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I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgina.
Have you finished writing that report yet, Neil?
Not quite.
It's almost done.
Well, finish it this morning, please.
Then make sure you've planned all the studio sessions for the week and show me so I can double-check, okay?
Okay.
Has this ever happened to you being micromanaged by someone?
That's what it's called when your boss wants to control everything down to the smallest detail.
And I noticed you've written the report in font size 11 when I told you to use size 12.
Oh, if this keeps up, I might go on strike.
It wouldn't be the first time someone has refused to continue working because of an argument with their boss.
Maybe I'd better go easy on Neil.
After all, I don't want to repeat of what happened on the American Spaceship Skylab, the subject of this program.
In 1973, three US astronauts on board the Skylab Space Station had a disagreement with mission control over their workload in an incident that has,
incorrectly, been called the Skylab Space Strike.