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London Tube Cleaners Don't Want Fingerprint Clock-in

Posted by Unknown on from the wait'll-they-roll-out-dna-based-timecards dept.

Bismillah writes "Biometrics is hot stuff, not just for Apple but cleaning companies like the UK division of Denmark's IIS which tidies the London Underground railway network. However, the cleaners aren't happy about having to clock in and out with biometric fingerprint sensors, and are taking industrial action to stop the practice."

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  1. Peter Principle by gd2shoe · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Uhm, no. This is the Peter Principle:

    The Peter Principle is the principle that "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence".
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

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