yay! the civil service is full of larpers!
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020001/Cyberslackers-Civil-Service-Officials-make-tens-thousands-web-visits-taxpayers-time-money.html

that site they talk about is the faction I used to be in

haha! everyone is doomed!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:07, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sack them all!!! Civil service, bunch of slacker wasters like council workers!!!
- English and Proud, England, UK, 29/7/2011 6:35
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:13, Reply)

They don't do anything that
couldn't be done better by the private sector.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:14, Reply)

The private sector are quite welcome to bid for nearly everything the public sector do.
They don't though, because they're can't do things like remove services that are unprofitable or provide access to everyone rather than their desired market.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Textbook answer.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:24, Reply)

That's because it's correct.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:24, Reply)

Pish.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:25, Reply)

Then counter it rather than just saying it's "text book"
I work for the public sector for a profitable contract, I went up against private companies in the last round of tendering. They pulled out when they found out they had to train their staff for dealing with vunerable adults and child protection, had to provide translation services, had to print large print and braile letters and wouldn't be immune from prosecution for deaths related to their service (health based) if they could accept that they would have won the contract.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Your original response is a one dimensional answer that is predicated
on the understanding that the new "service supplier" can come in and replace something like the NHS (or whatever piece the private companies wnat to earn from). I don't agree with this approach or that it is possible, like you.

That isn't to say that we couldn't replace the whole fucking shebang with private healthcare which is paid for at the point of use and not free.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:36, Reply)

We could but we could also punch ourselves repeatedly in the face
which is a better idea with less drastic consequences for our health. Have you seen the American system? It's designed to make rich people richer, if anyone gets medical treatment that's an unfortunate side-effect that they're working to eliminate.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:46, Reply)

I totally agree. I pay shed loads of tax and NI and this is why.
It's money well spent.

I just can't stand the sense of fucking entitlement that these bastards have.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:50, Reply)

seriously true
the Bears are a bunch of rowdy drunks with bad scottish accents
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:14, Reply)

and you were their little Welsh mascot?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:24, Reply)

grrr
(no one is scottish, they all just pretend, badly)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:26, Reply)

like how you pretend to be english?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:28, Reply)

and you pretend to be human

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:28, Reply)

I'm just waiting for the mothership
to come and pick me up and take me away from this hole.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Oh christ, there is some proper fucking thick people on there, like, seriously incredably thick.
It doesn't say if they were browsing on a break or not, and all those people who are commenting mid-day must be unemployed or not at work at the moment, because otherwise they'd be hypocrites.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:28, Reply)

they've blatantly cherry-picked the stupidest ones as well
loads on there could very easily are related to work
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:30, Reply)

All news sites can be related to policy and therefore work related
guv.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:32, Reply)

and the larp site
might have just been the government checking they weren't gonna start something
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:33, Reply)

bet365 advertise everywhere so it's probably just their banner ads being logged
I had this in weblogs, I was browsing local newspaper stories and they were riddled with sleazy ads.

Plus we used IE6 up until a few months ago, so couldn't block ads.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:48, Reply)