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From: Chris Bartram on 25 Jun 2010 03:35 On 24/06/2010 23:47, Clive George wrote: > On 24/06/2010 20:26, Chris Bartram wrote: > >> That's avoiding the point. They weren't being paid to ignore people. > ... >> Perhaps because the roads were quiet? I go shopping when the matches are >> on, because driving there is less tedious. I don't see what's cuntish >> about expecting someone to do their job, I'm afraid. > > Why is it that so many people have got this wrong? Their job at that > point isn't necessarily to sell cars to Kev. If management are happy > with them watching telly, that's within the scope of their job at the time. > Assuming the management *know*, I'd take your point. Hardly gives a good impression though.
From: Brimstone on 25 Jun 2010 03:47 "Silk" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:i00em8$rkk$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 24/06/2010 20:19, Brimstone wrote: > >> There are those who have. Social class has nothing to do with getting a >> commission. > > Yeah, in theory. And that comment is based on what personal experience exactly?
From: Brimstone on 25 Jun 2010 05:06 "Clive George" <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:I5KdnaNfb8MHQ77RnZ2dnUVZ8nMxAAAA(a)brightview.co.uk... > On 24/06/2010 18:33, Brimstone wrote: > >> Because that's their job, it's what they're being paid to do. > > Since when have you decided what their job is? > > Are you the management at a car dealership? No? Well, in that case, you > have absolutely no control over defining what their job is and what > they're being paid to do. > I don't need to have control over them to know that they are car sales men or women. Car salesmen sell cars. That's their job. Or are you now going to suggest that they're really paid to sit on their arses watching whatever happens to be on the telly and only attend to customers during the commercial breaks?
From: Brimstone on 25 Jun 2010 05:08 "Clive George" <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:SYKdnT3NeLdyfL7RnZ2dnUVZ8tqdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > On 24/06/2010 21:19, Ret. wrote: > >> Because I wanted to get away from the incessant football yatter on the >> box. > > I appear to have avoided incessant football yatter on the box very > effectively for at least the past ten years. There are various controls > which enable me to do this, ranging from selecting a different source to > switching the thing off. > > 3pm on a glorious summers day - I can think of many things better than > either car shopping or watching telly. Why weren't you out enjoying the > garden or the fine countryside your house is surrounded with? Maybe a day > trip somewhere nice? You're retired, you've got the time to do that sort > of thing - why waste it in the way you're doing? Because it's his choice.
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on 25 Jun 2010 07:38
On 24 June, 13:50, Silk <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On 24/06/2010 13:17, Nkosi (ama-ecosse) wrote: > > > Why would I be bitter, for some sad bastards the SWC is the be all and > > end all of their life, I have far greater ambition. > > Lorry driving? Not in a million years dosn't pay enough Nkosi |