More predictable teacher bashing. Yawn.
I know, I chuckled to myself when I heard this on Morning Ireland this am. But to put it in context her experience of the working world was as a School Teacher
In this instance I was not blaming public sector staff for the economic crisis. What I was commenting on was a minister thinking someone is noteworthy for doing what they are paid to do in the first place. They work 7 hours they get paid for 7 hours. Why should they be praised for this?
However As regards the public sector everyone knows there is slackness, overpayment, non accountability. How do we know? We are customers. We see it everyday in our dealings with social welfare offices, schools, HSE, land registry, county council offices, engineering staff, FAS, Bord of Works. Short hours, long holidays, 'compulsory' sick days, enhanced unpaid leave, continuity of service, every benefit known to man. Lads get off the fence - state it as it is. Just because you do not like people saying what they are entitled to and should say does not mean they should be silenced or put into an obscure section of the boards. For too long the country has stayed silent. Yes the banks and regulators should be sanctioned, yes the public sector is bloated, yes the HSE is a shame to us all, yes our politicians have been proven corrupt (you have not heard half it yet!). However we as ordinary individuals are also complicit in it. We seek advantages from our TDs, we continually voted for Fianna Fail when everyone knew what was going on, we fail to speak out when we see public sector wastage as we are afraid we will upset or friends and relations, we cheat on our taxes, we claim benefits we are not entitled to, we are sheep.
What's that got to do with anything?Do you drive you car flat out all the time?
40+? Yes, there are loads of them. It's hard manual work with the stress of not knowing where the next job will come from, knowing that if they get sick or injured they have no income, worrying about how they will make a living when they do get too old to keep doing what they are doing.Do you get many older 40+ or for that matter 30+ labourers?
What's that [driving your car flat out all the time] got to do with anything?
I don't think anyone seriously thinks that the dep. of social welfare employees are working at that level day in and day out.
What's that got to do with anything?
40+? Yes, there are loads of them. It's hard manual work with the stress of not knowing where the next job will come from, knowing that if they get sick or injured they have no income, worrying about how they will make a living when they do get too old to keep doing what they are doing.
By spoiling your vote, you let them back in.I wasn't complicit in it. I spoiled my vote in the last few elections because there was no candidate I wanted in a position of power.
We see it everyday in our dealings with banks, supermarkets, other retailers, telecom companies, tradesmen etc etc etc. The public sector is not perfect, but it doesn't have a monopoly on ineffeciency.However As regards the public sector everyone knows there is slackness, overpayment, non accountability. How do we know? We are customers.
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