tinker Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 Airport strikes during school holidays , I know its for maximum effect and at 11.50 an hour they deserve a decent pay rise for the shifts they do so just pay them a decent wage ffs. Shift pay should be at least 15% for afternoons and more for nights. Just pay them the money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted July 17, 2023 Administrator Share Posted July 17, 2023 12 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Wales the english word for, er, Wales, roughly translates as outsiders / others. Cymru, the actual name of the country, means friends / fellows / countrymen. I look forward to this correct naming convention coming in to play. Yr Wyddfa! If I live in Pengwern, am I Welsh? Or a Briton. And is there a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, limpid said: If I live in Pengwern, am I Welsh? Or a Briton. And is there a difference? Welsh is an open invite, you’re Welsh if you wanna be Welsh. True stories: When my other half was a nipper, the neighbours either side were the Romans and the Britons and they did not like each other. Not quite the same, but my bestie from across the street had the surname Rice and one day had to go to school and tell the teachers his mum had re married and he was now Curry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted July 17, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Welsh is an open invite, you’re Welsh if you wanna be Welsh. Is that why you've such a small population? Spoiler 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 21 minutes ago, BOF said: Is that why you've such a small population? Hide contents We’re basically the ones that couldn’t swim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 17, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: We’re basically the ones that couldn’t swim. Gotcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 3 hours ago, tinker said: Airport strikes during school holidays , I know its for maximum effect and at 11.50 an hour they deserve a decent pay rise for the shifts they do so just pay them a decent wage ffs. Shift pay should be at least 15% for afternoons and more for nights. Just pay them the money. The company I work for said they'd get it all sorted in time for January, it gets to March and they offer 3%. There's two wasted months already and a bit of an insult, they then organise one meeting per month until June increasing it each time to 8.5% plus skills payment depending on job role, they won't backpay it until January though, only til March when they gave the original shit offer. The union just reject anything that's not full backpay. They've taken so long that it's got to the point where we can really hit them in the nuts with strikes in the summer holidays. Funnily enough rather than it taking a month to get a meeting, they've organised one for today, 3 days after the ballot results were released. It’s so predictable. I reckon the first strike will go ahead but by the second they'll have caved in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: The company I work for said they'd get it all sorted in time for January, it gets to March and they offer 3%. There's two wasted months already and a bit of an insult, they then organise one meeting per month until June increasing it each time to 8.5% plus skills payment depending on job role, they won't backpay it until January though, only til March when they gave the original shit offer. The union just reject anything that's not full backpay. They've taken so long that it's got to the point where we can really hit them in the nuts with strikes in the summer holidays. Funnily enough rather than it taking a month to get a meeting, they've organised one for today, 3 days after the ballot results were released. It’s so predictable. I reckon the first strike will go ahead but by the second they'll have caved in. Good luck, hope you get the pay that doing shifts deserves. If the airport management think they can appease passengers with 'their asking for to much' government line then their deluded. The damage they will do to an already poorly run airport will last for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) Twitter journalists and fake ITK's who begin their sentence with UNDERSTAND. So it's less like they're imparting information to me and more like they're trying to forcefully make a point to me like I'm an idiot. If YOU understand it then say I understand knob head. And what you understand is bollocks anyway. Edited July 17, 2023 by sidcow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 17, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2023 6 hours ago, BOF said: Is that why you've such a small population? Hide contents *cough* Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 17, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: *cough* Hide contents They're extinct now! Well, except for the president. But he lives in the zoo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 9 hours ago, limpid said: If I live in Pengwern, am I Welsh? Or a Briton. And is there a difference? It's funny how's things happen. I'd never heard of Pengwern until I saw this video this morning. And now it's on here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Gresford and his stupid thread. Villa fans who still chomp his dong because he puts 5k in a GoFundMe for a bloonose (or anyone). Point one; why not do it anonymously . Point two; five grand to him is like ten pence to any of us. Big deal. Don’t give a **** what anyone thinks, he’s just trying to make himself look good. Anyone without the massive ego would have donated anonymously. I await his fan club with tin hat on and large blunt instrument. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 When you're in a restaurant which is almost empty but a group sit on the table next to you. Enjoy my egg powered crop dusting your bellzoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted July 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2023 18 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: When you're in a restaurant which is almost empty but a group sit on the table next to you. Enjoy my egg powered crop dusting your bellzoids. Move to Plovdiv. You know, a city with culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 26 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: When you're in a restaurant which is almost empty but a group sit on the table next to you. Enjoy my egg powered crop dusting your bellzoids. This happens a lot, I believe it's so the servers only have to deal with one area if there are not many clients. I've been in a totally empty Indian restuarant and someone else has arrived, the waiter then guides them to the table behind/in front of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 They often put people together behind the window so it looks fuller from the outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2023 59 minutes ago, rjw63 said: This happens a lot, I believe it's so the servers only have to deal with one area if there are not many clients. I've been in a totally empty Indian restuarant and someone else has arrived, the waiter then guides them to the table behind/in front of us. Yeah it's this. Restaurants often work in sections. A waiter will look after everything in their section rather than doing bits on every table in the restaurant. If you don't have many tables booked you put them all in one section, one waiter to a section etc That being said, in a small restaurant it really shouldn't matter. And if someone is choosing their own table then it's weird behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I get all the sectional stuff. I used to work in a restaurant myself but this was self-guided omadhaun behaviour. That said, my waitress was an absolute stunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Anthony said: Move to Plovdiv. You know, a city with culture. Absolutely, we plan to retire there. If anyone has a chance to get to Plovdiv for a few days it's well worth it. Edited July 18, 2023 by AVFC_Hitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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