Traffic cops, ambulance staff, hospitals , highways workers

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

Fair enough. But there's no denying that in this part of the world there's a love-in with all things public sector, and a disdain for those in the private sector.

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Utter rubbish

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I know a few coppers , one of em is a Tory the other labour but this thread wasn't about politics , other silly planks have made it that way

But if they want to ? Then here we go ....... Theresa may was yesterday praising the emergency services police , nurses etc and she has frozen their pay for sake , no wonder most of them vote Labour

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You’re right Slufge. I saw it as non political. As I explained earlier I agreed with what you say I’ve got good mates from my days in the force and I wouldn’t have fancied a night shift like last night.

I’m my own boss self employed in the private sector but doesn’t mean that I can’t show some empathy and affection for all my old public sector mates

My daughter is a doctor at the Heath. She's on 14 hour shifts all this weekend. She tried and failed to get her car out to get from the Bay to the hospital. She phoned them and they said they'd get someone to pick her up and that she could stay overnight. When she got there they denied all knowledge of this so at the moment she's faced with a long, cold and potentially dangerous walk home, before grabbing some sleep and then doing the same tomorrow. Take a bow Cardiff and Vale Health Board :furious:

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Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost

My daughter is a doctor at the Heath. She's on 14 hour shifts all this weekend. She tried and failed to get her car out to get from the Bay to the hospital. She phoned them and they said they'd get someone to pick her up and that she could stay overnight. When she got there they denied all knowledge of this so at the moment she's faced with a long, cold and potentially dangerous walk home, before grabbing some sleep and then doing the same tomorrow. Take a bow Cardiff and Vale Health Board :furious:

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If I had a 4x4 mate I’d gladly give her a lift home.

I have heard of people helping out in this way over Cardiff

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

If I had a 4x4 mate I’d gladly give her a lift home.

I have heard of people helping out in this way over Cardiff

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Yes there are I understand. I'm around 25 miles away unfortunately. Thanks for the kind thought :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

I posted a :facepalm: because I thought this was completely the wrong type of thread for him to carry on his boring, decade or more long, campaign against the public sector and the people who work in it.

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it wasn't a dig at the public sector, it was asking why other non public sector workers weren't mentioned in the OP.

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

It seems that people of that political persuasions and their endless tedious derogatory posts about the public sector could do well to educate themselves with what public sector workers have to put up with.

I admire anyone public or private sector who works hard, can’t fault the staff at co-op Rhwbina today for opening up and working hard.

Sadly our outraged public sector haters will never be dissuaded from their usual bollocks post.

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I wasn't having a go at the public sector, I was asking why non public sector workers who also managed to keep going were ignored by Sludge.

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

Bollocks, a stupid sweeping generalisation.

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read the OP, see where sludge fails to mention the supermarket lorry drivers who ensured the supermarkets were stocked with food overnight, or whether british gas workers were ensuring we remained heated and so on...

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Originally Posted by TISS

read the OP, see where sludge fails to mention the supermarket lorry drivers who ensured the supermarkets were stocked with food overnight, or whether british gas workers were ensuring we remained heated and so on...

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I have read it and QM has come inwith a stupid generalisation which is utter bollocks.
Sludge praised a few workers, he has waded in with some utter ****ing nonsense and I’ve no idea why you’re trying to defend him as he’s made an arse of himself

As I stated earlier as you’ll see I was full of praise for the staff of my local co-op fair play to them.

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

I have read it and QM has come inwith a stupid generalisation which is utter bollocks.
Sludge praised a few workers, he has waded in with some utter ****ing nonsense and I’ve no idea why you’re trying to defend him as he’s made an arse of himself

As I stated earlier as you’ll see I was full of praise for the staff of my local co-op fair play to them.

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You and I are on the same page then. By gripe was with sludge's polarised view, as I've said previously.

The real heroes are the drug dealers though. My mate tells me they make it through no matter what.

Jesus Christ.

He mentioned a few different types of worker.

Shall we all have a checklist at hand for future posts? As not to discriminate.. or can't simple people just post whatever they want to without a bloody outcry.

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Originally Posted by TISS

You and I are on the same page then. By gripe was with sludge's polarised view, as I've said previously.

The real heroes are the drug dealers though. My mate tells me they make it through no matter what.

