Reply to: Public sector strikes during the Olympics?

[DodgyAgent]

Ah, I was only talking about the sense of entitlement.

Aha

Fair enough. but their sense of entitlement is their own problem whereas in the public sector it becomes everyone else's problem

[Doggy Styles]

True, but they are not monopolies so if they go on strike that is their problem not ours.

Ah, I was only talking about the sense of entitlement.

[The Spartan]

True, but they are not monopolies so if they go on strike that is their problem not ours.

Touche

[DodgyAgent]

True but I've also found it true of many employees in big corporations. Not as much these days as jobs-for-life disappears from the private sector.

True, but they are not monopolies so if they go on strike that is their problem not ours.

[Doggy Styles]

It is a myth that public sector work is considered as a virtuous vocation. They are primarily interested in themselves. They are filled with a sense of entitlement and their way of getting what they want is to exploit their monopolistic privilege. One thing they are not is proud to be British.

True but I've also found it true of many employees in big corporations. Not as much these days as jobs-for-life disappears from the private sector.

[The Spartan]

DA is right though in my previous life as a Civil Serpent I saw this attitude displayed by the majority of the people I worked with and in some ways I myself displayed some of these characteristics till I saw the light and decided I didn't want to be like them.

[doodab]

It is a myth that public sector work is considered as a virtuous vocation. They are primarily interested in themselves. They are filled with a sense of entitlement and their way of getting what they want is to exploit their monopolistic privilege. One thing they are not is proud to be British.

Did they cut your benefits?

[d000hg]

Think up some new ones DA, these are getting stale.

[DodgyAgent]

To be honest you would think that public sector workers would want to give visitors a good impression of Great Britain. Maybe there are not enough people proud to be British these days!

It is a myth that public sector work is considered as a virtuous vocation. They are primarily interested in themselves. They are filled with a sense of entitlement and their way of getting what they want is to exploit their monopolistic privilege. One thing they are not is proud to be British.

[scooterscot]

Is it 2013 yet?

[centurian]

To be honest you would think that public sector workers would want to give visitors a good impression of Great Britain. Maybe there are not enough people proud to be British these days!

They don't give the remotest flying tulip about what the rest of the world thinks, because they don't believe that their livelihoods depend on it.

Private sector outfits need to sell their stuff abroad, get investment from abroad, or derive their business from companies that do.

That (largely) doesn't apply to the public sector - never mind the fact that it's private sector taxes that fund the public sector.

Call their bluff. They won't get what they want - other than to appear as complete and utter twunts

[Logiebear]

To be honest you would think that public sector workers would want to give visitors a good impression of Great Britain. Maybe there are not enough people proud to be British these days!

Maybe there isn't that much to be proud of! Or not enough British around!

[Churchill]

To be honest you would think that public sector workers would want to give visitors a good impression of Great Britain. Maybe there are not enough people proud to be British these days!

Do you realise how thick some public sector workers are?

[NickWallace87]

To be honest you would think that public sector workers would want to give visitors a good impression of Great Britain. Maybe there are not enough people proud to be British these days!

[d000hg]

By red hot sword up the bottom!!!

Or would that be going a tad too far?

Do you often think about putting your "red hot sword" up strangers' bottoms?