What is hacking you off today?

[RHB]

50 minutes to drive through from the Bell traffic lights to just past the new Aldi that has opened in Priory Crescent. Temporary lights outside of Aldi were causing traffic to back-up to Cuckoo Corner roundabout and thus causing delays on Prince Avenue.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

50 minutes to drive through from the Bell traffic lights to just past the new Aldi that has opened in Priory Crescent. Temporary lights outside of Aldi were causing traffic to back-up to Cuckoo Corner roundabout and thus causing delays on Prince Avenue.

Yes, we live close by and it has now caused much traffic to turn up Hobleythick Lane from the Bell so that is also congested too.
This is the area that our wonderful council have on record as worse snogged in town, yet most of it is caused by the haphazard road works, poor bus stop position (by bollards) and poor timings on traffic lights. And it will get worse for the work to take the bridge down.

 

[londonblue]

Yes, we live close by and it has now caused much traffic to turn up Hobleythick Lane from the Bell so that is also congested too.
This is the area that our wonderful council have on record as worse snogged in town, yet most of it is caused by the haphazard road works, poor bus stop position (by bollards) and poor timings on traffic lights. And it will get worse for the work to take the bridge down.

I guess people in that area need to be more amorous.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Travellers again. You have probably heard that most seafront businesses have closed or been advised to close because of the latest large group of travellers pitched up at the Kursaal. They have been going in places mob handed and taking stuff, then threatening to kill staff that approach them about it. I've just been told by a couple of seafront traders that they went into the Kursaal Tesco with a large mob of both sexes and all ages, and almost cleared out the place. They took all the food and drink they could off the shelves. The police came, but as usual wouldn't approach the untouchables on their temporary site. They only approach them to hand them the silly bit of white paper, not about any crimes. The men got very drunk in The Hope a few nights back, had an argument with staff, and then wrecked the place. Any non travellers doing this stuff, would be arrested and charged. It's all on CCTV.

Just now from the Echo.
Business bosses say they cannot re-open until a large group of travellers have left a seafront site, after multiple reports of the group causing issues and forcing firms to shut.

Paul Thompson who runs Pebbles One Cafe and Baskin Robbins on Southend seafront said he cannot re-open and will not until the group leaves the Rendezvous Casino car park at the Kursaal site.

He said: "The travellers have been terrorising our businesses including mine and our pubs too. They've been threatening to kill my staff and we've had to call police a few times too. It's not good enough and police and Southend Council are not doing enough.
"I do not want to open until they've gone - my staff have been crying and don't want to work due to the abuse and threats. They're very intimidating. We were shut for a long time due to Covid-19 and now we've got all this."

 

[Benfleet A1]

Travellers again. You have probably heard that most seafront businesses have closed or been advised to close because of the latest large group of travellers pitched up at the Kursaal. They have been going in places mob handed and taking stuff, then threatening to kill staff that approach them about it. I've just been told by a couple of seafront traders that they went into the Kursaal Tesco with a large mob of both sexes and all ages, and almost cleared out the place. They took all the food and drink they could off the shelves. The police came, but as usual wouldn't approach the untouchables on their temporary site. They only approach them to hand them the silly bit of white paper, not about any crimes. The men got very drunk in The Hope a few nights back, had an argument with staff, and then wrecked the place. Any non travellers doing this stuff, would be arrested and charged. It's all on CCTV.

Just now from the Echo.
Business bosses say they cannot re-open until a large group of travellers have left a seafront site, after multiple reports of the group causing issues and forcing firms to shut.

Paul Thompson who runs Pebbles One Cafe and Baskin Robbins on Southend seafront said he cannot re-open and will not until the group leaves the Rendezvous Casino car park at the Kursaal site.

He said: "The travellers have been terrorising our businesses including mine and our pubs too. They've been threatening to kill my staff and we've had to call police a few times too. It's not good enough and police and Southend Council are not doing enough.
"I do not want to open until they've gone - my staff have been crying and don't want to work due to the abuse and threats. They're very intimidating. We were shut for a long time due to Covid-19 and now we've got all this."

If this was a football firm there would be batons drawn and dogs on long lease. Every year its the same.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I've just been told by a couple of seafront traders that they went into the Kursaal Tesco with a large mob of both sexes and all ages, and almost cleared out the place. They took all the food and drink they could off the shelves. The police came, but as usual wouldn't approach the untouchables on their temporary site. They only approach them to hand them the silly bit of white paper, not about any crimes.
He said: "The travellers have been terrorising our businesses including mine and our pubs too. They've been threatening to kill my staff and we've had to call police a few times too. It's not good enough and police and Southend Council are not doing enough.

