So here we are, August bank Holiday and the annual exodus of over populated Britain heading North for under populated Britain and queueing in the process. This is all greeted with a certain amount of intrigue with the Northern half of the Country as to why anyone would want to leave long queues, bad tempers,ignorant people and being stuffed together like sardines in the big City to sit in long queues, with people with bad tempers, too ignorant to acknowledge you and stuffed like sardines on the M4 and the same when you get to the caravan park/hotel you are heading for is one of life's great mysteries but as they say it takes all sorts!.
The Fracking debate in the South east has been a joy to watch, well from up here in the North it has anyway.
I am not really sure what Fracking does apart from make you double take if someone shouts it to you on a windy day, but my guess is by the fuss being made it will affect day time TV reception in some way as most of the protesters seem fresh from Jeremy Kyle's show, so its plainly hitting a nerve with all those out of work inter-breeding bed hopping DNA tested minority who are as in touch with reality as wrestling on the World Of Sport was on a Saturday afternoon. Who knows if it's good or bad? certainly not me and there is a fair chance MP's don't know either but that seldom stopped them doing stupid things before.
There was a call this week for shoplifters who stole below £50.00 to be handled in-store with the shops own security staff. Now, excuse me for being a dumb ass here but £50.00 to me is a lot of money and if someone deliberately stole that from me I would want the Police to caution them at the very least, it would also give the Police an insight during the arrest into the local community and serve as a barometer to how the local community is being Policed. Telling a hardened drug addict to "never do it again" and if its only "fifty quid" is a ridiculous move and any form of theft is exactly that, theft. It would be more economic to let officers carry iPads and photograph the thief and send his details to an incident room where they can be checked for outstanding warrants etc and then officially cautioned and sent on their way, at least he is in the system and the Officer can go to his next crime instead of getting buried by booking petty thieves into the cells.
While we are on the subject of prisoners it came to my notice this week that many women prisoners in two specific jails are being allowed to ring the general public and ask them about their energy bills. Honestly you couldn't write it, well not unless you are a member of the Prisons authority. Not for these prisoners a bright yellow onesie and a trip to the local park to pick litter in front of everyone they know, oh no, a nice warm office and a chance to annoy the hell out of the general public by ringing them up (usually at teatime... you know the drill) and grill them about how many times they turn a light on or off during the week, so there you have it, they were a nuisance to society on the outside and now we are making them a nuisance to society on the inside... well done whoever thought that trick up!
After a spat with Vodafone this week I am glad to say common sense prevailed. I was given some discount and my phone returned to its normal status, albeit in Craven Arms no 3G. But it does beg the question why you have to jump through so many hoops to get a response from such big companies, they are well financed and have more than enough capability to have service and call centres in most major parts of the UK but refuse. In the end I spoke to customer care and my upheld complaint was adjudged and dealt with very fairly, though I think Mike the manager may be heading for a future visit to charm school when they hear the tape of his telecon with me and rightly so.
So all it leaves me to do is say enjoy your bank holiday and don't get too upset at the queues, tomorrow is another day so enjoy the drive and look at the scenery if you are bored, unless you are driving and you need to keep your eye on the vehicle doing 3 mph in front of you :-)
Happy Bank Holiday!
The Fracking debate in the South east has been a joy to watch, well from up here in the North it has anyway.
I am not really sure what Fracking does apart from make you double take if someone shouts it to you on a windy day, but my guess is by the fuss being made it will affect day time TV reception in some way as most of the protesters seem fresh from Jeremy Kyle's show, so its plainly hitting a nerve with all those out of work inter-breeding bed hopping DNA tested minority who are as in touch with reality as wrestling on the World Of Sport was on a Saturday afternoon. Who knows if it's good or bad? certainly not me and there is a fair chance MP's don't know either but that seldom stopped them doing stupid things before.
There was a call this week for shoplifters who stole below £50.00 to be handled in-store with the shops own security staff. Now, excuse me for being a dumb ass here but £50.00 to me is a lot of money and if someone deliberately stole that from me I would want the Police to caution them at the very least, it would also give the Police an insight during the arrest into the local community and serve as a barometer to how the local community is being Policed. Telling a hardened drug addict to "never do it again" and if its only "fifty quid" is a ridiculous move and any form of theft is exactly that, theft. It would be more economic to let officers carry iPads and photograph the thief and send his details to an incident room where they can be checked for outstanding warrants etc and then officially cautioned and sent on their way, at least he is in the system and the Officer can go to his next crime instead of getting buried by booking petty thieves into the cells.
While we are on the subject of prisoners it came to my notice this week that many women prisoners in two specific jails are being allowed to ring the general public and ask them about their energy bills. Honestly you couldn't write it, well not unless you are a member of the Prisons authority. Not for these prisoners a bright yellow onesie and a trip to the local park to pick litter in front of everyone they know, oh no, a nice warm office and a chance to annoy the hell out of the general public by ringing them up (usually at teatime... you know the drill) and grill them about how many times they turn a light on or off during the week, so there you have it, they were a nuisance to society on the outside and now we are making them a nuisance to society on the inside... well done whoever thought that trick up!
After a spat with Vodafone this week I am glad to say common sense prevailed. I was given some discount and my phone returned to its normal status, albeit in Craven Arms no 3G. But it does beg the question why you have to jump through so many hoops to get a response from such big companies, they are well financed and have more than enough capability to have service and call centres in most major parts of the UK but refuse. In the end I spoke to customer care and my upheld complaint was adjudged and dealt with very fairly, though I think Mike the manager may be heading for a future visit to charm school when they hear the tape of his telecon with me and rightly so.
So all it leaves me to do is say enjoy your bank holiday and don't get too upset at the queues, tomorrow is another day so enjoy the drive and look at the scenery if you are bored, unless you are driving and you need to keep your eye on the vehicle doing 3 mph in front of you :-)
Happy Bank Holiday!
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