What is hacking you off today?

[RHB]

Note to self, don't give smart arse mickey takers the opportunity in future.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Dodgy takeaway last night ?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Dodgy takeaway last night ?

Name and shame please.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Lots of charities are, the salaries of the CEOs and board of many of them would feed a small country for a week too often.
And, unfortunately, even the likes of some local charities don't watch the pennies on their self indulgencies.

I suspect there is a lot of duplicated expense in the charity sector - I am sure many executives like the status that comes with the job and resist attempts to consolidate with similar organisations.


I remember watching the banquet of Great British Menu (or similar) and a few charities had been invited. Of course the chief executives accepted the invitation. It would have been a nice gesture to offer the invitation to an unpaid volunteer.

 

[londonblue]

I suspect there is a lot of duplicated expense in the charity sector - I am sure many executives like the status that comes with the job and resist and attempt to consolidate with similar organisations.


I remember watching the banquet of Great British Menu (or similar) and a few charities had been invited. Of course the chief executives accepted the invitation. It would have been a nice gesture to offer the invitation to an unpaid volunteer.

It's probably also true that a new charity will have high set up costs. Once that is out of the way the percentage that actually goes to good causes should increase. It might be that Sir Tom's case isn't as clear cut as it sounds, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Name and shame please.

Should I? You probably know exactly where anyway, it's one we use often and close to where I work.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Should I? You probably know exactly where anyway, it's one we use often and close to where I work.

You should - you owe them no favours...

 

[Yer Blues]

BBC Breakfast bloke reckons the average petrol price across the UK is 148.5. Not round here it isn't mate. My local Esso garage was charging 151.9 yesterday and it wasn't the only one I saw, bloody outrageous

Hence the word average.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Dodgy takeaway last night ?

It's the kebab or fried chicken places that are the worst. Incredible that when they announce the food hygiene ratings for the Southend area, there's so many with one star out of five, and even worse, no stars. The owners and staff should be forced to go on a course to show them how to handle and store food properly, and what happens to the food and the public if they don't.

 

[RobM]

So me don't even display the green stickerything - I avoid those!

 

[Mad Cyril]

It's the kebab or fried chicken places that are the worst. Incredible that when they announce the food hygiene ratings for the Southend area, there's so many with one star out of five, and even worse, no stars. The owners and staff should be forced to go on a course to show them how to handle and store food properly, and what happens to the food and the public if they don't.

One in Benfleet has the salad in front of the meat so that raw meat has to be lifted over the salad before it goes on the grill.

Any drips and that is a potential dose of food poisoning for anyone eating salad...

 

[Mad Cyril]

It's the kebab or fried chicken places that are the worst. Incredible that when they announce the food hygiene ratings for the Southend area, there's so many with one star out of five, and even worse, no stars. The owners and staff should be forced to go on a course to show them how to handle and store food properly, and what happens to the food and the public if they don't.

In many cases low ratings are caused by poor management rather than poor hygiene.

That said it should be mandatory for all establishments to prominently display their hygiene rating

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Sending a email to someone asking one question and after several replies, that question still not being answered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Sending a email to someone asking one question and after several replies, that question still not being answered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was it to a politician?

 

[londonblue]

It's the kebab or fried chicken places that are the worst. Incredible that when they announce the food hygiene ratings for the Southend area, there's so many with one star out of five, and even worse, no stars. The owners and staff should be forced to go on a course to show them how to handle and store food properly, and what happens to the food and the public if they don't.

I was talking to a guy who owned a takeaway (5 stars before you ask), and his view was rather different. He reckoned 1 star was worse than 0 stars in some cases. His reasoning was interesting: one star implies you know what you have to do, but are wilfully not doing so. 0 stars (in some circumstances) could be because you don't know what it is you should be doing.

 

[tia]

Pitiful prison sentences kidnappers of Angel Lynn.Poor girl ended up falling out of a van at speed and has suffered horrendous injuries

 

[RobM]

I was talking to a guy who owned a takeaway (5 stars before you ask), and his view was rather different. He reckoned 1 star was worse than 0 stars in some cases. His reasoning was interesting: one star implies you know what you have to do, but are wilfully not doing so. 0 stars (in some circumstances) could be because you don't know what it is you should be doing.

Ah! A better class of poisoning!

 

[ESG]

Goverment advising people to leg it from Ukraine so what do the BBC do. They send Clive Myrie out there on a jolly at our expense

 

[Mad Cyril]

Goverment advising people to leg it from Ukraine so what do the BBC do. They send Clive Myrie out there on a jolly at our expense

Would you rather hear Putin's version of events?

 

[Userorange]

Would you rather hear Putin's version of events?

To be honest.... well we can’t talk politics but I would like to hear his point of view. Rather that than listen to our defence secretary saying we kicked Russian backsides before and if necessary we will do so again. Complete b**locks!