Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:37 pm  

Mintball wrote: Don't tweet any O****** jokes. The renaming of your link is very misleading, we're allowed to make jokes as long as we make no money from it But y'kno, if you had said that it wouldn't have been as dramatic as ''DON'T TWEET OLYMPIC JOKES''

Mintball wrote: Don't tweet any O****** jokes. The renaming of your link is very misleading, we're allowed to make jokes as long as we make no money from it But y'kno, if you had said that it wouldn't have been as dramatic as ''DON'T TWEET OLYMPIC JOKES''

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:57 pm  

Rooster Booster wrote:

The fact you posted this is as a joke right?

Shhhhh, I don't think she's realised.

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:43 pm  

cod'ead wrote: Artist arrested and banned from the tube and within one mile of an Olympic venue Is all this really necessary? As in, you know, really necessary? Hanging is too good for the bast@rd

cod'ead wrote: Artist arrested and banned from the tube and within one mile of an Olympic venue Is all this really necessary? As in, you know, really necessary? Hanging is too good for the bast@rd

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:28 am  

G4S replaced by local security staff At least the money is remaining in the Nort-East economy now.

G4S replaced by local security staff At least the money is remaining in the Nort-East economy now.

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:46 pm  

cod'ead wrote: G4S replaced by local security staff At least the money is remaining in the Nort-East economy now. What that really means is that they've gone and asked Newcastle Utd "Who do you use because our lot are fskin useless".

cod'ead wrote: G4S replaced by local security staff At least the money is remaining in the Nort-East economy now. What that really means is that they've gone and asked Newcastle Utd "Who do you use because our lot are fskin useless".

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:16 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

What that really means is that they've gone and asked Newcastle Utd "Who do you use because our lot are fskin useless".

Erm, they use (or used to) G4S up to the end of last season, as far as I'm aware they won't be doing it next season.

Part of the issue is (and I'm not excusing G4S here) is NUFC had a core of part time stewards numbering about 250 who covered the season between them, the number of stewards LOCOG have requested and the shifts meant that the regular crew shrunk to a handful in reality, G4S just wouldn't invest in employing and retaining the staff, they expected them to train for free, travel for free and more importantly sign off if they were claiming or take leave from their jobs without giving them a guarantee of hours/pay.

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:18 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

What that really means is that they've gone and asked Newcastle Utd "Who do you use because our lot are fskin useless".

Oh I know that. You'd think that would've been one of the first things they did at all the existing Olympic facilities

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:19 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Erm, they use (or used to) G4S up to the end of last season, as far as I'm aware they won't be doing it next season.

Part of the issue is (and I'm not excusing G4S here) is NUFC had a core of part time stewards numbering about 250 who covered the season between them, the number of stewards LOCOG have requested and the shifts meant that the regular crew shrunk to a handful in reality, G4S just wouldn't invest in employing and retaining the staff, they expected them to train for free, travel for free and more importantly sign off if they were claiming or take leave from their jobs without giving them a guarantee of hours/pay.

And in that one piece of information, you've pretty much summed up so much of what is going on at present, and why the country remains in recession.

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:26 pm  

Travel problems? Blame the muzzas I didn't think that rag could stoop any lower

Travel problems? Blame the muzzas I didn't think that rag could stoop any lower

Re: That unmentionable sporting event - the madness continue : Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:28 pm  

I wonder how many of the 70000 games makers won't bother turning up (for no pay) for their shifts as opposed to the paid security staff.