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Post by Clinton Cool on Apr 2, 2020 9:59:31 GMT
If you have a phone contract and you can't use your phone because the service crashes 'due to staff shortages resulting from the corona virus' you wouldn't expect to continue to pay for the 'service' month after month. Are we in agreement?
Councils up and down the country are sending their staff home on full pay and cutting services. My local council has closed the tips (lack of staff) and you can't contact the authority at all unless it's regarding 'vulnerable adults or children'. I've been waiting for a credit note to appear in the post for a proportion of council tax. If you can't provide the service your charging people for, you shouldn't charge people for it, right? I suspect that credit note will never arrive. Instead, next year, the bill will go up further accompanied by the leader of the council bleating on the local radio that the government aren't giving them enough money, it's all so unfair. What gives councils the right to send their staff home on full pay (paid by us) when they could re deploy them to other tasks, e.g. keeping the tips open?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 10:03:02 GMT
I think a basic error made early on in this situation was firstly telling people their wages would be protected and secondly telling people to stay at home if they have a runny nose or a cough.
That's bound to cause problems with people who are in jobs they basically dislike.
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Post by Jim on Apr 2, 2020 10:11:59 GMT
If you have a phone contract and you can't use your phone because the service crashes 'due to staff shortages resulting from the corona virus' you wouldn't expect to continue to pay for the 'service' month after month. Are we in agreement? Councils up and down the country are sending their staff home on full pay and cutting services. My local council has closed the tips (lack of staff) and you can't contact the authority at all unless it's regarding 'vulnerable adults or children'. I've been waiting for a credit note to appear in the post for a proportion of council tax. If you can't provide the service your charging people for, you shouldn't charge people for it, right? I suspect that credit note will never arrive. Instead, next year, the bill will go up further accompanied by the leader of the council bleating on the local radio that the government aren't giving them enough money, it's all so unfair. What gives councils the right to send their staff home on full pay (paid by us) when they could re deploy them to other tasks, e.g. keeping the tips open? Yawn. We need to cut down on possibilities for viral transfer. Do keep up. The other reason is to give grumbling grumpfuttocks something to be grumbling about. Keeps them happy, in isolation. It's working apparently. Ps NO KAYAKING. 😂😂😂😂
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 2, 2020 10:26:14 GMT
If you have a phone contract and you can't use your phone because the service crashes 'due to staff shortages resulting from the corona virus' you wouldn't expect to continue to pay for the 'service' month after month. Are we in agreement? Councils up and down the country are sending their staff home on full pay and cutting services. My local council has closed the tips (lack of staff) and you can't contact the authority at all unless it's regarding 'vulnerable adults or children'. I've been waiting for a credit note to appear in the post for a proportion of council tax. If you can't provide the service your charging people for, you shouldn't charge people for it, right? I suspect that credit note will never arrive. Instead, next year, the bill will go up further accompanied by the leader of the council bleating on the local radio that the government aren't giving them enough money, it's all so unfair. What gives councils the right to send their staff home on full pay (paid by us) when they could re deploy them to other tasks, e.g. keeping the tips open? Yawn. We need to cut down on possibilities for viral transfer. Do keep up. No we don't. We need to get it over and done with as quickly as possible, a bit like you may remember being sent to measles and mumps parties as a child.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 10:36:49 GMT
Yawn. We need to cut down on possibilities for viral transfer. Do keep up. No we don't. We need to get it over and done with as quickly as possible, a bit like you may remember being sent to measles and mumps parties as a child. I think the idea is that most will get it anyway but the NHS can't cope with a sudden surge of people with severe symptoms. Could be wrong but it sounds like more people get severe symptoms with C19 than measles and mumps. Anyone know? Then again I don't remember hospitals being over burdened with an outbreak before (maybe there was one). Maybe our government have cut back too much on the NHS for years.
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Post by Jim on Apr 2, 2020 10:37:55 GMT
Yawn. We need to cut down on possibilities for viral transfer. Do keep up. No we don't. We need to get it over and done with as quickly as possible, a bit like you may remember being sent to measles and mumps parties as a child. Go on then...
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 2, 2020 10:54:36 GMT
No we don't. We need to get it over and done with as quickly as possible, a bit like you may remember being sent to measles and mumps parties as a child. Go on then... I've almost certainly had it already.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 10:58:39 GMT
That's what I tell people who ask why I am still going out in my kayak.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 11:00:43 GMT
I've almost certainly had it already. Come on Vince, surely you've got plenty of years left in you yet. Just a thought, could you offer up your driving skills as a key worker? It might expedite getting that elusive test. Must admit I'm wondering if there is something I can do to help the effort. Chris already is...as my carer (she is qualified being a primary school teacher most of her life).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 11:17:38 GMT
I think he meant had the virus, not had it in the sense of a nackered old moped or Rover 75.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 11:40:55 GMT
I've almost certainly had it already. Must admit I'm wondering if there is something I can do to help the effort. Chris already is...as my carer (she is qualified being a primary school teacher most of her life). co-operate.coop.co.uk/support
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 11:41:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 11:53:03 GMT
I think we pay for the infrastructure Clinton Cool ... which we all wish to remain operative for our emergence. If 'Dump-it' sites had remained open etc. we would have no doubt continued to use them, thwarting the none contact protocols. My understanding of all I have read is that the isolation is to prevent the NHS being swamped with critical cases. Ultimately the majority of us WILL need to have had the virus (60% plus) to develop any levels of immunity as a society. In the mean time society's infrastructure still has to be paid for. Rog
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Post by Jim on Apr 2, 2020 12:12:09 GMT
I've almost certainly had it already. I hope you can confirm that with a test, not the hard way.
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 2, 2020 13:07:40 GMT
I agree with ricco - why pay for something you ain't getting'? How about letting the banks pay for all this - they owe several favours with their bailouts. Time to find the bankers and put your hand in their pockets for a change!
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