hillshepherd Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 mannin1, you took the words out of my mouth!......the govt. are feathering their own nests and crapping on the rest of us......what's next, close all surgeries and have them in chemists?....oh...they've already suggested that. its privatisation,and its needed to save £750 000 which the manx post office is losing on its overstaffed underworked gold plated pension employees'i know there will be the usual bitching and whinging on here from the socialist nutters,but socialism ALWAYS runs out of other peoples money,and finally our government are being forced to accept this nasty fact of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It's running at £750,000 loss. With 19 redundancies at say £20,000 each, that's a saving of £375k, with the rest made up by moving out of the huge buildings that they are currently situated in. This will be spun as a convenience for the rabble, they'll now be able to get their dole - walk 3 steps, and get their fags too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The slow motion train smash continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I've only just heard this news this morning so I need time to fully digest it rather than giving a knee jerk reaction. I'm not best pleased right now though to say the least! The Spar is a fucking nightmare to shop in most of the time and this is only going to make the experience worse in my opinion. I'm sure there must be something that can be done to prevent this but I don't know what yet. I'll have to try and find out some more information and see what's what. We're asking people what they think about it in the shop this morning and aside from 1 customer, the response has been entirely negative towards this decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Every time there is a money saving scheme put forward those on here start whinging. Every time there isn't a moneysaving scheme put forward those on here start whinging. It has been repeated time and again - money is short services are going to be cut/reduced/reconfigured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 There are some things that are an essential public service. Not many, but some. While it may be do big deal to travel ten miles plus from a village to a Main Post Office in England to travel even a couple of miles and then (try to) find a parking place on the island is a different matter. Regent St. is well placed for people who want the services and facilities of a Main PO. It is close to where they do a lot of their shopping and is convenient for people who travel into town by car, and most importantly by bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The Spar shop is about 30 paces away. It is also, of course, even nearer to where they do their shopping (being actually on the street, not round the corner) - your argument does not seem to stack up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Instead of the managed decline, retraining, reskilling, and the adjusting of the economy that we could have done from 2006 and the scope of government report...we are now entering chaotic decline with little room in the current economy to absorb the casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 AT - how right you are. This whole problem was known about, reports were drafted suggesting how we can do things better ....... All ignored. My personal view is that every politician and every senior civil servant who can have responsibility attached to them should have their current salaries cut by about 30% and their cs pensions cut by 50%. If not maybe we should test our lamp posts to see how strong they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zammo Maguire Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 We're asking people what they think about it in the shop this morning and aside from 1 customer, the response has been entirely negative towards this decision. Are you asking them when they actually last stepped inside a post office as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The Post Office is the heart of, and part of the civic pride, of any town up and down the country. The Regent Street P.O. is the centrepiece of downtown Douglas and its retail area. Ditto for Ramsey. This decision is a death knell for Douglas and Ramsey and these f***wits have no idea. I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Regent street is not closing, it is becoming a sub post office. It is probably quite a good business for someone to take on. It raises the question -- why can't the government run it properly on behalf of the taxpayer without incurring a loss? Why do they have to give it to someone in the private sector, who will be in it to make a profit, in order for it to magically become a good business venture? I don't understand it at all. Couple of clues. They won't have as many staff. They won't be on public sector pay and conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I was surprised by the statement that Post Office has to provide Treasury with £2M profit per year, so it's not just there providing a service then, and how can they quantify the outcome of closing Regent St & Ramsey ?, people may just go elsewhere than Spar who maybe have assumed they will pick up all of the traffic that used to go to PO ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if this decision is being 'engineered' in time for the run up to the next election. So that despite the rest of the carnage of cuts and stealth tax rises, MHKS will 'come out fighting' of course. Granny farming and granny herding at its best...this issue becomes the major focus at the election and the dimwits get restored at the next election...Whilst the half wits that allow them back feel they've actually achieved something. Cynical? Moi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I suggest that the people who are accusing us of whinging read and digest 'Private Island' by James Meek. That's it, no other comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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