tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post3783290154159266834..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: Who ate all the pies?Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-83050798140005016942011-03-12T14:27:32.573+00:002011-03-12T14:27:32.573+00:00@ Julia - remember I only said he was 'less un...@ Julia - remember I only said he was 'less unreasonable', which gives me a lot of wriggle-room. They're all bonkers, obviously.<br /><br />@ FT - yup, same here. You avoid Haverfordwest at about 3.30 pm on a Friday, if you value your sanity. You can't move for men in sports jackets and 'humorous' ties, and women in flat shoes and serious haircuts. The streets between County Hall and their DEDICATED CAR PARK ON PRIME TOWN CENTRE LAND THAT THE REST OF US ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE EVEN AT THE WEEKEND are particularly bad.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-68822073458473528472011-03-12T09:32:07.941+00:002011-03-12T09:32:07.941+00:00XX Our local authority employees finish work early...XX Our local authority employees finish work early on a Friday, so they can 'avoid the rush'. Pah. XX<br /><br />They tried that here. But thre were so many of them, the reult was the "rush" happened half an hour earlier.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-38498780993742363852011-03-12T07:06:17.318+00:002011-03-12T07:06:17.318+00:00"I was thinking of him more in comparison wit...<i>"I was thinking of him more in comparison with the Bob Crows of this world. Serwotka makes a case and can argue it..."</i><br /><br />Oh, that's true. Though whether the case he makes could be said to be 'reasonable', as Umbongo points out, is another matter! :)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-70184794613312867202011-03-12T02:52:02.089+00:002011-03-12T02:52:02.089+00:00Indeed, Joe. I spent much of 2009 on short-time w...Indeed, Joe. I spent much of 2009 on short-time working. Three-day week, three-fifths pay. I accepted it as part of the price of my employer's survival. I spent the first 18 years of my working life in the public sector, and I can tell you that they have no idea. Safe jobs, good pensions, sympathetic working hours ... Our local authority employees finish work early on a Friday, so they can 'avoid the rush'. Pah.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-47503128030256400612011-03-11T17:10:40.090+00:002011-03-11T17:10:40.090+00:00"That hole was caused by the ... recession th..."That hole was caused by the ... recession that resulted."<br /><br />Dear Mr Serwotka. Unlike the private sector which suffered massive redundancies & short-time working during the recession you mention, how many public-sector workers lost their jobs?<br /><br />QED.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-52677946454766923552011-03-11T14:15:12.307+00:002011-03-11T14:15:12.307+00:00The public sector 'pension time bomb' has ...The public sector 'pension time bomb' has been avoided for decades and really isn't to do with the banks. I'm glad that it is being addressed. <br /><br />It WILL be painful for some. There will probably be a lot of unpleasantness. But it NEEDS sorting out.Voyagernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-15169184957777124332011-03-11T07:21:38.356+00:002011-03-11T07:21:38.356+00:00XX There are parts of this society that will have ...XX There are parts of this society that will have to do a lot of growing up in the next year or two. Expect a lot more of this. XX<br /><br />They only need weeks. Then the voting Untermensch retards will have fallen for it hook line and sinker, and hey presto, as I said would happen BEFORE the last general election, you will not find a single person in the country that have ever HEARD of the Conservatives, let alone VOTED for them, and labour will get in with a land slide victory.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-5899297860481505932011-03-11T05:55:51.274+00:002011-03-11T05:55:51.274+00:00Hardliner =/= unreasonable. I was thinking of him...Hardliner =/= unreasonable. I was thinking of him more in comparison with the Bob Crows of this world. Serwotka makes a case and can argue it; Crow is a ranting bully.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-2717615317668891122011-03-11T05:39:55.381+00:002011-03-11T05:39:55.381+00:00"Mark Serwotka (usually one of the less unrea...<i>"Mark Serwotka (usually one of the less unreasonable union fat cats)..."</i><br /><br />Oh, boy. Definitely not. He's a hardliner.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com