Worst Scottish Winter since the Sixties
I “lost” three days at work last week due to the vicious weather here in Scotland. I volunteered to have these three days as holiday as I believe it’s important that I have control of the decision to travel or not. I don’t really see why my employer should cover the cost of this — I looked at the situation and made the judgement that it would be foolish to travel.
Wednesday — I managed to get about 10 miles from home only to find the motorway closed ahead of me by a major road accident. Back home.
Thursday — I remember the winter of 1963, I was 9, and I can safely say that the snow on Thursday was the heaviest I’ve seen since then. I only made it 3 miles from home before being turned back by the Police. Not quite home however as I had to abandon the car and trudge the last mile back. I went and recovered the car some hours later after the gritters had done their work. Some colleagues had to suffer 8 hours trapped on the blocked motorway — it’s not always smart to try to get to work whatever the conditions. Being stuck in a car for that length of time in a sub-zero blizzard is not only uncomfortable…it’s life-threatening!
Friday — Some thawing so I thought it might be OK I got to the next village only to be told the road ahead was blocked by fallen trees and flooding.
So it’s been fun (not) …stuck at home is not a holiday!
Bargain of the week!
Saw this in our local “super” market this week and I couldn’t resist…
It got me thinking about how many eejits there were in the chain down to the 17 year old who probably stuck it on the shelf…
- Some fast-tracked “Graduate” (note the capital — they’re very important people you know) in the Marketing department will have made up a fancy spreadsheet with their “Team” (all in constant BlackBerry contact, of course) …no test to eliminate the above however…that needs brains and common sense — neither required for most degree courses today.
- List is sent to the print fulfilment people (a 3rd party probably) who upload it to their computer and produce all the shelf cards for the stores automatically…no quality control to eliminate above however…that costs money and we can’t have money being wasted on quality.
- Cards arrive in store and self-important “Manager” does no check whatsoever before slinging them at said 17 year old and telling them to get on with it…
- Said 17 year old probably has a chuckle to themselves as they stick the pointless card to the shelf under the ‘bargain’ ham…as ordered by the fuckwits above.
Of course, we’re told that Senior Management have to be obscenely rewarded as it’s a competitive market and businesses need to attract “the best” candidates.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa.…..
Merry Christmas Everybody…
…except all the fuckwits who work for FUCKING British Airways particularly those who hold office for the Unite union.
I wish you all the miserable Christmas you had in store for your customers before a very sensible High Court judge told you and your union to fuck off and wise up.
Yesterday The Lassie arrived at Heathrow at 5:00am for the first flight to Glasgow only to find it cancelled because of the weather.
OK, it snows sometimes and we all have to accept that there may be a bit of disruption as a result but the treatment meted out to her and her fellow passengers is nothing short of a fucking scandal.
She eventually made it to Glasgow at 22:30!
During the marathon at T5 she was consistently lied to by arrogant, pompous, supercilious morons passing themselves off as “Customer Service” personnel for BA.
Trapped with all her baggage she couldn’t even get to the toilet as they refused to allow baggage check-in. To compound matters they didn’t even offer a cup of tea or some water — she had to demand some water in the end, for her and the many children and elderly trapped in the hell-hole of T5.
Staff were rude and nasty throughout the entire ordeal — when they weren’t hiding. They also broke the law by failing to hand out leaflets outlining passenger rights in the event of delays.
Me? I was stuck at Glasgow airport waiting for her with no information and no BA staff on duty — at least none that were willing to show their faces. They couldn’t even be bothered to keep the arrivals board up-to-date.
I suspect they were in the huff because their jolly strike was pulled by the courts in the interests of the public. Maybe they were looking forward to a cushy Christmas sitting at home on strike pay.
I hope they do vote for a strike in the re-ballot and I hope this odious company goes bust at last and every single one of them ends up on the dole.
I suspect they’re probably unemployable — who would have such useless, overpaid arseholes for employees?
Perhaps McD’s can create the role of Burger Services Director for them but I suspect even they have more care about who they employ.
I will NEVER fly with BA again until they get rid of Willie Walsh and sort out their overpaid, arrogant unionised staff. BA you are a disgrace.
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Talk about one rule for the rich and one for the poor.
This stupid lassie took money that wasn’t hers to take and that is surely wrong but to send her to prison for 18 months is just ridiculous.
The bankers spend this kind of money on dinner for fucks sake! I don’t see many of the criminals recently exposed in the Great Banking Fiasco being sent to jail.
She didn’t even take a month’s worth of Fred the Shred’s MONTHLY pension FFS.
I was led to believe that jail was for those who are a danger to society — so what’s so dangerous about a pregnant 24 year old, albeit a greedy, thieving, pregnant 24 year old ?
I feel sorry for her as no doubt she’ll end up in Corntonvale with a shower of rogues, junkies and no hopers. I despair.
Why not simply order her to repay every single penny even if it takes her the rest of her life. Would seem like a more appropriate sanction to me. Take 10% of all earnings, at source, until the debt is paid.
Irish church knew abuse ‘endemic’
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Irish church knew abuse ‘endemic’.
So the God Botherers yet again prove what a shower of hypocritical, low-life, filthy scum they are.
While I have no time for any of these purveyors of fairy tales it seems the Catholic Church is the worst of them all and it just goes to reinforce the belief that forcing men and women to live in an unnatural state of celibacy is asking for trouble.
Well, I hope their “faith” is true and they suffer eternal damnation for their appalling behaviour and breach of trust. (They don’t go on to be Labour politicians do they? — Oh no, I forgot they get to stay on as “men of God” because their bosses cover up for them).
I see the infallible one is now denying that he was a member of the Hitler Youth — not sure why, the Pope at the time would have been proud of him.
So, Islamists (I won’t dignify them by calling them Muslims) kill young couples and gays for being immoral while the Catholic scum spend their time pleasuring themselves with the local children. It’s pathetic.
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