So why am I seeing wastage?
Let me tell you a story, a true story that pissed me off massively. There's a lot of resurfacing work being done in my area,both roads and footpaths. A couple of weeks ago on my way to work I passed a workman filling in potholes on a road along the side of a kerb. At the time I kinda felt the guys time would be better spent filling in potholes elsewhere, say on roads where the potholes are actually in the way rather than right up against a kerb where they're more of an eyesore than a hazard.
A week later the entire road was pulled up and resurfaced.
A WEEK later the entire road was pulled up and resurfaced.
A WEEK LATER the ENTIRE ROAD was PULLED UP and resurfaced.
Who the fuck co-ordinates this shit? One week we have a guy being paid to fill in holes, that's a use of manpower, time, materials, money, and the next the guys work is pulled up and the road resurfaced anyway. A complete waste of resources. Resources that we're continually told are stretched so thin they're almost at breaking point. So why the fuck are we wasting time, money and resources like this?
This really reinforces my belief that the bureaucratic infrastructure of the UK is just a massive fucking mess. We've got cheating incompetent shits in Parliament (that's both Scottish and UK bytheway) and worse running the councils, because so far they've been too incompetent even to cheat! (unless they are and we just haven't had the whistle blown on them yet - in which case would you miserable cunts perhaps direct some of that cunning towards running the country rather than raping it, ta.)
I'd be interested to know what if any formal training people in public office receive. We're talking largely about elected positions here, the prerequisite for the job is often standing for the right party in the right constituency at the right time, and something tells me that that's far from enough. I'm not saying we should slap minimum requirements on electoral candidates - that would defeat the ideal of democracy (as pathetically weak as that ideal is under a first-past-the-post electoral system), but I am suggesting we ensure they know what they're doing following election. Maybe give them a couple of months schooling before they're allowed to take their positions/seats/whathaveyou.
freedoms_stain, demanding political competency, out.
Let me tell you a story, a true story that pissed me off massively. There's a lot of resurfacing work being done in my area,both roads and footpaths. A couple of weeks ago on my way to work I passed a workman filling in potholes on a road along the side of a kerb. At the time I kinda felt the guys time would be better spent filling in potholes elsewhere, say on roads where the potholes are actually in the way rather than right up against a kerb where they're more of an eyesore than a hazard.
A week later the entire road was pulled up and resurfaced.
A WEEK later the entire road was pulled up and resurfaced.
A WEEK LATER the ENTIRE ROAD was PULLED UP and resurfaced.
Who the fuck co-ordinates this shit? One week we have a guy being paid to fill in holes, that's a use of manpower, time, materials, money, and the next the guys work is pulled up and the road resurfaced anyway. A complete waste of resources. Resources that we're continually told are stretched so thin they're almost at breaking point. So why the fuck are we wasting time, money and resources like this?
This really reinforces my belief that the bureaucratic infrastructure of the UK is just a massive fucking mess. We've got cheating incompetent shits in Parliament (that's both Scottish and UK bytheway) and worse running the councils, because so far they've been too incompetent even to cheat! (unless they are and we just haven't had the whistle blown on them yet - in which case would you miserable cunts perhaps direct some of that cunning towards running the country rather than raping it, ta.)
I'd be interested to know what if any formal training people in public office receive. We're talking largely about elected positions here, the prerequisite for the job is often standing for the right party in the right constituency at the right time, and something tells me that that's far from enough. I'm not saying we should slap minimum requirements on electoral candidates - that would defeat the ideal of democracy (as pathetically weak as that ideal is under a first-past-the-post electoral system), but I am suggesting we ensure they know what they're doing following election. Maybe give them a couple of months schooling before they're allowed to take their positions/seats/whathaveyou.
freedoms_stain, demanding political competency, out.
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