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Mintball wrote:So, crap management again.
Or is it just 'Labour's overspending blah blah keep peddling the lies' again?
Those bloody workers refuse to match the $20 per month that will be paid in the Philippines or Cambodia. Lazy b'stards.
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Hull White Star wrote:So then you'll have read I didn't say it was the governments fault like you accused me of.
I hate it when people ask that question. I don't have a degree in economics, I've never run a country before so it may come as a surprise to you to learn that I don't know technically what they should or shouldn't be doing. What I do know is that they are concentrating on London and the South East without having a clue whats going on up here. I would have thought the first thing would be to find out what is making the companies like Seven Seas move away from the area. Why are Kimberley Clark pulling out of Europe. It doesn't take a rocket scientist (or a towel folder) to be asking these simple questions.
So, you say this is wrong and that's wrong, but you don't have an alternative?
That's what's wrong with this country. People are too quick to criticise, but won't even attempt to fix the problem in favour of just having a whinge.
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Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 14395 Location: Chester
cod'ead wrote:I doubt there'll be many who remember the original Comet business model. They had a large shed on Clough Road in Hull, where they stocked everything in their original shipping cartons. They could undercut other retailers because a quirk in consumer law allowed them to act as wholesalers and avoid consumer legislation. I bought my first HiFi from there and can remember paying around £800-ish in 1978 for a top-range Pioneer system of separates (I re-sold them on eBay a few years ago for not much less than that).
I remember that. Their first store in Wigan was just a warehouse. I bought my first proper Hi Fi from them as well. Garrard 85 turnable, Goodmans receiver and Leak 2030 speakers. Far better sounding than the Japanese tat you subjected yourself to
They used to sell "proper" Hi Fi stuff like that and did it cheaper then anyone else.
Just another high street chain store now.
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Mintball wrote:I didn't suggest that the workforce should make the decisions. Perhaps it's naive, but that what I'd expect management to do – manage. That, we are often told, is why management get paid so much more.
OK, but why aren't management allowed to make mistakes? As I said, no one has the benefit of a crystal ball.
And yes, it's to a degree unfair that the workforce have to pay for those mistakes (or an economic downturn, or whatever) with their jobs, but what alternative is there when there is no money to pay for those workers?
It's a simple enough question, and if someone can come up with an answer, then I am all ears.
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ROBINSON wrote:So, you say this is wrong and that's wrong, but you don't have an alternative?
That's what's wrong with this country. People are too quick to criticise, but won't even attempt to fix the problem in favour of just having a whinge.
No I don't. I don't run the country, nor am I an economist so why would I know how to fix it. I just know the government should be taking more of an interest than they are now.
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