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Seem to remember he got told off about something to do with truckers.
....oh I remember that......
"Change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day," he said.
The BBC said the joke had made "ridiculous an unfair urban myth".
Yes, they don't change gear that often!British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
martinjade wrote: »I should imagine you are in the Public sector as well, as anyone who behaves like you suggest, in the Private sector is out of work at this moment in time.
Having worked in both public and private sectors, I know full well that there are just as many bone idle people who spend half the day doing nothing in both sectors.0 -
chewmylegoff wrote: »Having worked in both public and private sectors, I know full well that there are just as many bone idle people who spend half the day doing nothing in both sectors.
If shareholders wish to pay people for doing nothing that is their choice.
I object to being forced to contribute to PS employees doing nothing.0 -
martinjade wrote: »
13 weeks holiday !!!! OMG
I'm more horrified that you have only just figured this out!0 -
Exactly, but his career could end at any time - that's why his money is better spent on legal advice than on a pension pot
How could his career end at any time? If he were sacked by the BBC he could easily go and work at ITV or SKY, probably for more money. I get the feeling he probably likes being at the BBC as he's slightly different to the 'rest of 'em' and secretly enjoys that.0 -
How could his career end at any time? If he were sacked by the BBC he could easily go and work at ITV or SKY, probably for more money. I get the feeling he probably likes being at the BBC as he's slightly different to the 'rest of 'em' and secretly enjoys that.
It's his career at the BBC which is at risk - changing channel is in no way a career progression - these days, it's usually the opposite...
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0 -
martinjade wrote: »So why is she still in public sector ?
Tried and failed maybe ? Please don't tell me she cares and wants to make a difference because I'll just laugh.
Rules are just about to change in private sector to make it easier to get rid of people, you must have worked for some pretty stupid Companies if they employed drug addicts, mind you if you've got a HR department that speaks volumes.
She teaches specials needs now. i suspect you will next want to tell me that she is wasting your money teaching these children like some on here but some like to give those a chance in life. You do not need any teaching qualifications to teach in private schools unless things have changed recently and how hard can it be teaching rich children many of whom will be tutored also anyway.
I have worked for 2 multi national and the company I now work for is hiring left right and centre and doing rather well at the moment. People don't hire drug addicts if something happens to someone whilst working at a company its rather difficult to get rid of them unless you can catch them in the act.
I suspect the new legislation will have little impact but it will be a good thing as I know people where I work who management have been trying to get rid of for 5 years but its not ging to happen anytime soon.
For me there are hard workers in the private and public sector and the bone idle in both. There are also people with good pensions in the private sector as mine is a final salary one
Any don't worry the effects of the public sector cuts will hit the private sector in due course. It will be easy to say no more than 1% pay rises over the next few years in line with the public sector.0 -
If shareholders wish to pay people for doing nothing that is their choice.
I object to being forced to contribute to PS employees doing nothing.
Unfortunately it's just a fact that some people are lazy and/or inept and whose aim it is to do as little as possible. What do you think the chances of managing to create a public sector which doesnt employ any of these people? That's right, zero. You might as well just let it go.0 -
Exactly, but his career could end at any time - that's why his money is better spent on legal advice than on a pension pot
TruckerT
If he can blow up dead whales on his own private beach in the Isle of Man and park jump jets on his pile in Oxfordshire he already has his pension pot. Of course that nay be an urban legend.
Not saying he isn't a t*t but he would probably agree."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
If shareholders wish to pay people for doing nothing that is their choice.
I object to being forced to contribute to PS employees doing nothing.
Of course we could outsource the "Public sector" to the private sector and or pay the private sector ourselves for "their" people to do nothing.
Just because they are private sector means many are just another form of "parasite".
The problem in this country is that we have to few real hosts, ones that draw income into this country rather than recycle it."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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