Under an index finger, he hides a grin. Inside information Dishwasher at the lower staff canteen in Pall Mall Oil . Peter fires a hose of steaming water at the crocks before they're run through the main dishwashers. Mr Cerbasi, the manager, has been trying to take the canteen upmarket.
Customers can see into the dishroom.
The dishroom staff talk and joke. That is not upmarket. So Cerbasi has put a bloody great chuck of lavender plywood across the tray window. This reduced the space through which dirty dishes can be pushed by about two-thirds. Instead of resting on shelves, they avalanche either forwards into the dishroom or back over the canteen floor.