limpid Posted May 5, 2022 Administrator Share Posted May 5, 2022 8 hours ago, fruitvilla said: I grew up to be a chemist. That's a bad break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 5, 2022 Administrator Share Posted May 5, 2022 8 hours ago, fruitvilla said: I grew up to be a chemist. That's a bad break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted May 5, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2022 Holy Crap Limpid is malfunctioning! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, TheAuthority said: Holy Crap Limpid is malfunctioning! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 5, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, TheAuthority said: Holy Crap Limpid is malfunctioning! Has anybody tried switching him off and on again? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 When will be the last time that companies blame COVID 19 for sh!t customer service? I went into a financial company today. I shall not name them, buts it's a building society that operates NATIONWIDE There were signs apologising for long wait time due to staff shortages caused by COVID. I know most of the branch staff and casually asked who'd got COVID and how they were. No-one had COViD! Two were on holiday. One was on a training course and another was catching up with paperwork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 5, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: When will be the last time that companies blame COVID 19 for sh!t customer service? I went into a financial company today. I shall not name them, buts it's a building society that operates NATIONWIDE There were signs apologising for long wait time due to staff shortages caused by COVID. I know most of the branch staff and casually asked who'd got COVID and how they were. No-one had COViD! Two were on holiday. One was on a training course and another was catching up with paperwork. If you look at The Rotunda you will see that there are a large number of number of windows missing. It's been going on for a couple of years now. Meaning Evil ran a piece about it around 12 months ago and were told that by the building management company that they were having difficulties arranging replacement because of Covid. I have loads of construction clients and the construction industry barely missed a heatbeat during Covid so I know that was a bollox response. Look now and there is a ton more missing windows. I wish Meaning Evil would do a follow up and see what their response is this time. At least they've replaced the wooden boarding with some purple colour which isn't quite as shambolic looking but is very close still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 It's about as sincere as their claims that your call is very important to them. It's just been an excuse to cut costs and not provide adequate levels of staffing, it's a pisstake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 5, 2022 47 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: When will be the last time that companies blame COVID 19 for sh!t customer service? Can I guess it'll be the taxi trade and it'll probably be true too. There are approximately 50% less taxi drivers than there were at the start of the pandemic and it will more than likely take ten years to get those numbers back up. Until that situation is resolved shit customer service will exist and it will be because of the pandemic (and the lack of unemployment and that Local Councils are f***ing useless) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, bickster said: Can I guess it'll be the taxi trade and it'll probably be true too. There are approximately 50% less taxi drivers than there were at the start of the pandemic and it will more than likely take ten years to get those numbers back up. Until that situation is resolved shit customer service will exist and it will be because of the pandemic (and the lack of unemployment and that Local Councils are f***ing useless) Is it really "due to the pandemic"? Did 50% of the drivers die, or did lots of them just use the quiet spell to find other jobs and realise driving taxis is a ballache that doesn't justify the type of rates in the Uber era taxi economy? Is there another blocker on filling the jobs, or is it a bit like some companies claiming they have staffing troubles due to Brexit, rather than the fact they want to work people to the bone for a wage that it's almost impossible to live on unless the employee can tolerate sharing a room in a slum. Brexit might have triggered the loss of labour, but it's not the root cause. Edited May 5, 2022 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 5, 2022 Just now, Davkaus said: Is it really "due to the pandemic"? Did 50% of the drivers die, or did lots of them just use the quiet spell to find other jobs and realise driving taxis is a ballache that doesn't justify the type of rates in the Uber era taxi economy? It's a bit like some companies claiming they have staffing troubles due to Brexit, rather than the fact they want to work people to the bone for a wage that it's almost impossible to live on unless the employee can tolerate sharing a room in a slum. Brexit might have triggered the loss of labour, but it's not the root cause. That is not what I'm talking about, there is always a big churn in the industry, the due to the Pandemic is more because local councils are not recognising that they need to act faster to licence drivers. Drivers can be waiting up to a year to be licensed. The pandemic hit numbers for sure but it wasn't just because drivers found new jobs, many just plain and simple retired any lots of drivers with roots abroad just went home to be with their families but like I said that isn't the issue. Local councils are still working as if we are in lockdown in many places. Our local council only has 8 slots for new driver appointments a week because the staff that need to meet drivers face to face in a meeting that the council insist on are working from home and are showing little sign of changing this. Our local council is one of the largest in terms of taxi driver numbers. What the council is doing is quite frankly ludicrous. Also, Uber isn't cheap that has always been a fallacy. A fallacy that lost $6billion dollars in the first quarter of this year, That's 6 times its usual loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 On 24/04/2022 at 12:01, Rds1983 said: Having moved to Cheshire last year I was a bit shocked to see the local chip shop selling 'smack'. Not entirely sure what it is and kinda scared to ask. Its a bit moreish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 When will the first quadruple barrelled surname child be born? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted May 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Wainy316 said: When will the first quadruple barrelled surname child be born? "There are even a few "quadruple-barrelled" surnames (e.g. Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, and Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray)." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-barrelled_name#:~:text=There are even a few,Home-Drummond-Moray). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blandy Posted May 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 9, 2022 13 hours ago, Chindie said: There's as much evidence that Spider-Man exists. Yeah, there’s loads of evidence out there on the web. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 9, 2022 10 hours ago, sidcow said: Ah yes, I was getting him confused with the guy who led The Israelites to the Land of Honey Boo Boo. Desmond Dekker? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, blandy said: Desmond Dekker? Dairy Crest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2022 But if he didn't exist, how could his Dad play for Villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, choffer said: But if he didn't exist, how could his Dad play for Villa? Different cult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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