frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Food couriers denied toilet access at UK's top chains during lockdown
Groups including McDonald’s, KFC and Nando’s are acting unlawfully, say couriers
Coronavirus: Profiteering scumbags, scams, c*nts and more
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Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Matt Hancock under pressure to explain £30m test tube work for ex-neighbour
Alex Bourne’s firm only recently gained safety certification for Covid testing product and had no experience in medical supplies
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
'kin 'ell - another candidate for daftest twat ... second breach, forsooth
Rita Ora apologises for second breach of Covid lockdown restrictions - BBC News
no idea what her music is like, but I shan't be listening any time soon with an attitude such as that !
Rita Ora apologises for second breach of Covid lockdown restrictions - BBC News
no idea what her music is like, but I shan't be listening any time soon with an attitude such as that !
hash tag
Books, not bombs
There are a few profiteering scumbags here that could be added to the list. The rules really should have been tightened so as more could have been done to help smaller independent business's and some self employed people.
www.theguardian.com
UK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exiles
Qatari owners of Harrods and the Ritz claimed £3m alongside payouts to Saudi royals and British National party from Covid job support scheme
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Yeh but you're asking the Tories to run counter to their nature, might as well ask water to run uphillThere are a few profiteering scumbags here that could be added to the list. The rules really should have been tightened so as more could have been done to help smaller independent business's and some self employed people.
UK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exiles
Qatari owners of Harrods and the Ritz claimed £3m alongside payouts to Saudi royals and British National party from Covid job support scheme
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Lot of faux outrage in that article implying that these people have just been trousering the money, but if it has been used to pay for furloughing staff then what's the problem?There are a few profiteering scumbags here that could be added to the list. The rules really should have been tightened so as more could have been done to help smaller independent business's and some self employed people.
UK furlough scheme pays out millions to foreign states and tax exiles
Qatari owners of Harrods and the Ritz claimed £3m alongside payouts to Saudi royals and British National party from Covid job support scheme
All of these Arab potentates may have squillions and can afford to shoulder the burden themselves but they aren't going to and no-one can make them do so.
All they will do is fire all their workers and then hire a fresh lot probably on lower wages after things pick up.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I booked tickets for a rooftop cinema on the South Bank via a company called Fever.
A few days later, they emailed to say that they'd overbooked and, due to covid restrictions, they couldn't accommodate me. This seemed a little odd, since this was for April 2021, not 2020 - they would have known what the restrictions were.
I was advised to rebook with a voucher to the value of my payment. Only all the other dates have suddenly increased by a fiver, so a tenner for two tickets. It's not like they're prime dates - I booked for a Thursday, and the alternatives are on Mondays. Every single date has increased by the same amount.
So I asked if I could rebook under my previous price, and no.
I'm veeeeery sure that they realised that they could have charged more, and decided to tell everyone they had to rebook.
So I asked for a refund. They say they overbooked, so this is usually not an issue. Covid is not an excuse, because they had notice of the restrictions.
They said no.
The ticket we booked had two glasses of "Prosecco," and now I'm thinking maybe they'd overbook the Prosecco too, because you don't want to ruin your first night out in ages with an argument about wine, do you? The bottomless Prosecco option was probably an empty glass.
Going to small claims court. You don't get to use covid as an excuse, you fuckers.
A few days later, they emailed to say that they'd overbooked and, due to covid restrictions, they couldn't accommodate me. This seemed a little odd, since this was for April 2021, not 2020 - they would have known what the restrictions were.
I was advised to rebook with a voucher to the value of my payment. Only all the other dates have suddenly increased by a fiver, so a tenner for two tickets. It's not like they're prime dates - I booked for a Thursday, and the alternatives are on Mondays. Every single date has increased by the same amount.
So I asked if I could rebook under my previous price, and no.
I'm veeeeery sure that they realised that they could have charged more, and decided to tell everyone they had to rebook.
