Month: June 2003

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My new hard drive has

My new hard drive has arrived. Prepare for much swearing and cursing when I (attempt to) install it this evening.
Meanwhile, I’ve just ordered a flat panel monitor for the nursery – much more straightforward.

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Whatever your opinion of

Torness Nuclear Power Station, East Lothian
Whatever your opinion of nuclear energy, I don’t think it could be disputed that many of the power stations are striking, even beautiful, examples of architecture, many exemplifying the "White Heat" technology age of the 1950s and 1960s.
Image of Torness from Reuters.

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A little while ago, we

A little while ago, we took on a new member of staff at the nursery. I really don’t think she is going to last the course. Today there is a little rain here. She has just said that she can’t go out in the rain because it makes her hair go curly. Last week it was alternately too hot and too cold. It strikes me that she just isn’t cut out for working on a nursery, and certainly won’t survive the winter. In fact, I honestly doubt that she’ll survive the summer. Which means that we’ll be going through the whole recruitment rigmarole again soon. Gah.

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OK. Let me get this

OK. Let me get this right. The unions are upset that companies are moving call centre activities abroad in order to save money. Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t these the same unions that campaigned for a minimum wage and are now campaigning for it to be dramatically increased (and speaking as an employer that has always paid above minimum pay, I can assure you that it has had an upward impact on all wages, which has a knock-on effect on to other prices, including property).
What makes me think that the unions are incredibly divorced from common sense is that they are threatening strike action unless things change. When will they learn that this sort of activity will only drive more employers abroad and deter inward investment to this country?