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One thing that amazes me on this board is the amount of people stating that public service workers wouldn't last five minutes in the private sector. During the tiger years how many people were let down by builders, plumbers, electricians etc who failed to deliver on agreed contracts or didn't even bother to show up at all. How many people were delivered faulty goods only to find that the shop blamed the manufacturer, the manufacturer blamed the delivery firm, the delivery firm said it was nothing to do with them and the unfortunate consumer was left out of pocket. How many times were people left standing in shops while assistants leant on the counter chatting to each other. What about airlines who advertised cheap flights then added on all kinds of hidden charges once the non refundable fare had been paid, or solicitors who caused huge delays for people buying houses through laziness and inefficiency. Not to mention estate agents who lied through their teeth to get their commission. And there has been plenty of discussion on these boards about GPs charging ridiculous fees, refusing to make house calls, insisting patients make appointments then leaving them hanging around the waiting room for an hour. I could go on and on. Yes, the public sector has its faults and inefficiencies. But it amazes me the amount of private sector workers who are wandering around under the delusion that they are somehow examples of 'best practice'. Everyone is going to have to take some pain over the next few years including public service workers who are extremely grateful that they have relative job security.We accept that. It is the constant criticisms of us, by private sector workers who have nothing to boast or preen themselves about, that is p*ssing us all off.
One thing that amazes me on this board is the amount of people stating that public service workers wouldn't last five minutes in the private sector. During the tiger years how many people were let down by builders, plumbers, electricians etc who failed to deliver on agreed contracts or didn't even bother to show up at all. How many people were delivered faulty goods only to find that the shop blamed the manufacturer, the manufacturer blamed the delivery firm, the delivery firm said it was nothing to do with them and the unfortunate consumer was left out of pocket. How many times were people left standing in shops while assistants leant on the counter chatting to each other. What about airlines who advertised cheap flights then added on all kinds of hidden charges once the non refundable fare had been paid, or solicitors who caused huge delays for people buying houses through laziness and inefficiency. Not to mention estate agents who lied through their teeth to get their commission. And there has been plenty of discussion on these boards about GPs charging ridiculous fees, refusing to make house calls, insisting patients make appointments then leaving them hanging around the waiting room for an hour. I could go on and on. Yes, the public sector has its faults and inefficiencies. But it amazes me the amount of private sector workers who are wandering around under the delusion that they are somehow examples of 'best practice'. Everyone is going to have to take some pain over the next few years including public service workers who are extremely grateful that they have relative job security.We accept that. It is the constant criticisms of us, by private sector workers who have nothing to boast or preen themselves about, that is p*ssing us all off.
Yes, I notice the public sector slaters haven't been on to answer this post and its been posted almost a whole day. Maybe they have moved on to their next scapegoats.
Well it's because most of us are sick of public sector bashing Grahamo - haven't you heard?
Good point purple, I would not put myself into a class. I would see myself equal with the poorest person or the wealthiest person. No one person is better than another.
What makes somebody put themselves into a bracket such as upper class or any class?? I would say ignorance.
so who are you all going to pick on next?
I notice the public sector slaters haven't been on to answer this post and its been posted almost a whole day.
Burying ones head in the sand and propotioning blame retrospectively does not exonerate the Irish people for voting this shambolic symbiotic rabble of a government back into power.
My wife is at the mercy of public sector bashers working in the local employment office .
lol My heart bleeds for her. Has she not got a great well paid job and other perks like security......many people do not. Now you complain of people going in to her office to "bash" her. I think your claims are a bit exagerrated, as few if any public sector workers put up with any bashing or other abuse from anyone during their working hours.
As far as I know, no other employment office workers in the world are as highly paid as your wife....she should be grateful we are borrowing so much to pay her.
I doubt they would have the balls. I have a sneaky feeling some of them could be some of the real culprits of this economic downturn.It would be interesting if some of the people bashing civil servants would state what they do for a living. 'Private Sector' covers a multitude and I'm sure many of your individual sectors are open to a bit of 'bashing' as well.
I don't think so, I can't see anyone from SIPTU making anti public sector comments...I doubt they would have the balls. I have a sneaky feeling some of them could be some of the real culprits of this economic downturn.
I doubt they would have the balls. I have a sneaky feeling some of them could be some of the real culprits of this economic downturn.
lol My heart bleeds for her. Has she not got a great well paid job and other perks like security......many people do not. Now you complain of people going in to her office to "bash" her. I think your claims are a bit exagerrated, as few if any public sector workers put up with any bashing or other abuse from anyone during their working hours.
As far as I know, no other employment office workers in the world are as highly paid as your wife....she should be grateful we are borrowing so much to pay her.
Plenty people in the private sector get their unfair share of abuse too. (bouncers, taxi drivers, IT support people etc...)That's a really nasty post. People working in public offices in areas like SW and Revenue are subjected to verbal abuse and, on occasion, to physical abuse.
Plenty people in the private sector get their unfair share of abuse too. (bouncers, taxi drivers, IT support people etc...)
Many of them don't have the security of the public sector, so I agree with rabbit's post.
I must be odd. I don't think it right that anybody should be subject to abuse, be they in the private or the public sector.
You and rabbit seem to take the position that people should have a licence to abuse public sector workers on an individual basis simply because they have work contracts that you don't like.
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