This was supposed to be posted last night, but I didn’t get around to it.
While I was cooking dinner and doing last night’s washing up and feeding the cats, Carol was watching TV and drinking the coffee I made for her when we got in from work. This, I should explain, is a demarcation between management and labour: she manages to watch TV while I labour in the kitchen. At one point she was watching “You Are What You Eat”. That presenter must have eaten a lot of ‘ugly’ food.
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Following on from my previous rants about the muslim schoolgirl, I now hear of a school that sent home a white girl because she had her hair braided. The head teacher ruled that only girls of Afro-Caribbean origin can have braided hair. This is not a religious thing; this is not even an ethnic thing; it is a fashion thing. What next? Only boys of Afro-Caribbean origins are allowed to wear tracksuits and baseball caps backwards? I have said this before - when there are rules, they should be rules for everybody, not make exceptions. This only causes resentment and problems. Imagine a maths test where calculators are banned for everybody except one person. See who gets beatn up in the playground afterward.
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Some of you may know I work for a company of bedshops as a salesman. Recently I was in our Croydon store and I remembered an incident that happened to one of my colleagues which shows how strange people are. Directly opposite our store is Dreams, a rival company. Recently there was a fire in the flat above Dreams and they had to shut for about 3 days. My colleague received a phone call from a customer angrily saying “Am I getting my bed delivered today?” On obtaining her name he checked his deliveries for that day and his current invoices. He informed her that he had no delivery or invoice in her name. She then said “That’s what I am concerned about, as I saw the shop opposite has had a fire.” My colleague said “Yes, Dreams.” “That’s who I ordered my bed from,” she said, getting more angry. “So why don’t you know abou the delivery?”
“I don’t work for Dreams” he replied. “You need to contact Dreams.” By now she is very impatient. “Give me their number!” “I don’t have it” he said. “This is stupid” she shouted “Why don’t you?” “Because I don’t work for Dreams” he replied wearily.
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Today I have been working in Tooting and near our shop is an advertising hoarding where they are advertising “new and improved family benefit”. Why do they need to advertise a payment? Are they afraid it won’t catch on? What next - “Claim one week, get another free”?
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Now we are in election fever (spell that stupor) I don’t know which I find most annoying, smarmy politicians or idiots who throw eggs, etc at them. You have a vote to express your opinion with (and if you are a muslim and live in certain areas, ie Birmingham) several votes. (See previous rants about the establishment of a Western Islamic State).
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Following on from my previous rants about the muslim schoolgirl, I now hear of a school that sent home a white girl because she had her hair braided. The head teacher ruled that only girls of Afro-Caribbean origin can have braided hair. This is not a religious thing; this is not even an ethnic thing; it is a fashion thing. What next? Only boys of Afro-Caribbean origins are allowed to wear tracksuits and baseball caps backwards? I have said this before - when there are rules, they should be rules for everybody, not make exceptions. This only causes resentment and problems. Imagine a maths test where calculators are banned for everybody except one person. See who gets beatn up in the playground afterward.
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Some of you may know I work for a company of bedshops as a salesman. Recently I was in our Croydon store and I remembered an incident that happened to one of my colleagues which shows how strange people are. Directly opposite our store is Dreams, a rival company. Recently there was a fire in the flat above Dreams and they had to shut for about 3 days. My colleague received a phone call from a customer angrily saying “Am I getting my bed delivered today?” On obtaining her name he checked his deliveries for that day and his current invoices. He informed her that he had no delivery or invoice in her name. She then said “That’s what I am concerned about, as I saw the shop opposite has had a fire.” My colleague said “Yes, Dreams.” “That’s who I ordered my bed from,” she said, getting more angry. “So why don’t you know abou the delivery?”
“I don’t work for Dreams” he replied. “You need to contact Dreams.” By now she is very impatient. “Give me their number!” “I don’t have it” he said. “This is stupid” she shouted “Why don’t you?” “Because I don’t work for Dreams” he replied wearily.
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Today I have been working in Tooting and near our shop is an advertising hoarding where they are advertising “new and improved family benefit”. Why do they need to advertise a payment? Are they afraid it won’t catch on? What next - “Claim one week, get another free”?
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Now we are in election fever (spell that stupor) I don’t know which I find most annoying, smarmy politicians or idiots who throw eggs, etc at them. You have a vote to express your opinion with (and if you are a muslim and live in certain areas, ie Birmingham) several votes. (See previous rants about the establishment of a Western Islamic State).