Please can some of you check this for me?

Good luck p fingers crossed!

Good job Phoenix!

Thanks Ana I'm starting to think that if I can't keep hold of this one, well, I may as well batter my head and deep fry the bugger!

Oh good. Let's hope this is the one!

Well, it seems to have worked

Cheat!

Why not just send him this link

www.deckchairs.co.uk/about/how-to-put-up-a-deckchair/

Which would demonstrate your skills of research and resourcefulness

phoenix I would go one further than trisher and number each step. It helps to cut down words and I personally think that it is easier to follow. Good luck.

Sounds like he's been reading one of those things that splits peope into adminstrators, innovators, managers,creatives etc. Never understood how they work.

Ana

I think that HE seems to think that there are two types of people, those that can do "practical" things or that have creative ability.I disagree, many people have both, although perhaps to a greater/ lesser degree.

PS I think I got it the wrong way round before!

Well, that sounds as though he doesn't want/need anyone creative...?
Practical and methodical, perhaps? In which case the deckchair thing might fit the bill.

Good point, trisher ! I will admit that it's pretty hard to sort of "call" this one.

Part of his job description mentions the need for "someone who can take care of the day to day running of the business, leaving us creative people to do what we do best" Or something like that. Bucket?

Phoenix if these are instructions it would be better if you removed all the unnecessary words so- cut out "Begin"
Lay the deckchair flat on the ground.
It is composed (made up might be simpler) in three sections.
Section 1 The middle section has fabric attached at both ends. Sections 2 and 3 are movable and rotate around the bolts which hold them.
And so on
Good luck!

Thanks Ana (and others)

It's hard to judge without knowing the nature of the business, which I realise you can't very well do on an open forum, phoenix. Go with your instincts, anyway - and good luck!

What does he mean by 'creative stuff' though, I wonder? Is it advertising/selling?

I know what you are getting at Ana, but knowing the chap (by reputation only) rather than going back to him again (I had already asked for clarification re did he mean handwritten or not) but if you re-read his "brief"
(which isn't the clearest/could be read in different ways) I was thinking of trying to cover all the bases.

A bit of background, this job was only put in the cabinet at the village shop that gives news of parish council meetings, offers of gardening & baby sitting etc (ok, a bit more than that, but you get the general idea) the chap has run an exceedingly successful and (I would think profitable) business that seems to combine shrewed acumen and true talent and creativity. The advert said that they needed an administrator to help the "creative people" concentrate on the creative stuff, rather than filing etc.

nellie my Italian stepmother (now long gone) who was - well covered, plonked herself down on one of those cheap white plastic garden chairs after a good rain had soaked the uneven lawn and down she went in slow motion. It's a bit like watching "You've been framed" - you don't know whether to laugh nervously or in mirth!

I'm beginning to think this deckchair thing may be a bit beyond the remit of the exercise!

My goodness, you picked a tricky subject! Sounds OK to me, but then I was always an expert deckchair putter-upper! I remember at school being asked to do the same for making a cup of tea. It went on for pages!

Nellie that reminds me of an old family story. My Grandfather spent some time renovating a deck chair, using shiny brass studs on the fabric etc, and declaring that this was HIS deckchair. Come the day, he put the chair up in a sunny spot, collected a glass of beer and went off to settle down. My Grandmother and my mother were watching from an upstairs window and giggled to see that the fabric was so "ripe" that it gave up on the first sitting!

The talk of deckchairs has just reminded me of when my Dad, then head steward of the Chapel, invited the new Minister round for afternoon tea.

My dad put up the deckchairs in the garden on a nice warm day.
Unfortunately it seems the Minister got the deck chair with the weakened fabric which slowly tore as he sank to the ground. My Dad and the minister saw the funny side but my poor Mum was horrified.

Better put in "check the overall condition of the said deck chair."

If you make it a deck chair with arms, you could just say, "lay it flat, grab the arms, and lift".

Good luck anyway.

Phoenix, add at the bottom of the page
get Mr Rosesarered to put it up for you, it will be faster and there will be no swearing.