Posts by Che Tibby
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There are plenty of senior school teachers, nurses and doctors who deserve quarterly team-building sessions at the island resort of their choice, but they don't get it.
but they would jump at the chance were they offered it.
craig, you seem to be arguing on one hand that you'd like better services (i.e. the dhb), but on the other hand you want them delivered by the kinds of people who work for a pittance, have no job satisfaction whatsoever, are generally willing to be treated like sheep.
do you see any difficulty in getting the former if you're employing the latter?
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OK, if you'll pay Kate Wilkinson the same courtesy and say she's been on the receiving end of a "beat up" quite explicitly and gleefully driven by Trevor Mallard. That would be utter bullshit as well, but fair's fair.
criticising a minister for doing his job, and criticising a half-arsed story are two entirely different things...
If I was working at that level as public service or private sector, it's the minimum treatment I would expect for my skills and services.
exactly. it's hard enough keeping people in the public service without telling them they're allowed:
1. no fun
2. to be the subject of constant harassment as the whipping boys of the media. -
there's too many for my liking that are just an excuse to socialize, get rip-roaring drunk, and then try not to vomit during your presentation the next morning.
sure. but there are two questions you want to attach to that statement.
1. is this any different to the private sector?
2. would we be getting better value for money by purchasing this same service from the private sector?and the last one is very serious. people can beat up on the public service all they like, but you couldn't get the same value for money if you were purchasing health care, education or other essential services out of your own pocket.
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And perhaps most people in the public sector get that public scrutiny goes with the territory, and aren't quite so bloody precious about it.
we live with public scrutiny of our actions every day craig.
how about you practice some of that calling a spade a spade you're so proud of and recognise this story for what it is, a media beat-up?
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I'm always amazed by how tight a leash even relatively senior public servants are on with respect to entertainment expenses
when i was at IRD we had two dockets for drinks at the christmas party. total cost? $8.
the food was a buffet however, in petone. your average buffet will come in under $25 a head.
and that was it. not a cent more was spent on us, and people were saving how flash it was.
meanwhile, back when i was the fixit/handyman at an auckland law firm while studenting i got plastered on expensive wine, and was given a hamper containing among other things, caviar.
i'd been working for them for 4 weeks...
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Sofie, Australian super contributions made by kiwis are payable to the payer once they've reached the age at which the benefit is payable. They're not forfieted but they're not, currently, portable.
and ain't it a hassle. i've a bunch of money in an aussie super fund i can't touch until i retire...
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The islanders are standing on the deserted airstrip, waiting for the cargo.
my first genuine LOL in ages...
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i've always thought cremated if i die of illness, and buried if i die in a firey crash.
and! hopefully buried in one of andrews coffins, and not compressed into a diamond.
personally i'm a great fan of the wake. when my maternal grandmother died, the snide old cow she was, my grandfather sat in their lounge and all her sisters turned up. the old people shared stories, we all drank wine, and i have never been so happy-sad ever since. let's face it, it's hard to get septagenarians to rage out. but we made do.
the music at the official-type ceremony will have to be "lay me down" by the frames.
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Here in the UK the deal is UNLIMITED broadband
i think peter is thinking the old ihug model.
and i say, why not?
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@paul b. as long as it costs less and has comparable speeds to overseas cities, i'll be a pig in mud.