On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:51:30 -0700, Owain wrote:

On Sep 17, 11:38Â*pm, Bob Eager wrote:
I've always thought that applied to many workers in councils. There are
professional exceptions (e.g. BCOs) but the average worker seems to be
someone who wasn't good enough to get a job elsewhere. They have a low
paid and boring job, and make it bearable by using and abusing any
power they have.

I am currently waiting for an explanation of why a missing fire
extinguisher in my local council offices has not been replaced.

I reported it 9+ weeks ago.

I'd expect it to be replaced within 24 hours.

I have established that the council had no risk assessment, no record of
inspection, and no written record of my report or any subsequent action
in respect of the missing extinguisher.

I am confident the managers in the council are not low paid.

I agree. They are just the managers who couldn't get a job elsewhere!

My elderly mother-in-law had endless problems with her council. They
wrote to her saying they hadn't managed to contact her (they'd been round
but she didn't hear them, they said). So they decided to come in and
basically destroy her entire garden because of an overhanging branch
(from one of *their* trees). They constantly ignore perfectly reasonable
requests and comments, I am sure because they think they can get away
with it. She is 90 years old.

Oh, the reason they couldn't get an answer is that she goes out every day
for several hours, to shop and socialise! The DWP (who decided to 'audit'
her this week) were disbelieving of the fact that she might actually be
out unless they booked it with her.



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