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Post by tarrant on Feb 12, 2009 13:58:55 GMT
Rick, your obsessive stalking is starting to make you come across as a bit of a freak. If you want to sleep with me or something, just ask. Wow, that is so gay!! |
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Post by ricklinc on Feb 12, 2009 13:59:34 GMT
" A beautiful example of that is on immigration. Very few people think that immigration is a problem where they live. Huge amounts of people think it's a problem elsewhere, and nationally generally. Simply because they read the papers and watch the telly, and they tell them it is. "
You dweeb. That's you seeing something on TV and refusing to believe it so you tell yourself that it's not true. Then invent a reason for people to be wrong in believing it even though they live in places where it's fcuking obvious. You aren't going to miss your knackers at all because you'll just keep believing that they're still there. In fact you probably already do believe that they're still there. I'm beginning to doubt it.
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Post by VikingHumpingWitch on Feb 12, 2009 14:01:03 GMT
I think he is right on immigration. If you look at the surveys it tends to be "Do you think immigration is a problem in your town" and people say no, but "Do you think immigration is a problem in Britain" and people say yes, I'm very concerned about it.
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Post by tarrant on Feb 12, 2009 14:00:41 GMT
Sadly, the question is not asked:
What do you think immigration is?
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Post by omnipleasant on Feb 12, 2009 14:03:11 GMT
Aye. Even the economy at the moment - we're all hugely massively concerned about the economy going tits up and everyone losing their jobs on the one hand. Yet on the other hand most people feel secure in their jobs.
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Post by VikingHumpingWitch on Feb 12, 2009 14:04:51 GMT
I read a CIPD survey recently where something like 80-odd percent of those surveyed (managers and business owners) were very concerned about the economy and redundancies and everything being just howwid, but when asked if their own company was likely to perform worse financially in the next quarter only 20% said yes.
People just worry a lot.
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Post by ricklinc on Feb 12, 2009 14:05:28 GMT
Rick, your obsessive stalking is starting to make you come across as a bit of a freak. If you want to sleep with me or something, just ask. Translation: Rick, your brilliant insight has seen through my childish ploys and is now making me doubt the firm convictions I have held ever since the operation. I feel threatened and uncomfortable and other strange emotions that violate my human rights in a way that I would only allow Gordon Brown to do to me. Please stop before I find myself wanting to be a man. |
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Post by omnipleasant on Feb 12, 2009 14:08:26 GMT
And another one - about 90% of people who use the NHS are happy with the service they get.
Ask people in a national survey whether the NHS is being run well, and huge numbers of people say no.
People form their big picture views on the basis of headlines in the papers, basically.
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Post by ricklinc on Feb 12, 2009 14:12:58 GMT
Perception Management Strategy #1. Blame the media for hysterical hype.
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Post by tarrant on Feb 12, 2009 14:19:24 GMT
And another one - about 90% of people who use the NHS are happy with the service they get. Ask people in a national survey whether the NHS is being run well, and huge numbers of people say no. People form their big picture views on the basis of headlines in the papers, basically. And they tend to adopt the opinions that they believe are socially acceptable. Complaining about the NHS will generally not bring many objections. Not complaining about the government generally will. |
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Post by omnipleasant on Feb 12, 2009 14:19:53 GMT
Well it's not so much "blame". It's just the way it is. It's a pretty sad state of affairs, but what can you do?
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Post by tarrant on Feb 12, 2009 14:21:26 GMT
Is it?
Dirty hospitals??
Hospitals are considerably cleaner now than they were 30 years ago when I first started working in the NHS
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Feb 12, 2009 15:18:09 GMT
Aye. Even the economy at the moment - we're all hugely massively concerned about the economy going tits up and everyone losing their jobs on the one hand. Yet on the other hand most people feel secure in their jobs. Hmm, that's probably the "it'll never happen to me" syndrome. If you'd have run that survey in the banking sector a year ago, I'm sure that 100% of those asked would have said they felt extremely secure in their jobs. Similarly with the construction industry, which was showing no sign of slowdown then. I really can't believe that 'most people' would feel confident about job security at present. 'Most people' would have to be deluded to answer the question in that way at the present time. The reality is that in 'most sectors' redundancy can hit anyone at any time, either by cost cutting measures, or by the liquidation of their employer's business. |
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Feb 12, 2009 15:22:44 GMT
Is it? Dirty hospitals?? Hospitals are considerably cleaner now than they were 30 years ago when I first started working in the NHS I can then take it that you've never worked at the Ipswich General (first ever UK case of a new born baby dying of MRSA), or the James Paget Hospital in Norfolk, where wards have been closed due to health scares. When my mum was in the Royal London Hospital in east London, I couldn't believe the state of the place. I even noticed how infrequently the nursing staff bothered to use the antibacterial handwash facilities as they moved from one patient to another. Absolutlely disgusting! |
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Post by VikingHumpingWitch on Feb 12, 2009 15:23:03 GMT
Well I found a job based in Gothenburg today which is so suited to me that if I don't get offered an interview, or possibly even the job based solely on my exactly matched CV, I will dedicate the rest of my life to hunting down everyone involved in the recruitment process and peeing on their favourite jackets.
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Feb 12, 2009 15:26:08 GMT
Well, you sound so ladylike, and have such a wonderful turn of phrase, I'm sure they'll offer you the job on the spot without even bothering with the interview process. At least I would if I was in charge of that job's recruitment process.  |
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Post by VikingHumpingWitch on Feb 12, 2009 15:29:49 GMT
Why thank you. May I use that comment in my application letter?
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Feb 12, 2009 15:57:18 GMT
I was just about to give you my permission to use that glowing reference, but then thought I'd run your signature through a web based translation service. Yous får manifest me respect hora , self vet each till cottage ought and self känner your ring upWell, if you're going to be like that, you can go whistle for a reference from me now. It all sounds a bit homophobic to me. No way could I be associated with someone who thinks like that.  |
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Post by omnipleasant on Feb 12, 2009 15:59:48 GMT
I'm quite disappointed to learn that a forward looking, lefty country like Sweden has vacancies for pointless Atlanticist economy 'service industry' jobs like "recruitment"...
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Feb 12, 2009 16:03:40 GMT
I know. And I thought Sweden only provided jobs at Ikea, Volvo or as Abba roadies. All my illusions of Scandinavia are now in tatters.
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