Yesterday as I was queuing for my £2 worth of petrol, I looked round at all the sad b@stards in the queue and thought "what is wrong with all these sheeple? Havn't you got anything better to be doing than queuing like braindead morons when there isn't even a strike on?"
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Fuel 'crisis'
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you are not thinking like developers, where's the Android App? i would suggest something like "Panic Buy" or "iPanic!"
it should let you buy petrol, *before* you leave the houseLast edited by aalvarez; 30 March 2012, 12:28.Comment
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BBC News - Fuel strike over Easter ruled out by union
So threaten to strike over the Olympics it is then, and be showered with money. Unless it wouldn't disrupt the games because not many UK people can afford or be arsed to go anyway.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostBBC News - Fuel strike over Easter ruled out by union
So threaten to strike over the Olympics it is then, and be showered with money. Unless it wouldn't disrupt the games because not many UK people can afford or be arsed to go anyway.
At my missus works, they have a monthly raffle for olympics tickets for everything except the beach volleyball. Who'd want to see the opening ceremony over thatDoing the needful since 1827Comment
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Originally posted by Diver View PostAh! A conspracy Theorist
And probably correct, but it beats the old method of starting a war to detract peopleJob motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Filled up a week ago with no queuing.
Same again this sunday morning with no queues.
Cant see what the problem is!'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.Comment
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Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostFilled up a week ago with no queuing.Comment
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Originally posted by fullyautomatix View PostIf I was in charge I would tell those bloody lorry drivers to go get a high paying job in a council or something if they are unhappy with their pay and working conditions.
Turns out they're not in it for the money (apparently). This is what I picked up from it:
- They work for tanker contractors, not the oil Cos.
- Oil Cos are re-negotiating tanker firm contracts more frequently than before.
- Tanker firms are being squeezed, and so are lowering safety training standards.
- Tanker firms are closing down and new ones appearing out of nowhere offering salaries half that seasoned drivers get, to new inexperienced drivers with little training.
- Because of the above, our families are all at higher risk of fatal petrol tanker leaks and explosions on motorways, in towns and in cities.
- Drivers are sick of having 8-9 different pensions after moving jobs so many times. (inc. losing final salary pensions)
Petrol tanker fires aside, that also sums up the IT industryComment
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