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I’ve actually been looking out the window seeing which neighbours roofs aren’t snow covered and thinking ‘hello what’s in that attic’ 😂😂

My daughter's partner is a paediatric nurse and he got up at 5am this morning to walk 1hr45mins to the hospital where he works (they live in Bristol).
Sorry if this is non political and relevant to the original post.

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Originally Posted by Cyncoed Slumdog

My daughter's partner is a paediatric nurse and he got up at 5am this morning to walk 1hr45mins to the hospital where he works (they live in Bristol).
Sorry if this is non political and relevant to the original post.

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My parents used to walk that for to school each day. Allegedly.

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

I’ve actually been looking out the window seeing which neighbours roofs aren’t snow covered and thinking ‘hello what’s in that attic’ 😂😂

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:hehe:

Once a rozzer...

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Originally Posted by TISS

:hehe:

Once a rozzer...

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I’m in the utilities field now. If they’re using a lot of electricity I’m thejr man 😉😃

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Originally Posted by TISS

You and I are on the same page then. By gripe was with sludge's polarised view, as I've said previously.

The real heroes are the drug dealers though. My mate tells me they make it through no matter what.

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Jesus h Christ I give up , my view was these emergency workers do a bloody great job at times like this ........and that was it ......if I wanted to have made a point about the private fecking sector then I would have done so

You have made a silly arguement out of nothing

That's it from me

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Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.

There's much fawning nonsense to be found in this thread.

The primary reason all public sector wallahs, along with all the private sector wallahs, choose to do the jobs they do is for dough. Some may have and many pretend to have other more altruistic reasons which are more important to them than the filthy lucre, but don't be fooled because they are all money mercenaries first and last as pay and pension contributions is their true motivator.

Save your admiration for those volunteers who exchange their time and labour for no monetary gain.

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Public Sector worker here, where do you get your bitter cynicism from?

Just for the record, I work for a local authority in a front line service. I've had the last two days off due to the bad weather and I've spent it taking the kids out sledging and drinking Brains SA Gold. Here's the stinger though, you may have paid for it😂

Cheers butt👍

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Originally Posted by Jordi Culé

Public Sector worker here, where do you get your bitter cynicism from?

Just for the record, I work for a local authority in a front line service. I've had the last two days off due to the bad weather and I've spent it taking the kids out sledging and drinking Brains SA Gold. Here's the stinger though, you may have paid for it��

Cheers butt��

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From experience, boyo. People work for the wonga before anything else. They do so to pay bills, go on hols and the like. That's an uncomfortable truth for some round here.

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Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.

From experience, boyo. People work for the wonga before anything else. They do so to pay bills, go on hols and the like. That's an uncomfortable truth for some round here.

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Been reading about medical care professionals sleeping at the hospitals so they dont miss shifts.

Going beyond the normal conditions to earn their ‘wonga’ As you say and they don’t strike me as the type who’ve succumbed to the grab all culture of Thatcherism that you seem to indicate that we’re all part of in an earlier message.

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

Been reading about medical care professionals sleeping at the hospitals so they dont miss shifts.

Going beyond the normal conditions to earn their ‘wonga’ As you say and they don’t strike me as the type who’ve succumbed to the grab all culture of Thatcherism that you seem to indicate that we’re all part of in an earlier message.

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I was in Tesco this morning. The store manager and a few others slept in store overnight to make sure the deliveries got through.

There's a lot of dedicated staff out there in all sorts of lines of work.

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Originally Posted by TISS

I was in Tesco this morning. The store manager and a few others slept in store overnight to make sure the deliveries got through.

There's a lot of dedicated staff out there in all sorts of lines of work.

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Can’t fault them

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

Can’t fault them

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I can, there was no effing bread. How can I have a BLT without bread?

Staff waiting 2 hours at a pick up point for a lift to the royal glamorgan hospital after walking to said pick up point.

That's dedication, not chasing money.

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Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.

From experience, boyo. People work for the wonga before anything else. They do so to pay bills, go on hols and the like. That's an uncomfortable truth for some round here.

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From my experience mardy arse, not everyone is as shallow as you and I. Some people work for a myriad a reasons not to just chase 'wonga'.

