On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:03:39 +0000 (UTC), B.M. Wright
wrote:
> I have to say, the recurring comment about German people
>buggering off to the pub early on a Friday makes me laugh. Why?
>Because its coming from someone in the UK, where, the people I worked
>with for nearly 3 years would bugger off at noon ANY day of the week.
>Theyd either get so pissed they never came back to work or even worse
>they came back into work between 4-6pm completely sh*tfaced and tried to
>complete potentially dangerous (for the business, not physically
>dangerous) tasks.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with anyone going and getting pissed
out of their skulls at anytime of the day or night its their liver not
mine except when they are supposed to be running a company that is
SUPPOSED to be providing a service to the public 24/7. Sipgate staff
buggered of on the pretence of attending some exhibition or other on a
Friday afternoon not long ago and left the operation to fend for
itself and the whole thing collapsed on the Saturday leaving customers
with no service until Monday lunchtime .This sort of action is totally
un excusable and unforgivable and was wholly instrumental in turning
me against Sipgate from that weekend on . Had the system failed while
staff where in attendance and where doing their best to get the
service working again it would have been a different matter entirely .
> In short: Pot, kettle, kettle, pot. Even the media in the UK
>admits that Brits are known as some of the biggest pissheads around and
>its a major problem there.
Dont tar us all with the same brush it is that long since I have been
in a pub I have forgotten what the inside of one looks like and I
certainly do not drink alcohol in the house . I have had a bottle of
malt whisky here for at least ten years unopened and I cant see it
ever being opened in my lifetime .
> One more thing, in
>Ivors defense, although he is repeatedly attacked,
He only gets attacked due to his relentless promoting and defending of
Sipgate and his undisclosed interest in that company.