[southsiderosie]

Originally Posted by SMASH THE UNIONS

FYP to reflect reality.

I also take offense by your implication that my outrage is feigned.
Anybody who isn't annoyed by this doesn't pay tax so is either
(a) on the dole
(b) living abroad
(c) evading tax

MOD NOTE:

Can you calm down and stop making sweeping claims about other posters? If you are upset, fine, but don't make assumptions about other people's motivations here.

[Andy Carroll]

They could get some non branded bleach for starters. Clowns.

[psychward]

Originally Posted by Andy Carroll

They could get some non branded bleach for starters. Clowns.

Exactly my thoughts as soon as I saw the original opening post. Toilet Duck ? Wtf . Even I manage to have a spotless jacks with unbranded bleach. They have no problem sending ministerial mercs driven by Garda on all sorts of silly errands. Maybe they should put one to good use and send him over to Aldi or Lidl to pick up some bleach.

Originally Posted by BKtje

Whole load of nothing here really. Can't say i'd complain about a single item there.

Read above and wake up. Unless you are one of those zombie hacks who doesn't care what the issue is so long as they can ridicule it.


And as for spending almost 500 euro on white hand towels, I bet they probably steal enough towels from their free 5 star hotel junkets to cover the whole of the Oireachtas 10 times over.

[Agent Smith]

I fail to see a problem here. Good value for mOney, having had 3 state visits, and a presidential inageration.


Also, have you seen the size of the department building? It isn't toilet duck just for Edna's toilet.

[Agent Smith]

And yes, I am a tax payer!

[psychward]

Originally Posted by Agent Smith

I fail to see a problem here. Good value for mOney, having had 3 state visits, and a presidential inageration.


Also, have you seen the size of the department building? It isn't toilet duck just for Edna's toilet.

It's unbelieveable how people like yourself will stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the need to choose cheaper alternatives. The same bunch of hypocrites simultaneously tell the unemployed to tighten their belts because of money shortages. Well Newsflash dude : There is a money shortage everywhere. Allowing toilet duck instead of aldi/lidl own brand bleach is part of the systemic problem. A system wide solution requires all the little things to save money to stop the rot and put a dampener on the arrogance of those who love to spend and throw away other people's money. I just can't believe the stubbornness and ignorance of some people against change for the better.

[StupidLikeAFox]

Originally Posted by Dotsey

The invoices paid by Mr Kenny’s department include one box of Ocean Toilet Duck (€36.91),]

If we're going to argue over a €36.91 cost then I think your priorities are misplaced. A billion euro bondholder payment I can understand but lets face it, 36 quid on anything over the course of a year is hardly anything to be getting your knickers in a twist over.

[psychward]

Originally Posted by ColHol

If we're going to argue over a €36.91 cost then I think your priorities are misplaced. A billion euro bondholder payment I can understand but lets face it, 36 quid on anything over the course of a year is hardly anything to be getting your knickers in a twist over.

Another moronic post. All that is wrong should be fixed. You like the moron above you want to pick and choose. Trying to educate apologists for waste like yourself is like trying to teach children with ADHD how to behave. The kids who spend 36.91 on toilet duck instead of 10 Euro on Aldi/Lidl bleach care not for the cost of either those or of bank bail outs. The apologists for government waste like yourself and the previous poster are working in every government department and all across the bloated wasteful health service and bureaucracies ensuring each 36.91 is multiplied a million times over in waste from little things. However they do hypocritically then turn around and tell the unemployed that they won't miss 5 euro from their welfare presumably expecting them to use the own brand stuff even though at least the unemployed can walk away from their debts unlike the state.

[southsiderosie]

Originally Posted by psychward

Read above and wake up. Unless you are one of those zombie hacks who doesn't care what the issue is so long as they can ridicule it.

Originally Posted by psychward

I just can't believe the stubbornness and ignorance of some people against change for the better.

Originally Posted by psychward

Another moronic post. All that is wrong should be fixed. You like the moron above you want to pick and choose. Trying to educate apologists for waste like yourself is like trying to teach children with ADHD how to behave.

MOD NOTE:

I don't care how angry you are with the current fiscal situation, this kind of abusive posting is unacceptable. Take a week off.