Surely someone on here has a friend/ family member in the Police, & could ask them why they take this pathetic softly, softly approach, & not arrest them?.
I appreciate the problem if they get charged & the court case isn't for weeks etc, as they'd have gone by then, & wont have a postal address, so tracking them down would be very time consuming. But put them in the magistrates court the following day, after keeping them in custody all night, like they used to do with blokes getting nicked at football?.

 

[Mad Cyril]

If this was a football firm there would be batons drawn and dogs on long lease. Every year its the same.

Maybe because the police know exactly where they are going to be every Saturday?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Maybe because the police know exactly where they are going to be every Saturday?

When the travellers cleared the shelves at the Tesco Kursaal, the police were told by staff that they ran and walked with all the food and drink back to the Kursaal car park next door. So the police knew exactly where they were. A look at the Tesco CCTV, and the Southchurch Avenue CCTV, and the police could have identified and arrested a few, if they wanted to. And this is the point. Any other mob doing that, the police would have got numbers, maybe even some riot police, and would have gone on that car park and made arrests. This just gives them a green light everywhere they go, to cause havoc. There's another lot pitched up in Wakering now, and they have already caused trouble in a shop and in a pub.

 

[ESG]

50 minutes to drive through from the Bell traffic lights to just past the new Aldi that has opened in Priory Crescent. Temporary lights outside of Aldi were causing traffic to back-up to Cuckoo Corner roundabout and thus causing delays on Prince Avenue.

Getting through The Bell is still no worse than normal. It's the temporary three way lights outside Aldi that is the problem. There's no holes in the road, not a worker in sight so what legal right do they have to cause chaos?

 

[Mad Cyril]

My contract is due to finish at the start of November so I am speculatively looking for new jobs.

Most banks now ask diversity questions as part of the application process and some are asking which age group you belong to.

Having worked for a few banks I know how seriously they take diversity yet I doubt any are looking to increase age diversity.

Coincidentally I am at the third interview stage with two banks that didn't ask any age related questions on the website...

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Maybe because the police know exactly where they are going to be every Saturday?

At home these days?

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Getting through The Bell is still no worse than normal. It's the temporary three way lights outside Aldi that is the problem. There's no holes in the road, not a worker in sight so what legal right do they have to cause chaos?

Aldi site roadworks have gone today and Priory Crescent traffic moving easily. Bell junction still rubbish coming into town.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Waiting for my DOS to fix the online Placement Test (PT) grid he sent me so I can enter the marks (which has so far taken me13.5 hours work to do).Can't be hard on him since he's apparently on the point of losing his old man.Fortunately today's holiday in Catalunya (La Diada-the Catalan national day) so he should be able to get near a pc at some point.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Waiting for my DOS to fix the online Placement Test (PT) grid he sent me so I can enter the marks (which has so far taken me13.5 hours work to do).Can't be hard on him since he's apparently on the point of losing his old man.Fortunately today's holiday in Catalunya (La Diada-the Catalan national day) so he should be able to get near a pc at some point.

Wouldn't he be on the lash as its National Day? Any old excuse and all that.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Wouldn't he be on the lash as its National Day? Any old excuse and all that.

Nah fortunately not.He's a Frog remember.Pretty nice guy too.Got sorted very quickly.Problem was, I was trying to access the spreadsheet via this laptop since we're in Cebazan.Pesky Bill Gates (or whoever) would seem to know that althought we both have seperate email accounts, my wife is the one who usually uses the laptop and only wanted to give access to her email address and not mine..Go figure.Technology hey.

 

[jackj13]

Am currently studying an online university course and still unable to access the system after a cyber attack 2 weeks ago. People unable to submit work, access their new timetables, sort out finance. The lot. Absolute chaos. 2020 couldn't get any weirder if it tried!

 

[OldBlueLady]

Football. Just that. Simple as.

 

[Benfleet A1]

British Gas have ****ed me over again to the tune of £300. They are blaming it on a computer problem, I blame it on the fact they are ****ing useless.

 

[Mad Cyril]

They have run out of Covid testing kits in Southend.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

They have run out of Covid testing kits in Southend.

That will keep the number of positive test results down!