1. They've been constantly attacked by the media, particularly Lord Mandelson the Rothschild Lapdog.2. Because they're the Little Guy.
3. It's a strike. How can you not support a strike?
4. I'm not relying on RM for any urgent mail.
5. Because some of them showed up to strike drunk. Class.
6. Inevitably, the result of the disruption is a surge in demand for private postal services. Sob. Marketplace defeats government again, eh?
Face it, RM is as unsustainable as every facet of our (mostly) post-WW2 socialisation project.
take a look at john pilger's excellent report on this taking in brown's fire sale of british assets. don't have the link on me - google it.
ReplyDeleteYep, all going to the best connected bidder. But that was the point behind government taking on all those assets in the first place.
ReplyDeleteSocialise - Destroy - Move in - Buy up - Make them slaves.
Just like the 3rd world.
We're gonna get a taste of our own medicine.
Well, I blame the greedy Chief Executives on their six figure incomes. What do they actually do in these organisations except syphon much needed money and funds that these organisations could use to fund better more streamlined services, equipment and training for their staff.
ReplyDeletePay the people who actually DO the work more money and stop wasting money on these people (CEOs) who go on long holidays, brunch and have over-inflated pensions and generally suck up all the organisation's profits and don't know how to manage effectively.
The Royal Mail's services reminds me of a third world service. I personally don't expect such terrible service from a so called 'developed' nation.
Hundreds of Post Offices have been shut down, letters do not arrive for weeks or even months, debit and credit cards are stolen in the post opening up the owners to massive frauds.
In the meantime, these CEOs sit around as though the situation will solve itself.
The people who actually do the work need to get paid for their hard work, not the people who are sucking the life force out of it.
Greed and mismanagement is ruining the UK!
What we are missing is a population of at least semi-conscious consumers. I don't believe we can use force (government) to make businesses better. If people, probably two thirds of the people who are currently brain damaged by the corporate messages on TV, were to open their eyes for even a moment, most of our problems re corporate rule would be solved.
ReplyDeleteThe good thing about the marketplace is that we do have the basic freedom to withdraw from doing business with anyone, which is my idea of regulation personally. Kind of idealistic maybe, but if people in general were more aware of what's going on around them we wouldn't be complaining so much because there's no way big business would be so dominating.
That blue pill is just way too comforting for some to refuse, though.