Naming and shaming exceptions
Naming and shaming exceptions
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incorrigible

Original Poster:

13,668 posts

289 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Now I know there a lot of people who we shouldn't name and shame, but there are some institutions that should be lambasted

Let me start

1. The government, in all guises from Shitehall all the way down to local councils, especially the ministry of transport
2. The media (especially sky it would seem )
3. DVLA

Any more....

deltaf

1,384 posts

285 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Whats the point? They never feel any shame for anything they do.

CarZee

13,382 posts

295 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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The Post Office
Notwork Rail (Formerly DeRailtrack)
Bus & Train Operators
The BBC
BAA Airports (Gatwick=Hell-on-Earth)

The entire civil service - in fact, don't bother naming & shaming. A firebomb followed by an airdrop of salt will suffice.

Oh and any company which rhymes with a well known computer seller.. poor old Wishing Well PLC..

>> Edited by CarZee (moderator) on Wednesday 26th February 11:35

Ali_D

1,115 posts

312 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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BSkyB??

Beano500

20,854 posts

303 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said:
The BBC


What has the Beeb ever done to you (been listening to too much R4 without your medication again?)?

Or did you mean the Basingstoke Boys Club?

JMGS4

8,910 posts

298 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Beano500 said:

CarZee said:
The BBC


What has the Beeb ever done to you (been listening to too much R4 without your medication again?)?

Or did you mean the Basingstoke Boys Club?


No Blairs BumBoy Club (oh damn that'd be BBBC)

plipton

1,302 posts

286 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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More specifically than the PO - Parcel Farce

3 weeks to deliver a "guaranteed" 48 hour parcel (video - ooer), which was then rammed through my letter box and smashed to bits.




>> Edited by plipton on Wednesday 26th February 11:45

CarZee

13,382 posts

295 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Beano500 said:

CarZee said:
The BBC

What has the Beeb ever done to you?
You're kidding me right?

The BBC (current affairs department at any rate) is the vanguard of anti-right-wing, anti-car, pro-vegetable, politicaly correct, affirmative actioneering wooly minded stupidity & are responsible for letting Billy Liar's lot get away with murder.

OTOH that the BBC has no advertising on it is the unique selling point that keeps me coming back. I think if the BBC was abolished or commercialised, I'd sell my TV and ditch my radio.

NikB

1,834 posts

293 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said: BAA Airports (Gatwick=Hell-on-Earth)


That makes it 10 times better than Stanstead then.

incorrigible

Original Poster:

13,668 posts

289 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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I forgot Microshaft

CarZee

13,382 posts

295 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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hmm.. I was rather of the impresssion that, the 3 or 4 ocasions I've used it, Stanstead has been much less stressful than Gitwack.

Marcos maniac

3,148 posts

289 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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plipton said: More specifically than the PO - Parcel Farce

3 weeks to deliver a "guaranteed" 48 hour parcel (video - ooer), which was then rammed through my letter box and smashed to bits.




>> Edited by plipton on Wednesday 26th February 11:45


at least you got it! useless twats were supposed to beliver some computer equipment to me and it never arrived, phoned the supplier and had a rant, PF have got it, phoned PF might as well have talked to the dog.
eventually got Parcel no and attempted to track it on PF website they had delivered it on the Thursday i wasnt at home, Mrs m wasnt at home the dog was.
had a barny with PF they were adamant that they had delivered I explain that the only person at home was the dog, they wern't having any of it, i enquired what NSR meant on the website (no signature received????) they wouldnt tell me .

e-mails and phone calls fired backwards and forwards between supplier and myself, eventually I manage to track down the Directors direct e-mail address
and let rip. director sorted it straight away - turns out Pf had turned up and got no reply so the driver left it outside the Porch
some lucky barsteward must have walked past and spotted nice plasma screen etc and nicked it.


>> Edited by Marcos maniac on Wednesday 26th February 12:02

JMGS4

8,910 posts

298 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said: You're kidding me right?

The BBC (current affairs department at any rate) is the vanguard of anti-right-wing, anti-car, pro-vegetable, politicaly correct, affirmative actioneering wooly minded stupidity & are responsible for letting Billy Liar's lot get away with murder.



Surprisingly moderate in your (be)rating of the Beeb old chap! You forgot Gruniad reading, sandalista, lentil crunching, beardywierdies.......... socialist pigs, and the trouble is they learnt this bumwarming at decent public schools FFS! What is happening to Britain???? Bring back hanging, caning, birching etc......

jeremyc

27,839 posts

312 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said: OTOH that the BBC has no advertising on it is the unique selling point that keeps me coming back.
You haven't been watching much lately, have you CarZee.

Its now full of friggin adverts and worse still advertorials for BBC3, BBC4, BBCChoice and fcuk knows what other channels that are not available to the general populous without further expense.

NikB

1,834 posts

293 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said: hmm.. I was rather of the impresssion that, the 3 or 4 ocasions I've used it, Stanstead has been much less stressful than Gitwack.


You can't have used the Hilton or Easyjet then!

Marcos maniac

3,148 posts

289 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Now I know there a lot of people who we shouldn't name and shame, but there are some institutions that should be lambasted

Let me start

1. The government, in all guises from Shitehall all the way down to local councils, especially the ministry of transport
2. The media (especially sky it would seem )
3. DVLA

Any more....


dont forget the well known High street Electrical retailers - Home Delivery department and service/repair department that should seriously consider changing its name from M********* to WeDontCare

Beano500

20,854 posts

303 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said:

OTOH that the BBC has no advertising on it is the unique selling point that keeps me coming back. I think if the BBC was abolished or commercialised, I'd sell my TV and ditch my radio.



Hmm - addicted to it then! Despite the attempted brainwashing!!!

"Resident in a TV-free Area"

(Ah - add NTVLRO people to the list - right persistent crowd if you haven't got a telly...and therefore a licence!)

gnomesmith

2,458 posts

304 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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CarZee said:
The BBC (current affairs department at any rate) is the vanguard of anti-right-wing, anti-car, pro-vegetable, politicaly correct, affirmative actioneering wooly minded stupidity & are responsible for letting Billy Liar's lot get away with murder.



To me it seems difficult to be both 'anti right wing' and 'pro Blair' the terms 'right wing' and 'Blair' being virtually interchangable.

CarZee

13,382 posts

295 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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jeremyc said: You haven't been watching much lately, have you CarZee.

Its now full of friggin adverts and worse still advertorials for BBC3, BBC4, BBCChoice and fcuk knows what other channels that are not available to the general populous without further expense.
You've obviously not been watching much either, JC, or you'd know that BBC Choice has become BBC3 and hence the two do not co-exist

I know what you mean though, but at least we're spared adverts for products and services.. no ambulance chasers, loan sharks, nappy adverts, tampon wearing roller-skatists, zoom-zooming Mazdas, man-hating bints in Focuses and Puntos and whatever other shite they're stuffing in our face on the commercial channels..

Look.. just stop being a bloody pedant, okay?

CarZee

13,382 posts

295 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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gnomesmith said: To me it seems difficult to be both 'anti right wing' and 'pro Blair' the terms 'right wing' and 'Blair' being virtually interchangable.
Given, but Blair ingratiated himself by appointing his mates at the top of the BBC & I think he's given something of an easy ride.

And whilst Blair may be right-wing in some respects, I don't think you'll find right wingers running the economy, welfare and education where dreadful redistributive policies (including fiscal and 'rights') are evidence of the core of left-wingers running most of our internal affairs while Billy is out conquering the middle east.