Daily Archives: June 14, 2006

Fucking pussies

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The title I chose for this post sort of reminds me of an old joke from school:

Q – Whats better than fucking babies?
A – Nothing, its the ultimate.

But, actually what I intended to write about was this story of some pussy at Telstra who was traumatised by bad language at work. He developed anxiety and depression after his bosses told him to “park your little arse in that chair”. He’s now been awarded workers’ compensation for almost 3 months off work because of his emotional distress.

Now I thought, what a fucking pussy! Get a thicker hide, mate. Who’s bothered that much by a bit of swearing? At my work, there’s a fair bit of use of “fuck” and its derivatives (useful word, “fuck” – can be noun, verb, adjective, adverb … just so versatile), “shit” (hardly counts as swearing anymore), and occasionally “cunt”. Its just how it is, and has been most places I’ve ever worked, to varying degrees.

I must say though, that I really can’t stand people who say “fucking” this, “fucking” that in every sentence – that really does demonstrate a certain lack of intelligence and laziness, ie they don’t know or can’t be bothered thinking of another word. And in this Telstra example, where the guy affected by the swearing was a “religious teetoller”, obviously his colleagues and managers showed a distinct lack of sensitivity and basic respect for the guy.

Oh well, fuck, cunt, shit, bum …..take that!!!!

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Just another day in the public service

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Staff at the Rural Payments Agency, part of the British civil service, have clearly not enough work to do.

They have been filling in their busy days by:

  • leaping naked from filing cabinets
  • having sex in the toilets
  • taking drugs
  • using foul language
  • brawling in the reception area
  • holding break dancing contests in working hours
  • vomiting in “official” cups and leaving them to fester in cupboards.

What the hell?  When I was in the public service we did this shit every day, and much worse.  Now I’m in the private sector, I’ve now learnt what hard work is, and what bludgers those public servants really are.

Strangely enough, the behaviour began to come under scrutiny when a memo was sent to managers by staff, who were sick of the shenanigans.  What does that say about the so-called management?  Asleep at the wheel?  To date, “disciplinary action and a dismissal have taken place”.  I would have thought whatever managers were overseeing the people behaving that way ought to have the decency to resign and if not, be sacked.

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