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Jenners fire. Not so much an irritation but a worry and sadness. Hoping and praying that the damage to this iconic Edinburgh store and Princes St landmark is not too serious.
Random Irritations
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Strikes.
Every other day some (infraction) is on strike. Trains, buses, ambulance drivers, nurses, you name it they’re (infraction infraction infraction) striking and its getting right on my (infraction) nerves.
Every other day some (infraction) is on strike. Trains, buses, ambulance drivers, nurses, you name it they’re (infraction infraction infraction) striking and its getting right on my (infraction) nerves.
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Understand the irritation, and I agree that it can be very frustrating when we are impacted, but just to note that your ‘they’ are actually a part (a rather large part) of ‘us’ - and if your terms & conditions of employment were being eroded; were your job be at risk; or you thought that the circumstances and environment in which you were working put yourself and/or others at risk of harm or illness…then you too might think of withdrawing your labour in protest.
Fortunately we know who to lobby to sort out this mess.
Fortunately we know who to lobby to sort out this mess.
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I’m guessing you’re only defending one of “they“ who are part of “us”.
There are certain categories who i support , for example the “they” that I believe you defend are underpaid, for the hours “they” study and the importance of their job a better level of living should be there.
But we are rapidly defaulting to a “ let’s strike to get our own way “ culture. If you don’t like the job jog on and get another. Not paid enough to drive a train, do something else, after all £60k plus is pennies and a poverty wage right? Don’t want to drive a bus, fine go lorry driving, dust cart driving etc
There are certain categories who i support , for example the “they” that I believe you defend are underpaid, for the hours “they” study and the importance of their job a better level of living should be there.
But we are rapidly defaulting to a “ let’s strike to get our own way “ culture. If you don’t like the job jog on and get another. Not paid enough to drive a train, do something else, after all £60k plus is pennies and a poverty wage right? Don’t want to drive a bus, fine go lorry driving, dust cart driving etc
So teachers are going on strike
That means I will need to take a day off work or pay for childcare
Yet if we take a child out for a day there is a chance we will get fined
So can I bill the school for my expenses ?
That means I will need to take a day off work or pay for childcare
Yet if we take a child out for a day there is a chance we will get fined
So can I bill the school for my expenses ?
There's a radio ad for a private health care scheme for businesses...
Their tag line at the end is Healthcare done different............
And the no-one can do what a soldier can do ads make me grind my teeth every time......
Their tag line at the end is Healthcare done different............
And the no-one can do what a soldier can do ads make me grind my teeth every time......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64333002.amp
What goes through peoples minds when they think it’s ok to send explicit pictures to women on the internet ?♂️ would they think it’s ok to just walk up to them naked in the street
What goes through peoples minds when they think it’s ok to send explicit pictures to women on the internet ?♂️ would they think it’s ok to just walk up to them naked in the street
I am, officially, fed up with the bloody cold weather...
Ferchrisakes will you damn well warm up!
Ferchrisakes will you damn well warm up!
Loads of issues across the Microsoft Cloud in Europe breaking all my stuff running in Azure.
Outlook and Teams down for some but not for me, so I still get my daily dose of pointless calls and inane emails.
Outlook and Teams down for some but not for me, so I still get my daily dose of pointless calls and inane emails.
Jonathan Gullis