Big Trouble Brewing in the Passport Office.

JONJO THE MISER

Just on liveline now, it appears all war is breaking out at thge passport office with one woman going on hunger strike and others are not going to leave the building until they get there passports. People are being treated like animals according to some callers with the staff shuting the shutters in peoples faces, and taking tea breaks every 5 minutes:mad:.

ScumLord

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Just on liveline now, it appears all war is breaking out at thge passport office with one woman going on hunger strike and others are not going to leave the building until they get there passports. People are being treated like animals according to some callers with the staff shuting the shutters in peoples faces, and taking tea breaks every 5 minutes:mad:.

I don't really blame them, they've probably already laid down the best part of grand for their holiday and are set to lose all their money and holidays due to this.

starbelgrade

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

People are being treated like animals according to some callers with the staff shuting the shutters in peoples faces, and taking tea breaks every 5 minutes:mad:.

Business as usual so - hardly newsworthy.

BLACKEN

REVOLUTION!!!! John get me gun!!!................

Stinicker

The Public sector and unions are nothing but scum, everyone of them should be sacked and not be given any dole either.

miju

Stinicker wrote: »

The Public sector and unions are nothing but scum, everyone of them should be sacked and not be given any dole either.

LMFAO :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

starbelgrade

Stinicker wrote: »

The Public sector and unions are nothing but scum, everyone of them should be sacked and not be given any dole either.

Talk to Joe...

kippy

Stinicker wrote: »

The Public sector and unions are nothing but scum, everyone of them should be sacked and not be given any dole either.

The whole 300000 or so of us?

murf313

starbelgrade wrote: »

Business as usual so - hardly newsworthy.

yeah those filthy public servants, how dare they strike. i bet they're eating babies on all their tea breaks as well.......

*yawn* more sensationalist bull****

dRNk SAnTA

I'm sure this won't go on much longer, once Joe Duffy has turned against you it's game over.

JONJO THE MISER

I must admit listening to the stories the poor people had to tell i was so :mad:, theres a revolution brewing people, people are not going to be pushed around and treated like crap anymore by lazy imcomptent overpaid public servants.

My name is URL

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't really blame them, they've probably already laid down the best part of grand for their holiday and are set to lose all their money and holidays due to this.

I wonder if those people would have any comeback.. I mean you pay a fee for your passport so you should expect to have the service provided for you

heard a guy on the radio yesterday who was going to be unable to attend a relatives funeral because of it

PCPhoto

the queue was pretty big earlier - didn't look like anyone was pi$$ed off or anything.

ScumLord

My name is URL wrote: »

I wonder if those people would have any comeback.. I mean you pay a fee for your passport so you should expect to have the service provided for you

You'd think so, especially on the fast track option that cost what is it €70? Probably not though.

The_Kew_Tour

Finally standing up for ourselfs. good see

PCPhoto

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I must admit listening to the stories the poor people had to tell i was so :mad:, theres a revolution brewing people, people are not going to be pushed around and treated like crap anymore by lazy imcomptent overpaid public servants.

so its just gonna be a kinda royal rumble.... public sector workers against the rest of us....or will some of the underpaid/overworked public servants jump ship.

I will watch from the sides if you dont mind (not a big fan of violence) ..... I can sell tickets... that'll get us out of the recession...sell tickets to other countries to view the mass brawl..... huge fight removes plenty of people and we get money in selling tickets to view it.

4zn76tysfajdxp

I'm trying to apply for a passport at the moment but my first application was rejected due to glare on my glasses. Thank **** I haven't booked the flights already.

Jesus Wept

Tempted to go down there for the craic.

This hunger strike nonsense has to stop, it's not relevant.

starbelgrade

Amiyah Breezy Tinfoil wrote: »

I'm trying to apply for a passport at the moment but my first application was rejected due to glare on my glasses. Thank **** I haven't booked the flights already.

Why are your glasses angry?

Degsy

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I must admit listening to the stories the poor people had to tell i was so :mad:, theres a revolution brewing people, people are not going to be pushed around and treated like crap anymore by lazy imcomptent overpaid public servants.

I was in a nightclub recently where i had to pay an extortionate fee to gain entry and wait for long periods at the bar to get served drink.
Furthermore,none of the people who served me appeared either very efficient or very mannerly.
This private sector and its employees are a disgrace...we should stop spending our money in thses places.

starbelgrade

The-Rigger wrote: »

Tempted to go down there for the craic.

This hunger strike nonsense has to stop, it's not relevant.