Admit it, we're a couple of shallow wankers weaving our way through life with a bitterly cynical eye:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Jordi Culé

From my experience mardy arse, not everyone is as shallow as you and I. Some people work for a myriad a reasons not to just chase 'wonga'.

Admit it, we're a couple of shallow wankers weaving our way through life with a bitterly cynical eye:thumbup:

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Spot on :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Jordi Culé

From my experience mardy arse, not everyone is as shallow as you and I. Some people work for a myriad a reasons not to just chase 'wonga'.

Admit it, we're a couple of shallow wankers weaving our way through life with a bitterly cynical eye:thumbup:

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I agree, some people don't work for the money. However, given the large number of public sector strikes we've seen in the past 8 years, and they have pretty much all been due to pay and pensions, I'd say such individuals are few and far between in the public sector.

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Originally Posted by TISS

I agree, some people don't work for the money. However, given the large number of public sector strikes we've seen in the past 8 years, and they have pretty much all been due to pay and pensions, I'd say such individuals are few and far between in the public sector.

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Nurses and health workers etc still need to put food on the tables for their children and pay their bills the same as you, you sanctimonious bellend.

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Originally Posted by Auntie Andy

Nurses and health workers etc still need to put food on the tables for their children and pay their bills the same as you, you sanctimonious bellend.

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Correct.

Wonder if TISS would wait 2 hours at a pick up point for a lift to get to work.

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Originally Posted by Auntie Andy

Nurses and health workers etc still need to put food on the tables for their children and pay their bills the same as you, you sanctimonious bellend.

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so they go to work to earn money, just as Organ Morgan suggested. Lets not pretend they do it for the love of the job, they do it to earn the readies. Now that's not to say that some do go above and beyond what would be expected, but none of them would work for free.

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

Correct.

Wonder if TISS would wait 2 hours at a pick up point for a lift to get to work.

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I have done in the past, what is your point?

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Originally Posted by TISS

I have done in the past, what is your point?

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That standing in the cold for 2 hours for a lift to work to help people is going above and beyond.

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

That standing in the cold for 2 hours for a lift to work to help people is going above and beyond.

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Is it really?

Everyone who works will be helping somebody somewhere no matter what their job.

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Originally Posted by TISS

Is it really?

Everyone who works will be helping somebody somewhere no matter what their job.

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Oh well, that's great then.

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Originally Posted by TISS

I agree, some people don't work for the money. However, given the large number of public sector strikes we've seen in the past 8 years, and they have pretty much all been due to pay and pensions, I'd say such individuals are few and far between in the public sector.

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Personally and speaking as a public sector worker, I always enjoy a strike day as it gives me the opportunity to have the day to myself. Admittedly I don't get paid for exercising my right to illustrate my lack of salary rise for a number of years but the tax payer has been giving me ludicrous amounts of songs for what I do for years, thus a few days a year striking is an extra holiday. Cheers to you all.

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Originally Posted by Jordi Culé

Personally and speaking as a public sector worker, I always enjoy a strike day as it gives me the opportunity to have the day to myself. Admittedly I don't get paid for exercising my right to illustrate my lack of salary rise for a number of years but the tax payer has been giving me ludicrous amounts of songs for what I do for years, thus a few days a year striking is an extra holiday. Cheers to you all.

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:hehe:

That's straight from the university of life

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Originally Posted by TISS

so they go to work to earn money, just as Organ Morgan suggested. Lets not pretend they do it for the love of the job, they do it to earn the readies. Now that's not to say that some do go above and beyond what would be expected, but none of them would work for free.

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What on earth has all of that got to with the message Sludge posted to start this thread?

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Originally Posted by TISS

I have done in the past, what is your point?

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Surprised that you didn't pop over to Bristol to pay for your prescription while you were waiting.

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

Been reading about medical care professionals sleeping at the hospitals so they dont miss shifts.

Going beyond the normal conditions to earn their ‘wonga’ As you say and they don’t strike me as the type who’ve succumbed to the grab all culture of Thatcherism that you seem to indicate that we’re all part of in an earlier message.

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Some have more integrity than others. I note that you haven't answered my polite query made in the last post on page 1 of this thread.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

What on earth has all of that got to with the message Sludge posted to start this thread?

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I took umbrage at Sludge's thread opener and a few that proceeded it as I was aghast at the suggestion that we should be grateful for workers performing the role that they're paid to do.