How many goverment employees bothered going in
How many goverment employees bothered going in
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Adrian W

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15,449 posts

257 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Teachers, council workers, dustmen,NHS clerical, funny but where I live none of them are going in, some of them even say their bosses advised them to stay home.

Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.

kambites

71,429 posts

250 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Adrian W said:
Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.
What, none? Of the 40 odd people who should be in my office, I'm the only one who's actually here.

Adrian W

Original Poster:

15,449 posts

257 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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kambites said:
Adrian W said:
Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.
What, none? Of the 40 odd people who should be in my office, I'm the only one who's actually here.
We must be doing very well then,

Plotloss

67,280 posts

299 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Is there much snow in Southend?

Wonder if it will take longer than usual for the VAT cheque to clear.

Puggit

49,789 posts

277 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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There was a rubbish lorry working in Reading. But it went down a sharp hill on a residential road, lost control and crashed in to a van.

The road is now shut hehe

David87M3

1,464 posts

263 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Adrian W said:
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Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.
Quite, even if police advice don NOT travel we in the private sector would get a bollocing for not attending work


Tony*T3

20,911 posts

276 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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I work in the private sector, got a call from my boss saying not to travel this morning.

You see, proper grown up person that can make a decision.

When you want your car digging out of the snow later on its most likely a public sector worker thats going to be helping you out.

Mekon

2,493 posts

245 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Adrian W said:
Teachers, council workers, dustmen,NHS clerical, funny but where I live none of them are going in, some of them even say their bosses advised them to stay home.

Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.
1/10

Everyone in as normal in my office (university). Hospital looks like business as usual too.

Adrian W

Original Poster:

15,449 posts

257 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Tony*T3 said:
I work in the private sector, got a call from my boss saying not to travel this morning.

You see, proper grown up person that can make a decision.

When you want your car digging out of the snow later on its most likely a public sector worker thats going to be helping you out.
Err no, in Essex it's sub contracted to Balfour Beatty and Keir, who both get paid fortunes, I am told their normal employees grit and clear roads as a part time very well paid job.

Skipppy

1,136 posts

239 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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David87M3 said:
Adrian W said:
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Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.
Quite, even if police advice don NOT travel we in the private sector would get a bollocing for not attending work
I commuted 30 miles into Liverpool St, one of the directors struggled in from Hertfordshire.

We have people who live 3 miles from the office and have not bothered to turn he. The boss was raging. I look forward to seeing what happens to them tomorrow!

cs02rm0

13,816 posts

220 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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I work in the private sector and I'm not in work today.

But I was in the job interview that I took the day off to go to.scratchchin

telecat

8,528 posts

270 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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British Library In the North and wwe are all in.

Mr E

23,028 posts

288 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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We're all in.

Asterix

24,438 posts

257 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Yup - us too.

Morningside

24,147 posts

258 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Dunno. But what I did notice yesterday in a layby on the A12 near Kelvedon. There were 5 bins to be emptied, so why did it need SIX men and two lorries?

Fittster

20,120 posts

242 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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The private sector people how have gone in have done nothing but bh about their colleagues how made the sensible decision.

If you're in the office today do some work and stop messing on the internet. You could have done that from home.

172ff

3,775 posts

224 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Adrian W said:
Teachers, council workers, dustmen,NHS clerical, funny but where I live none of them are going in, some of them even say their bosses advised them to stay home.

Funny how many people make it to work in the private sector.
I did. Dont worry, I'm going to spend your tax pounds on tea, biscuits and surfing the interweb all day.

Merlot

4,121 posts

237 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Adrian W said:
Teachers
School is shut. Do you propose I go in and stand around outside until 3.05pm?

I have offered to go in if they need anyone to man the grounds / look after the few kids that turned up, but they don't need me.


carlymart

618 posts

243 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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I am a public sector worker and I would say 98% of the people due in today are and the ones who are off because of the weather live in remote areas.
So don't tar us all with the same brush

XXVIII

2,800 posts

243 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Mrs XXVIII works for the child fostering services of Lancashire County Council.

She set off wrapped in lots of woolly clothing, having cleared the snow from her little car @ 7.45 this morning.

She slid along the road (as far as I could see) and paused for a moment before carrying on.

She says her office (usual staff of her and 4) was full of the rest of 'em and the car park attendant cadging a cuppa when she got there at 8.35.

She says that they all get 'free' council parking today, not because the car park is unusually empty but because the chap got a cuppa.

Not all gubburmunt people are feckless, some do a fine job whatever the weather.

Shame that LCC is also wasting almost half a million quid over the next five years on a job post that's best described as 'The LCC Recession Czar' - whadda fek's all that about?