XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER wrote:ahaha oh deary me.
Mod74 wrote:Whilst that's undoubtedly true the FUCK THE QUEEN attitude much like long hair on men, tartan fur lined jackets and the IRA are all a bit 70s.
Matt_82 wrote:What was the jubilee coverage like in Australia?
Elmlea wrote:That Guardian thing is a bit of a non-story, isn't it? Â People volunteer for stewarding duties in order to get qualification that allows them to work as stewards during the Olympics. Â Woman who runs company points out it's normal to sleep on the coaches, start early and work long days, as they can't afford 2000 hotel rooms. People get told these things before going, yet still go, and then subsequently moan to paper. Â Just stay at home!
SpaceGazelle wrote:It's actually quite a depressing story, and those poor fuckers have a right to be angry.Elmlea wrote:That Guardian thing is a bit of a non-story, isn't it? Â People volunteer for stewarding duties in order to get qualification that allows them to work as stewards during the Olympics. Â Woman who runs company points out it's normal to sleep on the coaches, start early and work long days, as they can't afford 2000 hotel rooms. People get told these things before going, yet still go, and then subsequently moan to paper. Â Just stay at home!
XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER wrote:I bought Limbo last week for $1 on PC. Seems OK from the 15 mins I've given it so far. I'm not seeing an Edge 9, so maybe teh awsum comes later.
Elmlea wrote:They were only told there'd be no pay when they were already there? Â Genuine question, that seems to be the opposite of what the woman in charge was quoted as saying.
Some say they were only informed just before they got on the coach that they wouldn't be paid (the standard rate for this kind of work, CPUK says, is £10 an hour). They couldn't back out, because they were told that any work they might get in the Olympics was riding on the pageant.
Diluted Dante wrote:Some say they were only informed just before they got on the coach that they wouldn't be paid (the standard rate for this kind of work, CPUK says, is £10 an hour). They couldn't back out, because they were told that any work they might get in the Olympics was riding on the pageant.
M0stly harm13ss wrote:Very careful use of the word 'some' there. Now maybe I'm cynical, but that reads to me that they asked a few (or potentially asked around a bit, not actually talking to volunteers) and only a percentage were not informed that it was unpaid at the last minute. Which means that some were. Which makes the actual story 'Some people not told (or didn't listen) that Jubilee marshalling work was unpaid' which isn't as interesting.Diluted Dante wrote:Some say they were only informed just before they got on the coach that they wouldn't be paid (the standard rate for this kind of work, CPUK says, is £10 an hour). They couldn't back out, because they were told that any work they might get in the Olympics was riding on the pageant.
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