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And you thought Irish civil servants were bad?

  • 10-08-2006 3:25pm
    #1
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Well, they've just been out-done in a major way by their UK counterparts.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/10/rpa_highjinx_report/
    The inquiry into reports of shenanigans at the Rural Payments Agency has resulted in four staff being booted out of their Newcastle jobs. A further five have received written and verbal warnings.

    The controversy was sparked by reports of staff vaulting filing cabinets nude, which the investigation said was derived from a prank where staff took photos of each other for a colleague's leaving present. It compared the incident to a "student rag week" gag.

    Allegations that staff hid vomit in the office in order to fester was borne out by investigators, with four cups of sick confirmed. The report also reveals: "There have been incidents involving faeces, female sanitary products and mucus deposited."

    The agency said it would be tightening vigilance and reminding staff of appropriate conduct.

    The bar has been set.
    Irish civil servants, get to work! (wait, wait... relax!!! I didn't mean actually work in the sense that is implied in your contractual agreement with the state... no.. I meant 'get to work out-doing these Newcastle folk', it won't involve any actual competency, in fact that sort of thing is generally frowned upon in the art of vulgar office pranks. Didn't mean to scare you there)


Comments

  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Ugh thats fairly manky! How low can you go? :)


  • #3
    cornbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    I resent the way their behaviour was compared to that of students. In all of my student years, rant rant rant...


  • #4
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    If these were the standard sky-grey, non-locking, 5 drawer filing cabinets (height 670mm, depth 408mm, width 279mm) complete with quater-circle metalic handles used in the civil service i'd be well impressed. if not, well, ....meh!


  • #5
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,539 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Perhaps Brussels should be copied? They could propose a new standard for the EU?:rolleyes: Oh, don't bother copying Washington, DC, they don't have any standards...


  • #6
    Mrs. MacGyver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭Mrs. MacGyver


    Nothing bad about irish civil servants... they kno how to have fun in a clean, non-disgusting way. By the way i'd hate to be working in their smelly old office!!! (the crowd in Newcastle BTW)


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