waz
@waz@feddit.uk
- Comment on I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it. 4 days ago:
Tannins.
- Comment on ‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response 1 week ago:
They did, what’s next?
- Comment on Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’ 1 week ago:
They created a toxic work environment, and I’d just legislate them out of existence.
- Comment on Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’ 1 week ago:
The short version is; These delivery companies created a modern slavery situation which simultaneously creates road safety and personnel safety issues. Simple solution, ban deliveroo, just eat and ubereats outright. Delivery drivers should be employees of takeway companies. Then minimum wages can be enforced and traceability and transparency for all rights and safeguards can be seen. Bonus is, you’re not going to get hit by an unlicensed e-moto in a city centre by some shattered forgotten body who may or may not be entitled to work.
- Comment on Disabled people ‘effectively working for free for rest of year due to pay gap’ 2 weeks ago:
But the issue then is equal pay for the roles, which is already protected. The pay gap phrasing is not helpful is my point, and should be made more clear that the issue is opportunity. And this is very easy to understand that organisations have to put effort into making it possible for persons with disabilities to be able to work in their organisation in roles the more able persons would be automatically able to do so.
- Comment on Disabled people ‘effectively working for free for rest of year due to pay gap’ 2 weeks ago:
This is irritating, not because disabled people don’t deserve fair chances, but because of the measure of the ‘pay-gap’. This is the same issue with ‘gender pay gap’. It does not mean that people are getting paid differently because of being disabled, or because of gender. It is a measure of how often people have the salary they have based on having jobs that get certain salaries. Again; if they did the same job, they get paid the same. But they do different jobs and therefore get paid differently. So the issue is, how to make more types of jobs available to disabled people, not how to pay them fairly, equal pay is already a legal right.
- Comment on NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ 2 weeks ago:
The outward facing V of two-fingers meaning offence predates Churchill by a few centuries.
- Comment on We will not follow legal requirements, faith school tells Ofsted 3 weeks ago:
Blocked link, but also, just shut them down if they can’t follow standards
- Comment on How deprived is your area? Look up your postcode as new data for England released 3 weeks ago:
St.George’s Cross would be my metric, to similar effect
- Comment on Andrew Windsor could face private prosecution, Republic says 4 weeks ago:
Not in the slightest. News occurs to me naturally via diverse sources, I don’t go looking for news about republic campaigning groups, and clearly succeeded in never finding any. Except this reference today. Which I’m emotionless about to be fair. Andrew is a disgrace though, I don’t disagree that he should be dragged through the same shit a commoner would if found noncing
- Comment on Andrew Windsor could face private prosecution, Republic says 4 weeks ago:
Never heard of them, 52years of first hand experience as a homegrown Brit.
- Comment on Keir Starmer in crisis as Labour drops to 16% in devastating new poll 2 months ago:
Also, people treat polls as a kick up the arse for the incumbent, then vote on their personal politics come election day. So it’s really unlikely even the lead in the polls will see that in reality.
- Comment on Keir Starmer in crisis as Labour drops to 16% in devastating new poll 2 months ago:
It originated from prisoners who have done something despicable, so that they would be at risk from the rest of the prison population: Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise. NONCE.
- Comment on UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows 2 months ago:
If it’s mean to be a single digit multiple of the uk tax, at 3k, then it can’t be 66k
- Comment on UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows 2 months ago:
More sloppy reporting from the guardian, at least proof read the work. Tax £66,610 on an 85,000 vehicle? 3 times as much as the cost in the uk of £3200? I think someone put another 0 on that, ABs they still managed to publish it.
- Comment on Prince Harry makes surprise visit to Ukraine pledging support for thousands injured in war 2 months ago:
He left, so their wealth is not his to spend, but he wouldn’t be in a privileged position to start with without them. Not sure why the Guardian is calling him Prince still though, unless it’s just for reader recognition, rather than just some Harry bloke.
- Comment on You're Welcome, Grandma! 2 months ago:
Who lit the fuse on your tampon? Always helps I find.
- Comment on UK banks face lawsuits over mortgages that left people with huge debts 2 months ago:
Read the article; “borrowed £33,000 from Barclays in 1998, but her debt to the bank is now estimated at about £660,000 and could rise further.” That is really bad and would never be outweighed by the rise in the property value.
- Comment on Starmer: Leaving ECHR puts UK ‘on par with Russia and Belarus’ 2 months ago:
“Sir Keir Starmer has made a forthright defence of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and said those calling for the country to leave it were “not serious” people.”
First paragraph of the article.
- Comment on New to printing, not sure how to diagnose issues 2 months ago:
teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration
Follow the steps and you’ll get greatly improved results. I think it looks like under extrusion, and others think about other things, But calibrating all of the items in the guide will get you to check that in the early steps.
- Comment on human geography 3 months ago:
So you’re not going to tell us the phrase he actually said then? I’ll assume he was offering to have the ‘last suck on this fag’ At least he wasn’t asking to get the last cigarette for free, and therefore would be looking to ‘bum a fag’ All manner of confusion would ensue I’d assume, also being a Brit and I have never heard ‘fag’ being recognised as a slur here, it only means either cigarette or to do mundane tasks for older boys in public(private boarding) schools “oh Tarquin, have you heard? Simpkins is fagging for Fontleroy don’t you know?”
- Comment on Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds 3 months ago:
Clip ons for safety, but it’s quite standard
- Comment on Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds 3 months ago:
All clothes cost money, and if you wear your street clothes to school they wear out quicker and get replaced more often. So the focus should be cost of uniform, not whether to uniform or not.
- Comment on Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England 3 months ago:
- Comment on Zara ads banned for 'unhealthily thin' models 3 months ago:
When your knees are fatter than your thighs, it’s time to start eating cake again!
- Comment on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C 3 months ago:
Not in London; about a fiver. Depends on the establishment and the drink itself, ranges from £3-4 ish to £6. The usual cooking lager to Guinness range.
- Comment on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C 3 months ago:
A phone for the price of a couple of pints? £16? Two pints? Very London of him to assume that’s the price of a couple of pints. Actually unreadable.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 4 months ago:
Or if you’re too arrogant and self absorbed to think the rules don’t apply to you.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 4 months ago:
Oh yes you can, do 30mph over the speed limit and you will more than likely be banned for that one offence.
- Comment on Dik Piks 4 months ago:
We kind of do have a pronunciation of ü The cornish town Bude, would be pronounced by locals as “Büd” It’s how I explained to my kids how to handle umlaut words, if it was the English word “lane“ imagine it’s spelled ‘laen’ and then get rid of the e to make ‘län’. It’s rare but some English words still use æ as a sound not a pair of letters. Spelæological for caving for instance. Often simplified to speleological.
