Federal Election

[Bruce]

And in Germany, you can have a good career while staying on the tools. Gosh we are terrible following that English idea that to get ahead at work, you need to stop using tools and start being white-collar.

 

I reckon its the English disease and its caused by their aristocracy getting their wealth from owning real estate. They regard workers with scorn, and the workers retaliate by sabotaging things when they can do so safely. An Australian company ( Multiplex ) went broke building Wembley Stadium because they didn't factor in the extra cost of this aspect of English workers.

 

My son-in-law once worked on a building site in England, and one time realized with a start that he was the only person on the site actually working. So to hold onto his job, he started acting more normal.

 

 

[pmccarthy]

I know someone who holds two full time jobs simultaneously in Melbourne high rise construction. He clocks on at both and flits between them, no one is aware he is not there half the time.

 

 

[Bruce]

Wow pm, if the management are so stupid, I wouldn't dob him in either.

 

I knew an airport fireman who slept most days at work and did bartending at a nightclub as his second job, but this was officially permitted. They even had bunks there.

 

Alas it didn't last. After 50 years of no fires, they abandoned the fire station and all the firemen got retrenched.

 

 

[facthunter]

Good while it lasted. tho. If people worked as hard at working as they do to avoid it we would enter a new period of prosperity. The day passes quickly if you are busy. Nev