There is famous quotation, ‘manners maketh the man’ and never were truer words ever spoken; this applies especially to two increasingly underused but vitally important words, words that form the cornerstone of all civilised interaction…please and thank you.
There is no interaction that cannot fail but to end amicably with the reciprocal use of these vital but neglected words and increasingly, there is a certain class of worker who seem to have lost the art of their use…shop assistants.
I was overwhelmingly unsurprised to read today, that local councils are going ahead with their previously mooted plans to charge us for waste disposal on a pay as you go basis…they had planned this ages ago, and were always going to bring this in anyway!
The ostensible rationale behind their decision is that under EU directives, the UK must increase the proportion of the waste that it recycles, or face multi million pound fines. Well, I say that if our Government had any backbone, they would tell the EU to stick their directives up their unelected, interfering a*ses, as the Italian Government has done on occasion…unfortunately, it seems that our Government has less backbone that the Italians…no further comment required!
I make no apology for my sincerely held conviction that Social Workers, along with MP’s, Councillors, Estate Agents and Solicitors, must be amongst the most despised and least productive – yet overpaid members of our society. Of these groups, I would argue that Social Workers actually come in at number one in this ‘hit parade’ of ineptitude.
Most of us…ok then, all of us loath them…beggars!
They come up to you demanding money and most of the time we have more than an inkling that as soon as we have dispensed our charitable contribution toward their wellbeing, they are liable to pop down to the local off license to get a four pack of Tennant’s Super.
Recent events have caused me to reflect upon some long held and cherished beliefs…and I have been shocked to find that after all these years, I have probably been very ignorant and very badly mistaken!
The two events that have caused such a fundamental shift in my thinking, are the recent public transport strikes in France and Gordon Brown’s agreement to the thinly veiled ‘EU Constitution’.
Seems nobody is immune to being hacked. Even Matt Cutts, Google’s SEO blogger and spam engineer.
This morning, it appears his blog site has been taken over by the “Dark SEO Team”. I wouldnt hold out much hope for their site ranking very well in the next few months!
I couldnt help but notice that during the warmer months of this year, people were complaining repeatedly about the fact our dustbins only get emptied once a fortnight. Why were they complaining? Because maggots were appearing in bins all across the borough!
Of course, the local council would have us believe that recycling is a great idea and that it will save the planet and we all live happily ever after. To a point, I agree. Recycling is a fantastic idea and we should all do our bit to contribute, but not at the expense of our health. If maggots are lying around in our dustbins, then its hardly hygienic is it? So why do they insist on emptying the dustbins once a fortnight when this clearly isnt sufficient during warmer months?
What starts out as a small job always seems to turn into mission impossible. What began as a 5 hour job, turned into over 10 weeks. Yes, thats correct TEN WEEKS!… and it still hasnt been fully resolved.
This story reads like a book of excuses, arrogance, ignorance and one person not communicating with another person correctly. The left hand truly doesnt know what the right hand is doing.
You must have seen the advert on TV for a company called Picture Loans. Its an absolute joke! They try to use simple psychology to glorify the process of getting yourself into debt with a loan.
It starts by showing a scene of domestic bliss. A housewife pottering around tidying up after the kids etc, then sitting down and picking up the phone to call Picture, then discussing a £25,000 loan as if she is ordering a loaf of bread.
Throw away your dictionary, toss out your thesaurus and abandon all traces of the English language as we know it. We are being invaded by a new, cool language that is sweeping the nation, and its not just limited to kids! Thats right, idiots can catch it too!
Whats with all this black speak nonesense? “aiiiightt”, “wit”, “bro”, “ho”… get a grip!
