Genie Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 As I suspected, Arsenal getting battered on all fronts on social media. They must be run by clueless idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Just now, wazzap24 said: We could recover from this pretty easily, if everybody remembered that money isn’t real. Money, debt and monetary policy are entirely man made concepts that could be changed in any way. We could completely reinvent/reboot the whole system and start again if we wanted to. We ain't supposed to talk about that now get back on the hamster wheel. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Brumerican said: We ain't supposed to talk about that now get back on the hamster wheel. True though innit? Totally made up b******s. It’s just like religion really - made up by man to control man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: True though innit? Totally made up b******s. It’s just like religion really - made up by man to control man. All religions boil down to astronomy and geometry. There is still a lot of wisdom in those coded religions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 46 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: We could recover from this pretty easily, if everybody remembered that money isn’t real. Money, debt and monetary policy are entirely man made concepts that could be changed in any way. We could completely reinvent/reboot the whole system and start again if we wanted to. Ill try that a Morrisons tomorrow. Just walk out without paying and if asked, i'll just say money isn't real 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 42 minutes ago, Genie said: As I suspected, Arsenal getting battered on all fronts on social media. They must be run by clueless idiots. I bet the annual salaries of all 55 staff probably works out to about a month of Ozil's wages. They'll find the money to increase Auba's contract if he stays or offer Willian's a fortune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Xela said: Ill try that a Morrisons tomorrow. Just walk out without paying and if asked, i'll just say money isn't real No, no, no. Suits first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Xela said: I bet the annual salaries of all 55 staff probably works out to about a month of Ozil's wages. They'll find the money to increase Auba's contract if he stays or offer Willian's a fortune. If the staff are on an average of £50k a year, then “carrying them” for 6 months will cost the club (and it’s billionaire owners) about £1.3m. That’s about £100k less than what is reported to be Ozil’s monthly basic (which they offered him even though he was playing shit at the time). Joke club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 £50k is a bit optimistic! I assumed they'd be ticket office staff or admin! Anyway, some of the staff may welcome redundancy, we shouldn't forget about that. They may be rubbing their hands with glee. To be able to shed 55 staff at a business as small as a football club would seem to indicate they haven't really had their eye on the ball for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Xela said: Ill try that a Morrisons tomorrow. Just walk out without paying and if asked, i'll just say money isn't real I’m one step ahead. Time isn’t real either, so I combined the two and walked out of Goldsmiths with a Rolex. It’s why I’ve not been posting much recently, the WiFi in Winson Green is woeful. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Xela said: £50k is a bit optimistic! I assumed they'd be ticket office staff or admin! Anyway, some of the staff may welcome redundancy, we shouldn't forget about that. They may be rubbing their hands with glee. To be able to shed 55 staff at a business as small as a football club would seem to indicate they haven't really had their eye on the ball for a while. Yeah, could be anybody really. Marketing, engineering, project management, ticketing, retail. I went fairly high as it’s London. As you say, it could actually be around 2 weeks of a player who they can afford to not even plays wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 This thread will be a 600 pager by the end of the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 A load of people on LBC banging the drum to force people back into cities and offices, as city centres are suffering, while suburbs and town are doing much better Crazy that people want the public to spend hours a day commuting into offices, just so Pret can make some money 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 34 minutes ago, Mozzavfc said: A load of people on LBC banging the drum to force people back into cities and offices, as city centres are suffering, while suburbs and town are doing much better Crazy that people want the public to spend hours a day commuting into offices, just so Pret can make some money Its crazy isn't it... Getting loads of people back into a small space during a pandemic or move the shop out to the safer area people currently are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Mozzavfc said: A load of people on LBC banging the drum to force people back into cities and offices, as city centres are suffering, while suburbs and town are doing much better Crazy that people want the public to spend hours a day commuting into offices, just so Pret can make