The I Hate London Thread

[Moscow Mule]

Topical ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7318064.stm

A 72-hour strike on the London Underground is planned by rail unions in a row over safety.

A strike from 1830 GMT on 6 April to 9 April is planned by the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA).

Being obstructive, vindictive gits who spend all day underground on their arse.

[Bumfluff]

Topical ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7318064.stm

Great The husband of a friend of mine works for the underground and recently told me 'that no one takes a day sick on the underground as it looks too dodgy so they always take a week instead', this guy had a taken a week of sick so he could decorate his house, what about doing it in the 6-8 weeks holiday he gets a year !

[DimPrawn]

Great The husband of a friend of mine works for the underground and recently told me 'that no one takes a day sick on the underground as it looks too dodgy so they always take a week instead', this guy had a taken a week of sick so he could decorate his house, what about doing it in the 6-8 weeks holiday he gets a year !

I used to do this when I was a permie. I had a "chronic chest infection" but still managed to fit a new kitchen and do a garden makeover, all on full sick pay for a few weeks. One of the only great things of being a permie was 5 weeks paid holiday plus 3 on the "sick" every year.

[Jog On]

Really?

I try and avoid getting Boots Meal deals as they are a rip off. I prefer M&S if I'm that hungry.

Fuzzy's Grub > everything else. Are there any Fuzzy's up North or outside the city/West End?

Yes I usually go to Bertorelli's, The Ivy or Benihana's

See above quote re Fuzzy's

London's much better than the place I come from.
But I've noticed 2 odd things about Londoners

(1) You can get to a pedestrian crossing, find 2 dozen of them already waiting, and yet nobody's pressed the button. You have to shove through 3 rows of them to get to it and press it yourself

(2) They put their umbrellas up when it's cloudy but not actually raining

(1) That will be the killer cyclists

(2) My girlfriend does that and people comment about it in the street

Because you want to scream "cheer up it might ******* never happen".

The average common sense factor is zero.

There is probably a lot of HR bods there.

Also there are a lot of advertising/PR/media/FMB types as well

I'm going for lunch now (Fuzzy's Grub) and I know that I will see plenty 9/10 - 10/10 FMBs.

What's not to like?

[moorfield]

More evidence that London really can be cr4p sometimes.

Terminal 5 - baggage chaos - cr4p

Millenium Bridge - too wobbly - cr4p

Millenium Dome - cr4p

Wembley Stadium - late and over budget (but only just not cr4p)

Bendy Buses - cr4p

[BrilloPad]

More evidence that London really can be carp sometimes.

Terminal 5 - baggage chaos - carp

Millenium Bridge - too wobbly - carp

Millenium Dome - carp

Wembley Stadium - late and over budget (but only just not carp)

Bendy Buses - carp

But on the other hand there are lots of hedge funds in Mayfair making lots of money.

[swamp]

But on the other hand there are lots of hedge funds in Mayfair losing lots of money.

[NickFitz]

Also there are a lot of advertising/PR/media/FMB types as well

Indeed, and most of them seem to work at NewClientCorp

I'm going for lunch now (Fuzzy's Grub) and I know that I will see plenty 9/10 - 10/10 FMBs.

What's not to like?

Absolutely!

[BrilloPad]

No doubt the taxpayer will be bailing them out soon. What is the difference between a recession and a depression? In a depression bankers also lose their jobs.