Essential working
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surveyor

Original Poster:

18,690 posts

213 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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This is doing my head in again.

In England there is no such thing as an essential worker. Anyone can leave home to work if they cannot dot so at home. In theory even in a non essential retail shop although there may not be as much to do!

Someone has just used the phrase on an email and I can’t rant at them. But I really want to!

Chedders

368 posts

118 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Wish I could drive my truck from home cry

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

199 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Cool.

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Chedders said:
Wish I could drive my truck from home cry
Maybe you should have become a train driver ?

TVR1

5,478 posts

254 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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surveyor said:
This is doing my head in again.

In England there is no such thing as an essential worker. Anyone can leave home to work if they cannot dot so at home. In theory even in a non essential retail shop although there may not be as much to do!

Someone has just used the phrase on an email and I can’t rant at them. But I really want to!
Post up the email and we’ll give you a suitable reply...

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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I had an email from my agency, saying I'm an essential workers, but doesn't make much sense, as you say you are still allowed to work if you can't work from home..

I work in a warehouse for an non essential home furnisher.

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 6th January 20:23

Zoobeef

6,004 posts

187 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Yeah my work sent me a key worker thing to print out if stopped. Planet full of morons.

KungFuPanda

4,639 posts

199 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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The key worker moniker is there purely for self obsessed people to use the term when trying to queue jump at Aldi and attempting to scavenge free stuff out of Facebook local groups.

WonkeyDonkey

2,582 posts

132 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Friend who works in a warehouse for a car manufacturer has been told that they are classed as a key worker.

Beggars belief.

Monkeylegend

29,213 posts

260 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Any business that employs and pays for a non essential worker is run by idiots.

Leicester Loyal

5,034 posts

151 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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KungFuPanda said:
The key worker moniker is there purely for self obsessed people to use the term when trying to queue jump at Aldi and attempting to scavenge free stuff out of Facebook local groups.
Pretty much, millions of people are key workers. If you're involved in any sort of manufacturing products you'll be a key worker, and there's loads. One lad I know produces whiskey for a well known brand, he's classed as a key worker.

jimbobs

434 posts

285 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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KungFuPanda said:
The key worker moniker is there purely for self obsessed people to use the term when trying to queue jump at Aldi and attempting to scavenge free stuff out of Facebook local groups.
Or more specifically- it’s to enable entitled parents to get their ankle biters into school so they don’t have to homeschool the little horrors...

NGee

2,931 posts

193 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Leicester Loyal said:
Pretty much, millions of people are key workers.
Does that include locksmiths wink

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Monkeylegend said:
Any business that employs and pays for a non essential worker is run by idiots.
You wot?

TVR1

5,478 posts

254 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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The Spruce Goose said:
Monkeylegend said:
Any business that employs and pays for a non essential worker is run by idiots.
You wot?
Made sense to me.

Employers don’t employ people to not work ergo an essential worker.

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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My daughters a teacher. They were inundated with kids whos parents were suddenly key workers.

I appreciate we now have critical workers but its obvious there's a massive amount of piss taking happening.

Schools are shut in name only.

Monkeylegend

29,213 posts

260 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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TVR1 said:
The Spruce Goose said:
Monkeylegend said:
Any business that employs and pays for a non essential worker is run by idiots.
You wot?
Made sense to me.

Employers don’t employ people to not work ergo an essential worker.
Somebody gets it smile

powerstroke

10,283 posts

189 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Monkeylegend said:
Any business that employs and pays for a non essential worker is run by idiots.
Maybe you would care to comment on the public sector/
Anyone who has “awareness” in their job title perhaps??

Edited by powerstroke on Wednesday 6th January 21:28

Monkeylegend

29,213 posts

260 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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powerstroke said:
Monkeylegend said:
Any business that employs and pays for a non essential worker is run by idiots.
Maybe you would care to comment on the public sector/
Anyone who has “awareness” in their job title perhaps??

Edited by powerstroke on Wednesday 6th January 21:28
I know nothing about the public sector and have never claimed to.

The private sector however................

We called them deadwood that needed trimming, and to be honest the last firm I worked for had plenty until Maggie got involved, then it was goodnight Josephine wavey

The_Nugget

746 posts

86 months

Wednesday 6th January 2021
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jimbobs said:
Or more specifically- it’s to enable entitled parents to get their ankle biters into school so they don’t have to homeschool the little horrors...
It’s to allow parents who work to get their children into school so they can earn money to pay their mortgage.

There. Fixed it for you.