Until we hear the full versions from both sides, we won’t really know the truth behind these ‘Dickensian’ practices:
“We have to clock out, take off our wellies, overalls and hairnets, we have to run up stairs, have to come back in get dressed again,” she said.
Office staff and managers were exempt from their rules, she claimed.
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Staff received extra money as part of the pay deal which was aimed at focusing toilet breaks at set times of the day, he said.
“They have already been paid to manage their own lavatorial affairs.”
A spokesman for Unite said Tesco should take responsibility for the working practice.
Clearly Tesco is at fault as Brown Brothers’ factory workers are too fucking stupid to read their contracts or understand the deals they are negotiating — that’s what Unite (a union) is saying (in a nutshell).
27 days in Singapore. A prisoner in the island.
If you want to be taken seriously on your claim that you are a first world country, then act like one.
I do sympathise with Gopalan Nair for being arrested because he writes a political weblog highly critical of Singapore. But he was stupid to taunt the government and challenge them to come get him (because they promptly did). Does he have the same martyr complex as Chee Soon Juan — I suspect this is the case.
I reckon the government doesn’t give two shits about him — this is to show the yoof of today that they may think they are garang (fierce, gung-ho, daring), but if they even think of stepping out of those unmarked OB (out-of-bounds) markers, they will probably lose everything (and their parents will lose face, too). And they are betting that the countries that matter don’t really give a shit either.
Vatican weighing in on “good cinema”:
Priest Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the Diocese of Rome, said Wednesday that the church was working on a set of guidelines that will determine whether a film contains the “proper” religious sentiment.
I’m guessing even The Sound Of Music wouldn’t qualify because the nun gets it on with the Baron.
Who would, seriously, pay attention to what a bunch of old dudes in the Vatican say is good cinema? My father used to go to Mass every morning and the priest but stored his pirated pr0n VCDs on top of his Bible. If they can’t get a committed Catholic like him to watch what they think is suitable (of course, I am assuming that pr0n would be unsuitable, because it involves consenting adults of both genders — heh), how will they convince the rest of us?
Heh again.
- Thankyou
Printed sign first spotted at our local pizza (Indian, fish) takeaway, then for sale in B&Q. Fuck, what’s happened to the world when the BRITISH, home of the Queen’s English, aren’t aware that Thank You is made up of two words?
- That doesn’t phase me
What, are you normally broken into stages? It’s ‘faze’, for God’s sake. It’s even got fewer letters!
- A friend of mine
We can normally assume that if you mention ‘a friend’, they are usually one of yours. ‘Of mine’ is totally redundant in a highly irritating way.
- [N between 1 and 12]am in the morning / [N between 1 and 12]pm at night
I would hazard a guess that most of us know what am and pm mean with respect to understanding the 24-hour day. Once again, a redundance that makes me twitch in annoyance.
- (Time for the geek) Post a blog
You don’t post a blog, you post a blog entry. Unless you start a new weblog every time you write something.
Am I alone in finding silly language infractions distressing enough to complain about them? The reflex is to say yes (just to piss me off), but I know everyone must have some sort of bugbear about the things other people say.
Man thinks his ex-wife, a former broker, is a complete idiot and tries to avoid paying her and her children maintenance and sues her for support while he is an unemployed trainee bus driver (he is actually a banker earning £250k).
Despite being caught, he brazened it out for several months and not only refused to pay maintenance but continued a court case against his former wife in the hope that the delay would bankrupt her.
I’m hoping he can never show his face around town (any town) again — that’s pretty pathetic and despicable. Question to family and close mates: does this kind of remind you of someone? Heh.