So I asked for a refund. They say they overbooked, so this is usually not an issue. Covid is not an excuse, because they had notice of the restrictions.
They said no.
The ticket we booked had two glasses of "Prosecco," and now I'm thinking maybe they'd overbook the Prosecco too, because you don't want to ruin your first night out in ages with an argument about wine, do you? The bottomless Prosecco option was probably an empty glass.
Going to small claims court. You don't get to use covid as an excuse, you fuckers.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
want: 15 years.
get: 2.5 years.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
got my first scam 'covid passport' e-mail today
trying to rush me in to replying within 12 hours
since it's on an e-mail account I don't use for anything official, and I doubt very much that the NHS is using a Japanese domain for e-mails, I can be fairly confident that it's a load of old balls...
trying to rush me in to replying within 12 hours
since it's on an e-mail account I don't use for anything official, and I doubt very much that the NHS is using a Japanese domain for e-mails, I can be fairly confident that it's a load of old balls...
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Not to mention the clunky English.
elbows
Well-Known Member
I lost track of whether there is a better thread for furlough abuse but anyway, I laughed at some of the details of this one because it seems unlikely the shitheads involved have a leg to stand on given what evidence there is.
I think someones plan to secretly record them was a far more cunning plan than anything Nigel came up with!
Recruitment firm wrongly claimed furlough as staff worked, ex-employees say
Secret recording appears to show Brewster Partners telling staff to delete LinkedIn posts about working from home.
www.bbc.co.uk
I think someones plan to secretly record them was a far more cunning plan than anything Nigel came up with!
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Read somewhere the other day that apparently ‘America’s Frontline Doctors’ who pose in labcoats doing pro-Covid stuff for whatever right-wing news channel pays attention, have made $67 million filling out prescriptions for Invermectin and other unproven treatments. Nice grift if you can get it.
BristolEcho
Well-Known Member
Edit - ignore don't need the link now. Hardly a surprise as you say.
I bet this was a lot more common than anyone thinks, I can't work from home and was furloughed for 6 months but I'm sure the only reason that we didn't come to work on furlough was because the boss is to dumb to think of it.I lost track of whether there is a better thread for furlough abuse but anyway, I laughed at some of the details of this one because it seems unlikely the shitheads involved have a leg to stand on given what evidence there is.
Recruitment firm wrongly claimed furlough as staff worked, ex-employees say
Secret recording appears to show Brewster Partners telling staff to delete LinkedIn posts about working from home.www.bbc.co.uk
I think someones plan to secretly record them was a far more cunning plan than anything Nigel came up with!
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Perhaps it's me getting old only restaurant prices appear to have shot up since places reopened. We took a friend for an Italian a few days ago where the portions could not be described as generous but prices were high. Likewise tonight when taking the in-laws out for a curry near Burton.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
They’ve made fuck all money for the last year, food is a lot more expensive and staff costs have risen due to a diminished pool of cheap labour. No big surprise they’re raising prices in this context.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Adding Wadadli Kitchen in Hackney to the list Andi Oliver restaurant admits delay in handing tips to staff
elbows
Well-Known Member
elbows
Well-Known Member
Musk already said shitty, dangerous things during the pandemic and now a new reason for him to belong in this thread:
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
You only have to go into the supermarket to see how much food prices have risen, although restaurants don't pay retail for their ingredients, they are inevitably paying more.
elbows
Well-Known Member
The cunts at the Telegraph are still taking every opportunity they can to talk shit and blame lockdowns for things. As if they cared about the spread of diseases in the first place, thats not one of their priorities, otherwise they wouldnt hate on lockdowns in the first place.
elbows
Well-Known Member
I suppose if I'd had a lot more time and headspace to pay more attention to other countries, I would have put Kulldorff on this thread a very long time ago. His name seems rather appropriate. I suppose its possible he did come up here before and I just dont remember, since I think he co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration back in the day. To accuse these nutters of poisoning the well during this pandemic would be an understatement. In my world it is they that belong to a small ridiculed minority.
