slow workers

[Andrew L]

The vast majority of human beings consistently make poor personal choices eg eat wrong food: get fat, buy a car or house bigger than they need and wonder why they are always in debt etc.  During WW2 the nation was at its all time healthiest: why? Because rationing took away the personal choice regarding food and the war took away the manpower meaning everyone had to get their finger's out and physically work for the collective good.

At the war's conclusion, everyone had experienced the "hard times" and resolved "never again" just like after WW1 but memories fade, people refuse to read and learn from history and so history repeats itself.  Hence the cyclic pattern.

 

The solution is better education both of history and self-management IMO.

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

2 hours ago, Andrew L said:

The vast majority of human beings consistently make poor personal choices eg eat wrong food: get fat, buy a car or house bigger than they need and wonder why they are always in debt etc.  During WW2 the nation was at its all time healthiest: why? Because rationing took away the personal choice regarding food and the war took away the manpower meaning everyone had to get their finger's out and physically work for the collective good.

At the war's conclusion, everyone had experienced the "hard times" and resolved "never again" just like after WW1 but memories fade, people refuse to read and learn from history and so history repeats itself.  Hence the cyclic pattern.

 

The solution is better education both of history and self-management IMO.

 

 

Are you saying the “never again” was to war or overeating?

[naturarbo]

On 17/06/2022 at 22:51, Mull said:

 

For many I think it was when we became parents and “ wanted the best” for our little darlings.

 

being a father tells me different

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

On 18/06/2022 at 08:30, Stere said:

I remember watching some docu about fisher folk in malaysia living on a floating village or some such thing. All the very young kids were so agile and assured climbing about like gymnasts  and working at various manual tasks.

 

In the  UK I have  noticed many  kids are  so un coordinated they can hardly catch a softly thrown  tennis ball etc.

 

Thinking that the huge contrast in early enviroment must make some difference to  a childs future developement skills etc.

 

 

Absolutely agree with that. 

[aspenarb]

Most of the problems nippers have are based around their addiction to mobile phones and social media. They are more worried about how they are perceived on twitterbook and facetube than anything they can achieve, its a race to the bottom. Found an Iphone on a job the other day and the thing was flat, took it home to charge it and I turned it on in the hope someone would phone the number so I could return it, this thing was bombed with social media messages non stop all weekend, eventually tracked down the nipper that owned it. Absolutely no way could that lad ever concentrate on anything he does, its a disease that's wiping out a generation.

 

Bob

[Mick Dempsey]

I (politely for me) asked a guy to leave the phone for a bit cos we were working.

 

”I’m dealing with something important!” was his reply.

[Marc Lewis]

I (politely for me) asked a guy to leave the phone for a bit cos we were working.
 
”I’m dealing with something important!” was his reply.

Wow!!

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, Marc Lewis said:

58 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I (politely for me) asked a guy to leave the phone for a bit cos we were working.
 
”I’m dealing with something important!” was his reply.

Wow!!

I know, he actually shouted at me, got to admit I was rather taken aback.

[5thelement]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I know, he actually shouted at me, got to admit I was rather taken aback.

If your weed is running low though, it’s running low.😂

[eggsarascal]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I (politely for me) asked a guy to leave the phone for a bit cos we were working.

 

”I’m dealing with something important!” was his reply.

Deal with important things in your own time, or run it by me before it happens when I'm paying you.