Reply to: More british jobs for italian workers

[Sysman]

They are rubbish workers. We had some of them over to build us a wall, blooming thing has fallen down already

Aye, but I bet large chunks of it are still standing long after the typical Barratt house has crumbled.

[Zippy]

They only take two hour lunch breaks with the Brits; translating everything makes every conversation take twice as long.

I wasn't saying I had any objections . It takes at least 20 mins to work your way through the lunchtime wine list.

[Mich the Tester]

Multi-lingualism and two-hour lunch breaks

They only take two hour lunch breaks with the Brits; translating everything makes every conversation take twice as long.

[AlfredJPruffock]

I did say "in terms of work" as opposed to food, sh@@@ing, culture etc etc. I am intrigued to know why on Earth Italians would be more suitable to work in the subprime, subsistence, subzero North Lincolnshire than Northern British neanderthals.

Oh - now I see what you mean.

Well bearing in mind that in Belgium the Italians are the 3rd biggest national group (after the the French and Dutch) this was due to after the War they immigrated en masse to the South of Belgium to man the Coal Industry - and that is a tough job.

So they are certainly grafters if they put their mind to it.

[Zippy]

In terms of work and business what exactly can the Italians teach us?

Multi-lingualism and two-hour lunch breaks

[Mich the Tester]

I did say "in terms of work" as opposed to food, sh@@@ing, culture etc etc. I am intrigued to know why on Earth Italians would be more suitable to work in the subprime, subsistence, subzero North Lincolnshire than Northern British neanderthals.

...or indeed why they would want to work in Grimsby.

[DodgyAgent]

DA

To understand that - you have to live in Italy itself - in some ways living in Italy is a little like following in Love with a prostitute.

More than this - I am eternally greatful to Rome - that Alf - a nobody from nowhere - lived and worked in the Eternal City for a year.

It changed my view of the World in ways I cannot describe.

And I even met Francko there too.

I did say "in terms of work" as opposed to food, sh@@@ing, culture etc etc. I am intrigued to know why on Earth Italians would be more suitable to work in the subprime, subsistence, subzero North Lincolnshire than Northern British neanderthals.

[AlfredJPruffock]

In terms of work and business what exactly can the Italians teach us?

DA

To understand that - you have to live in Italy itself - in some ways living in Italy is a little like following in Love with a prostitute.

More than this - I am eternally greatful to Rome - that Alf - a nobody from nowhere - lived and worked in the Eternal City for a year.

It changed my view of the World in ways I cannot describe.

And I even met Francko there too.

[oracleslave]

In terms of work and business what exactly can the Italians teach us?

Skimming off the top. Like a pimp really

[Mich the Tester]

In terms of work and business what exactly can the Italians teach us?

How to cook.

[DodgyAgent]

In terms of work and business what exactly can the Italians teach us?

[NetwkSupport]

Whilst i can see the point bearing in mind we are in a recession, what about all the people from the UK goign over to other countries "taking jobs" from locals there?

I worked for an oil company in london that only used english contractors globally. Algeria, norway, north africa, russia, etc....

cant see any difference really.

[Mich the Tester]

Is it time to start the Alfa Romeo debate?

Alfas aren't made by Italians. If only they were. They're designed by Italians; that's the good bit. They're made by cheapo semi-literate Albanians so they can undercut the BMWs and Mercedes of this world.

[DiscoStu]

To be fair, that isn't really a representative sample of Italian industrial competence is it?

Is it time to start the Alfa Romeo debate?

[Mich the Tester]

They are rubbish workers. We had some of them over to build us a wall, blooming thing has fallen down already

To be fair, that isn't really a representative sample of Italian industrial competence is it?