Everything Leads Into The (new year) Elite thread

emerald21

Cici_K wrote: »

Oyeeeeeee I'm an Aussie lol. Never realised how annoying the high pitch at the end of sentence was until hubby pointed it out to me.

Exactly lol and it is annoying

Jelly_Biactol

Right, good night all ... off to bed before MSE Question Time starts:)

Sunshinemummy

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

As I pointed out during the Bic offer (£10 for Bic out of ink, and about an hour to scribble all the ink out), a Bic 'earns' about £10 an hour, which is getting on for twice the current minimum wage.:(

I live in a rather posh area, a fair few years ago I was at a gathering and everyone was moaning that they could not keep their gardeners/cleaners/ironers... I asked them how much they paid... all said £5 an hour...... I asked them if they felt a man could work 40 hours for £5 an hour and keep a family on that income, they all agreed no.... I highlighted that this was the reason they could not keep their gardeners/cleaners/ironers.

davemorton

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Was it your local or mine DM?:D

Are there any left?:)

'our local'. None left, only one there, but the mags are in

rebeccalb

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

That is the government view and for some small companies this would be true, but for the majority it would not.. the government argues for a free economy and they supplements large companies with tax cuts for the company and substituting the wages... whilst the owners become richer.

Perhaps but at the end of the day you can't have one rule for small companies and another for large ones. Minimum wage is a national standard which has to be upheld regardless of the size, so increasing the minimum wage would force small companies to cut down on staff.

Plus even the big companies struggle with staffing costs, I know a manager in smiths, and because they had an extra CCTV camera installed to catch thieves they had to fire a member of staff from that branch. At the end of the day I think the tax cuts only go so far and increasing staff wages would only make them fire staff and put pressure on the staff still hired.

Thing is it can be looked at from both sides, and there is no easy or simple answer, which was my point.

davemorton

aau1 wrote: »

10 ways have posted this with their stamp all over it. Who was OP please?

It tells you on 10 ways, but come on AAu, you can work that one out as one has a watermark on, and one doesnt.

spud01

Thankyou remote90 postie delivered today.

purpledonkey

Thrifty_Sister wrote: »

Maybe worth thinking about a bracelet/necklace as you had such a serious reaction?:( I am allergic to other A/B's so have that info on my bracelet.

Allergies can come on any time apparently btw. I developed one to the pill :eek::eek:

after I had been on it for 3 years

Likewise, tried 4 different ones and they are evil. Yasmin was the worst for me, never ever want to take them again! (Apologies gents for the overshare :rotfl:)

Also Dallas Buyers Club - don't bother!

aau1

davemorton wrote: »

It tells you on 10 ways, but come on AAu, you can work that one out as one has a watermark on, and one doesnt.

Your post was at 10:04pm, 10 ways post was about 9:20pm

I assumed you both got it elsewhere but they decided to watermark it

If it's yours, then where did they get it from? :huh:

Sunshinemummy

rebeccalb wrote: »

Perhaps but at the end of the day you can't have one rule for small companies and another for large. Minimum wage is a national standard which has to be upheld regardless of the size, so increasing the minimum wage would force small companies to cut down on staff.

Plus even the big companies struggle with staffing costs, I know a manager in smiths, and because they had an extra CCTV camera installed to catch thieves they had to fire a member of staff from that branch. At the end of the day I think the tax cuts only go so far and increasing staff wages would only make them fire staff and out pressure on the staff hired.

Thing is it can be looked at from both sides, and there is no easy or simple answer, which was my point.

In relation to the small businesses I agree, but surely the government should be giving the tax benefits to the small companies, not the large one. They could also consider making it illegal to make people redundant when the top bosses are taking bonuses out of a company. I do agree there are both sides to this.. but I have had no heated discussions today....

Here is another debatable subject

http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/08/the-most-eye-opening-six-minutes-ever-on-film.html