[Lockstep]

Originally Posted by SMASH THE UNIONS

FYP to reflect reality.

I also take offense by your implication that my outrage is feigned.
Anybody who isn't annoyed by this doesn't pay tax so is either
(a) on the dole
(b) living abroad
(c) evading tax

I work in a bar.
But feel free to assume that everyone who disagrees with you isn't a tax payer.

[FreudianSlippers]

Originally Posted by SMASH THE UNIONS

FYP to reflect reality.

I also take offense by your implication that my outrage is feigned.
Anybody who isn't annoyed by this doesn't pay tax so is either
(a) on the dole
(b) living abroad
(c) evading tax

I'm not on the dole or living abroad, so I must be "evading tax". Ridiculous and, frankly, potentially defamatory.

[Pete_Cavan]

Originally Posted by psychward

It's unbelieveable how people like yourself will stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the need to choose cheaper alternatives. The same bunch of hypocrites simultaneously tell the unemployed to tighten their belts because of money shortages. Well Newsflash dude : There is a money shortage everywhere. Allowing toilet duck instead of aldi/lidl own brand bleach is part of the systemic problem. A system wide solution requires all the little things to save money to stop the rot and put a dampener on the arrogance of those who love to spend and throw away other people's money. I just can't believe the stubbornness and ignorance of some people against change for the better.

The invoice says "one box of Ocean Toilet Duck (€36.91)". You cant buy boxes like that in supermerkets, they most likely bought it through their office stationary supplier, as would be standard practice in most offices. You can currently get 12 750ml bottles of Ocean Clean Toilet Duck for €38.72 buying it this way and get it delivered. Buying 12 individual bottles of Aldi/Lidl own brand bleach would work out more expensive.

The level of over-reaction here is shocking.

[MadsL]

Originally Posted by Pete_Cavan

The invoice says "one box of Ocean Toilet Duck (€36.91)". You cant buy boxes like that in supermerkets, they most likely bought it through their office stationary supplier, as would be standard practice in most offices. You can currently get 12 750ml bottles of Ocean Clean Toilet Duck for €38.72 buying it this way and get it delivered. Buying 12 individual bottles of Aldi/Lidl own brand bleach would work out more expensive.

The level of over-reaction here is shocking.

The same office supplier that probably gives discounts, rebates and special offers. Free 100 box of bog roll for buying Toilet Duck perhaps. However let the uninformed whine away.

[creedp]

Originally Posted by MadsL

The same office supplier that probably gives discounts, rebates and special offers. Free 100 box of bog roll for buying Toilet Duck perhaps. However let the uninformed whine away.

Its also possible that the same company supplies all office supplies as part of a contract which has been tendered for. You don't normally get guys running out to Lidl to buy bogroll by the six pack in these kinds of organisations. Maybe they could use Tesco on-line though and save the bus fare?

Its funny how some people are focusing on the €36 toilet duck while ignoring the fact that the great Bertie Ahern is still stitching the State for €160 each time he flies out of Dublin Airport. It appears he is entitled to use a VIP lounge which were originally set aside for visiting heads of state but which are now open to the monied class. In fairness, Bertie needs his comforts when heading off to Nigeria to charge €40k for an hours gobbledegook! Now there is something people should put in their pipe and smoke

[Going Forward]

Originally Posted by Pete_Cavan

The invoice says "one box of Ocean Toilet Duck (€36.91)". You cant buy boxes like that in supermerkets, they most likely bought it through their office stationary supplier, as would be standard practice in most offices. You can currently get 12 750ml bottles of Ocean Clean Toilet Duck for €38.72 buying it this way and get it delivered. Buying 12 individual bottles of Aldi/Lidl own brand bleach would work out more expensive.

The level of over-reaction here is shocking.

12 bottles of own brand bleach from Aldi etc would be around a tenner.
Thats around a quarter of the price.

If they are intent on paying top dollar for brand name goods so be it.

But cost cutting has to begin somewhere, and austerity has caused the general public to think twice before buying "brand names" over equivalent own brand products as seen by the rising market share of the German outlets.

Austerity has obviously not yet hit those actually running the country.

And are there not cleaning contractors engaged to do the cleaning anyway?