Virgin lose West Coast franchise to First Group

Virgin lose West Coast franchise to First Group

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Sgt Bilko

1,929 posts

214 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Slaav said:
Laurel Green said:
Sgt Bilko said:
Here we go....

West Coast Main Line: Civil servant Kate Mingay speaks out
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19854459
I can't say this surprises me TBH. What will surprise me, is if the truth is ever known.
This line makes my skin crawl:

"I would like to make it clear that I did not have lead responsibility for this project."

Whether it is actually true or not, to make that statement boils my blood frown It implies that she was involved heavily in teh process but is simply putting her best teflon jacket on! ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH
It could also mean she was reponsible for taking the minutes at the meetings and actually had nothing to do with it.

Otispunkmeyer

12,554 posts

154 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Sgt Bilko said:
It could also mean she was reponsible for taking the minutes at the meetings and actually had nothing to do with it.
If shes been suspended then she isn't merely the tea lady and note taker.

baz1985

3,598 posts

244 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Otispunkmeyer said:
If shes been suspended then she isn't merely the tea lady and note taker.
Unlikely, those responsible will be shifted UP a civil service grade! The operation of responsibility: the grander the f-up, the more generous the promotion...

blueg33

35,574 posts

223 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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In my experience there will be no properly senior person responsible. The stuff ups will be at a lower level with each individual not being aware of the total impact, or even being aware that there was a problem. Almost certainly each person thought it would get sorted later on, or up the chain. IMO a case of


This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done

PlankWithANailIn

439 posts

148 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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Maybe the issue is that they got an economist to do an accountant's job?