutes (or almost 12 minutes per board). Time it should have taken (at 4 minutes per board): 92 minutes (conservatively), and finished well before lunch.
For a large portion of the day, he had managed to arrange a barrier of sorts made of uncut work between himself and the rest of the building, the better to goof off behind unobserved.

NOTE 2: among other things, J spent 15-20 minutes outside the building with a forklift rearranging pallets. Result: he brought in 3 pallets for our use.