pongo

3 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said:

Can you not comprehend how it a big deal for some people to miss work and not be paid a days wage - wow. 

Perhaps that's an issue which should be addressed by the state.

Just now, Ramseyboi said:

Ah ok.  You must work in an office all the time.  Lots of other people don't and don't get paid if they don't turn up.

Presumably you are not living so hand-to-mouth that you cannot afford to miss a few days work.

Also your clients don't want you taking it to them either.

Just now, Ramseyboi said:

We are specifically talking about colds - not COVID

But you don't want people to test.

Just now, Ramseyboi said:

So?  who takes time off with a cold?  Most people cant afford to do that and most bosses would fire you if you tried.

I doubt that that you are doing anything so important that that you cannot afford to avoid people for a few days and work from home if you have a cold?

Many employers specifically ask people not to bring their colds to work

Just now, Ramseyboi said:

What do you want people to do?  Stay at home in quarantine everytime they have a runny nose?

If people need to go to work to get paid then they will travel on the bus with a cold.  If they need food they will go to the shops etc etc.

Are you one of those germaphobes or is this a post pandemic thing?

If people keep their colds at home fewer people will end up with nasty colds. And fewer working days will be lost.

If you take your cold to the workplace then everyone else gets it too.

2 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said:

Dont expect everyone else to pander to you

I don't expect everyone else to have good manners, no. But anyone spreading their cold around is an oik.

2 minutes ago, Danoo said:

So you keep telling us. We got it the first time.

It's just basic bad manners.

6 minutes ago, Danoo said:

I despair at those who reach for a LFT at the slightest sign of a sniffle.

That's fine. Provided that it becomes unacceptable for anyone to turn up anywhere with a sniffle.

I've always been annoyed by people who take their colds to work/on a flight/to the supermarket etc.

42 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said:

I invite you to Google “Brexit Success Stories” and see what you find.

Seriously though, I invite you to list your top 10 Brexit success stories with respect to the British economy. How is  the British economy now performing better thanks to Brexit?

Granted that many of the people who pushed for Brexit always said that it was not about the economy. And granted it is not "politically correct" to accuse people of being stupid simply because they do not have even a basic understanding of economics or the money supply.

Personally economics is always #1 for me. Because that's how Britain pays for the stuff which makes people's lives better.

7 minutes ago, alpha-acid said:

Grammar Police out over Christmas, or maybe not, could be ambiguous 

That sounds like a cryptic crossword clue.

It's supposed to, right?

44 minutes ago, Roxanne said:

who knows, maybe if it rises high enough people doing shit jobs might be tempted to move career. 

... creating a shortage of people in other sectors and ultimately further fuelling inflation. Causing everyone else to demand higher wages. A vicious circle which always undermines the short term benefits of any pay increase.

Giving into populist demands is what got Britain into such a mess in the years running up to 1979. Over the past few years the London government has seemed determined to undo the good work of the past 40 years.

Those who supported it need to own it  @CallMeCurious

1 hour ago, John Wright said:

That’s really dangerous for a live wine like champagne, or live bottle conditioned beer or ginger beer. Corks or crown corks only. To avoid exploding bottles.

??

Champagne corks are wired on.

There is huge pressure inside a Champagne bottle - it's the much stronger glass and the design of the bottle which prevents them from exploding.

Faulty glass is very occasionally still an issue.

2 hours ago, Roxanne said:

The drop in immigration since the B word will have a knock on effect eventually. And eventually, when staff become more difficult to recruit the hourly rate will rise

Rising wages will not fix the shortage of people. The employable were already employed.

It would be great to see the retirement age rise to help counter the people shortage - but only for those who voted in favour of fewer people.

1 hour ago, Roxanne said:

Yup! Totally Independent article there Pongo. Nice one. 

You could always Google it. If that article offends

7 hours ago, doc.fixit said:

We've never stopped collecting driftwood off the beach, just been down and got the van full of fair sized logs.

https://lifehacker.com/dont-burn-driftwood-at-the-beach-or-anywhere-1834549510

Health Service workers should definitely be paid more.

1 hour ago, Ramseyboi said:

One of the few sectors where staff haven’t taken a financial hit through this nightmare

No. The reality is that the most significant sectors of the IOM economy have done fine since Covid began. Probably because much of the most significant business here is remote.

Significant issues around recruiting staff mean that in general people are earning more in many sectors.

1 hour ago, Ramseyboi said:

I know of 18 in isolation at the moment

Nor do I.

41 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said:

WTAF are you talking about again?

You keep coming out with these cryptic messages about three or four and I have no idea what you are on about.

Please explain

When was that then. Apart from just now?

12 minutes ago, ManxTaxPayer said:

Imagine if you read that there were organisations that were distributing free heroin and cocaine to people to give them a feel for the quality of your gear. 

I'd go for a bit of that.

Or used to know, in this case.

28 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said:

I know of three people who died who would have been dead by now anyway.

It's so sheight how people always seem to know about 3 or 4 people who support their anecdotal evidence.

5 hours ago, Josem said:

Perhaps surprisingly, there was a reduction in suicides across much of the Western world: the Isle of Man is a weird outlier on this front.

In the Isle of Man, there appears* to have been a big increase in suicides during 2020, but in many other Western nations, the suicide rate was flat or lower than previous years.

 

*Manx data here is subject to a whole bunch of limitations relating to how and when suicides are counted etc.

The data for a single is year is statistically meaningless in this context.

17 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said:

The private sector lost lots of revenue and reserves they'll never see again so time for our IOMG to share the burden.

And yet many sectors of business have been expanding - the biggest issue often talked about being around the difficulty of recruitment and the skills shortage - especially tech. And there are so many great unexploited opportunities which the island could be moving into. This is a great place to be based.

If there is too little money then the solution must certainly be to grow the economy (rather than effectively cutting it back). Obviously that means addressing the people shortage.