some money The sound of panic setting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: The sound of panic setting in. They later had a Brexit MEP on who said that businesses should sack staff who don't want to come into office (despite them being as productive at home) Madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Mozzavfc said: A load of people on LBC banging the drum to force people back into cities and offices, as city centres are suffering, while suburbs and town are doing much better Crazy that people want the public to spend hours a day commuting into offices, just so Pret can make some money It’s not just so Pret can make some money though is it, I wish it was that simple. It Pret make money Pret can employ people, if they don’t make money then jobs will go, more jobs, on top of the thousands lost already. It’s catch-22, stay home and avoid the virus but risk financial ruin which may lead to other health problems, or go out and work, risk catching the virus but avoid destitution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted August 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Mozzavfc said: A load of people on LBC banging the drum to force people back into cities and offices, as city centres are suffering, while suburbs and town are doing much better Crazy that people want the public to spend hours a day commuting into offices, just so Pret can make some money Yeah this is the aspect of the Covid economic response that really bothers me. It’s all based on trying to return to the old economy by propping up failing businesses, rather than looking ahead to how we can invest in the new economy. A bit like when coal mining died out, the solution was never to keep subsidising coal mining jobs, but to invest more broadly in those communities so that the shock of their livelihood collapsing didn’t ruin their lives. The solutions so far just don’t seem very imaginative. An obvious one IMO would be to fund local councils to pedestrianise town centres and for bars / cafes / restaurants to extend outdoor seating. Create safe outdoor social spaces that can be used in winter. Subsidised upgrades of ventilation systems, outdoor toilets, etc. And instead of fretting over the death of the city, invest in the rebirth of the town. With young professionals moving back into smaller towns, it’s an opportunity to make these places more interesting and economically self-sufficient again. More job creation in towns and villages would also enable people who are stuck in big cities on low wage jobs to perhaps move somewhere with a lower cost of living. Many people live in cities out of necessity, not choice. Think this is the kind of conversation the govt need to be having. At the moment Sunak is basically just offering Groupon discounts. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Mozzavfc said: They later had a Brexit MEP on who said that businesses should sack staff who don't want to come into office (despite them being as productive at home) Madness I hadn't fully grasped how wedded the Tories are to offices, traffic jams and commercial real estate, though I probably should have done. I think this might be their second Big Mistake since the election to be honest (the first was not sacking Cummings). They may be misunderstanding how much things have changed. A lot of people, including a lot of their voters, have spent an indian spring sat in the back garden working as much as necessary and no more, and mostly loving it. This is not unconnected to why their polling numbers are so high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 7 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: It’s not just so Pret can make some money though is it, I wish it was that simple. It Pret make money Pret can employ people, if they don’t make money then jobs will go, more jobs, on top of the thousands lost already. It’s catch-22, stay home and avoid the virus but risk financial ruin which may lead to other health problems, or go out and work, risk catching the virus but avoid destitution. That’s the only way it will work? There’s no possible way pret could have a localised home delivery service? Pret couldn’t have a 4 person mobile operation in my town of 45,000 souls, we all have to get in cars for an hour to sit in offices to go to them between 1:00pm and 2:00pm This is tory Britain, they can evolve their model or die. Why not go back to a version of the old office tea lady system. Remember when Mabel used to come around the office at 10:30am with strong tea from an urn and a cheese n pickle sandwich wrapped in a kilo of cling film? Why can’t that be done by local High Street deli’s? If the national chain can’t come to my house with some choices at 10:30, **** ‘em. Evolve or die Pret. Imagine how many more would be employed ‘ice cream van’ style. A little jingle, van parks up, nip out and get a coffee and an iced bun and say hi! To the neighbours. no, no, no let’s all cough on a shitty overpriced train for 2 hours like the good old days before covid. Trouble with the 4 guys from the local deli model, far less share holders, far less London based corporate HQ, far less kick backs for ministers. Get back to the office you plebs! My property portfolio is taking a kicking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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