From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:06 In article <1hq4z1o.1ir735mx9m0rN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > > It's just that it's a lot easier to replace some bloke picking crops or > driving a truck than it is to replace middle and senior management > positions. You reckon? Tons of unemployed middle management types whilst they're having to import labour and drivers from Poland. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: SteveH on 10 Dec 2006 18:09 Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > It's just that it's a lot easier to replace some bloke picking crops or > > driving a truck than it is to replace middle and senior management > > positions. > > You reckon? Tons of unemployed middle management types whilst they're > having to import labour and drivers from Poland. Erm, well, you can import a driver from Poland to drive a truck, but it's a bit harder to import a fluent English speaking business manager. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:09 In article <1hq513p.ew5md51c88f8qN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote > > > > > > what's > > > the point when it's only for me and the wife? > > > > > > > > Oh, how sad. Have you considered artificial insemination? > > It's a lifestyle choice. > > Once again, the lack of any kind of education or social skills of the > average trucker are showing. > Pot, kettle, black anyone? ROFLMAO. Ever thought lorry driving might be a lifestyle choice? -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:10 In article <1hq52ag.13gjded1hddwljN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Through previous employment, I've met more drivers than most people have > had hot dinners. > Exaggeration. > I'd say around 10% of them were normal, literate people. The other 90% > were some kind of sub-human mutants with all the literacy, social skills > and personal hygiene standards of a rabid dog. > Says our resident illiterate halfwit. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:11
In article <1hq57w4.1e6gz6lmvte4xN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > I sneer because one day HGV driving is the best job in the world and the > next day they need our sympathy because it's a shite job. > Every job has good and bad days. > When asked why they don't get a different job, it's suddenly the best > job in the world again Lifestyle choice. You know, like the one you're bleating on about taking? -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us. |