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A well deserved award Ken, although I would say, for such a high level of prattiness, a more prestigious award would be more appropriate because, afterall, he has taken being a prat to a whole new level.....It is sad that being a prat is not an olympic sport, as we would be almost guaranteed a gold;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, well-deserved! To add insult to injury, he is reported as saying that 'he saw no reason to apologise'! Where do they find these people?
ReplyDeleteKnobhead Of The Year would be far more appropriate here!
ReplyDeleteHartnett is one pathetic tosser
The final point in the article, hits the nail on the head. As a nation, we've sailed into the 21st Century carrying some major baggage and assumptions which no longer automatically apply. One being that it's perfectly acceptable for organisations to couple their operations with people's lives to astounding levels of detail.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, people's lives and behaviours are becoming more complicated and fast changing, so if the systems living off our lives want to keep up, they too have to change rapidly. But of course most don't. Nor do they give up and go away; they just keep on keeping on, creating a drag instead.
The anomalies pop up everywhere.
In call centres they often ask: “What is your occupation?”. There was an article recently by some life coach who reckoned we should think twice before taking a [typical] job. It involves exchanging our time for income – the former being naturally limited. “The world is changing”, he said, “it's no longer necessary to have an occupation to bring in an income”.
An insurance company once asked for my job title. I don't have one. Traditionally, a job title was created mainly to define someone's status in life. Usually the shorter the title, the higher the status (ranging from 'God' at the top to 'Deputy Assistant Lavatorial Hygiene Engineer Without Portfolio' somewhere near the bottom). It also saved money for organisations insofar as many people would trade status for income, but otherwise it adds no real value.
Another topic dear to my heart is the BBC and their licence fee. Designed for a time when it took four people to carry a TV into a house, but not well suited to catching someone watching their favourite programme on a mobile phone on the bus.
Obviously, some sort of commercial relationship is often required (revenue collection can't be avoided) but the current approach of intensely tight coupling to people's lives isn't the only possibility.
Yep, the HMRC is way out of date. I had problems recently when my company was taken over and I was transferred onto the new payroll system of my new company.
ReplyDeleteMy old company was using tax office A, the new one in tax office B.
My PAYE got screwed up, so I was put onto a code for having two jobs, on my main income, so losing all my tax free allowance.
I phoned tax office A: "Sorry sir, your new employer isn't registered with us, you'll have to call tax office B."
Then I phoned tax office B: "Sorry sir, *your* details aren't registered with us, you'll have to phone tax office A."
I did manage to sort the mess out in the end, with the help of my employer (who almost certainly had a part in the screw up), but could anything be more ridiculous?
Why do we need multiple tax offices that can't/won't talk to each other anyway?
And the amount of fuss it creates when you add/change taxable benefits is unreal. Bin the lot of it and have tax returns for everyone, PAYE just doesn't work any more.
Anonymous: 'In call centres they often ask: “What is your occupation?”'.
ReplyDeleteUnless my call was actually related to employment, I'd tell them to 'mind their own @%&#**!! business!'
'There was an article recently by some life coach who reckoned we should think twice before taking a [typical] job. It involves exchanging our time for income – the former being naturally limited. “The world is changing”, he said, “it's no longer necessary to have an occupation to bring in an income."'
Really, how is one supposed to obtain the readies to buy food, clothes etc and pay ones bills? Is this 'life coach' (whatever that is) advocating robbing banks or committing other crimes for a living?
Millions do it your Lordship.
ReplyDeleteThe most important thing is developing the right attitude. That opens doors. But robbing a bank is not the only alternative to working nine to five!