I suspect it was laziness on your part to even bother to discern.Further, when I classed all those mentioned in one basket it was for a purpose,
I suspect it was laziness on your part to even bother to discern.Further, when I classed all those mentioned in one basket it was for a purpose,
Second is that I've seen a few relatively workshy sparks and plumbers in my time alongside the majority of decent hardworking ones.
I certainly wouldn't notice if a council worker was on strike but I would if my house was on fire and there was no fire service.
An interesting rant there Tony. I don't normally disagree with you but since you have no idea what her salary is nor what her contracted hours actually are, nor indeed her caseload and what her output actually is when she is working surely it is a bit unfair to criticise her?
Second is that I've seen a few relatively workshy sparks and plumbers in my time alongside the majority of decent hardworking ones. Would it be right to base an entire case against such tradesmen based on the tiny minority of anecdotal bad apples?
Second is that I've seen a few relatively workshy sparks and plumbers in my time alongside the majority of decent hardworking ones.
The difference is that the bad apples in the private sector would not last long in employment, whilst the same bad apples in the public sector can happily plod along for a living.
public service workers for years have had very poor pay in general but a decent pension
public service workers for years have had very poor pay in general but a decent pension
That hasn't been the case for years, except in some parts of the south-east, most of their pay is above average, and its not just the size of the pension they get, but the lower number of years they have to contribute towards it.
Not as tiring as bringing up entire herds of kittens and training them to carp on other people's lawns.Teachers will do anything for another day off.
All that wrapping the kids up in cotton wool must be tiring.
Not the case. My point is that although there are bad apples in all walks of life, not everyone is and it's somewhat unfair to start tarring us all with the same brush.Something tells me your OH might be a planning officer, so I'd better shut up!
Preciselyblimey, it just goes to show how easy it is to speak or write any old tosh without knowing.
True, but now let's have a look at this following bit of anecdotal "evidence" from which you are going to sully the reputation of ALL public employees:Councils are controlled by central gov and they cannot raise council tax when they like .
Can you confirm that these crews were actually council employees? Most work nowadays tends to be subcontracted out to private companies. If this happened in the case you cite (and I suspect it is), then this is sweet f.a. to do with public employees and everything to do with a private company taking the pi$$ with public moneyMid 50s housing in my area has undergone a council guttering upgrade. The scaffolding crew arrived and did their thing, a week later the guttering mob came. The old cast iron stuff [didn't leak] was replaced with plastic. I kid you not, the first rain and the guttering leaked front and back. It still does.