I'm going on hunger strike until I get my dinner.

4zn76tysfajdxp

starbelgrade wrote: »

Why are your glasses angry?

They don't like having their picture taken. My glasses are very insecure.

starbelgrade

Degsy wrote: »

I was in a nightclub recently where i had to pay an extortionate fee to gain entry and wait for long periods at the bar to get served drink.
Furthermore,none of the people who served me appeared either very efficient or very mannerly.
This private sector and its employees are a disgrace...we should stop spending our money in thses places.

Well, if nightclubs were funded by public taxes, you might have a point.

jhegarty

Degsy wrote: »

I was in a nightclub recently where i had to pay an extortionate fee to gain entry and wait for long periods at the bar to get served drink.
Furthermore,none of the people who served me appeared either very efficient or very mannerly.
This private sector and its employees are a disgrace...we should stop spending our money in thses places.

You have a choice of nightclub , but not of passport office.

Don't go to the nightclub it will shut down and those people will be out of a job. The same doesn't apply to the passport office.

bleg

**** sake, what is it with hunger strikes!!

Get fired...hunger strikes

No passport... hunger strikes

Shreddies...hunger strikes

2ygb4cmqetsjhx

Jaysus! A hunger strike. Awesome!

high heels

cause it worked for Sands


O wait...

SomeFool

You can get your passport through the post office, think it's about €5 extra, but no queing involved, just send off your details in an envelope.

Stark

Shutting down the passport offices is a good strategy for industrial action. You don't want to give the people who pay your wages the option of emigrating if they decide enough is enough.

Noopti

I really hope there will be a picture released of the hunger stiker and that they will be morbidly obese. Please God, please.

starbelgrade

SomeFool wrote: »

You can get your passport through the post office, think it's about €5 extra, but no queing involved, just send off your details in an envelope.

It's still processed by the passport office.

Jesus Wept

SomeFool wrote: »

You can get your passport through the post office, think it's about €5 extra, but no queing involved, just send off your details in an envelope.

I'm pretty certain they are processed in the same place and there is a backlog of 40k passports at the moment.

Noopti

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's still processed by the passport office.

Yes, but at least you can then hunger stike in the comfort of your own home.

mawk

glad I got my passport just recently. I found the staff to be fast happy and helpful. cork btw.

I say that if the public sector want better pay they should nominate 10% of their fellow staff to be canned and the pay redistributed. same with taxis, they could vote for licenses to be revoked

Makes a change, it's usually just tea!

ejmaztec

kippy wrote: »

The whole 300000 or so of us?

No you're ok, he just wants shot of the 299,999.

Degsy

jhegarty wrote: »

You have a choice of nightclub , but not of passport office.

Don't go to the nightclub it will shut down and those people will be out of a job. The same doesn't apply to the passport office.

The passport office arent alloweed to hire anymore staff when it gets busy...its busier than ever with fewer staff and they're making less money to boot.
If a niteclub had more customers,thier profits would increase and they'd get more staff.

Ostrom

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I must admit listening to the stories the poor people had to tell i was so :mad:, theres a revolution brewing people, people are not going to be pushed around and treated like crap anymore by lazy imcomptent overpaid public servants.

You think its easy for the rest of us to watch? Many of us want nothing to do with these tactics

Stark

Degsy wrote: »

The passport office arent alloweed to hire anymore staff when it gets busy...its busier than ever with fewer staff and they're making less money to boot.
If a niteclub had more customers,thier profits would increase and they'd get more staff.

Fecking off home early doesn't help. I'd like to see nightclub staff trying to shut a place down at 12am and then expect to still get paid for the hours they didn't work.

miju

murf313 wrote: »

yeah those filthy public servants, how dare they strike. i bet they're eating babies on all their tea breaks as well.......

ah now we're scum but we wouldn't be eating babies..........not without a bit of jam or something on them anyways

starbelgrade

Degsy wrote: »

The passport office arent alloweed to hire anymore staff when it gets busy...its busier than ever with fewer staff and they're making less money to boot.
If a niteclub had more customers,thier profits would increase and they'd get more staff.

If a nightclub member stopped working because the club was "too busy", they'd be out the door pretty sharpish. That's the difference with the public sector - when they have to get the finger out, they throw a strop because they know they'll get away with it.

Itsdacraic

This is what they get for showing Some Mothers Son on TG4 last night. I suppose the passport staff can be lucky they didn't show Falling Down.

mike65

Liveline is rising up! Cracking radio.

I suppose the passport staff can be lucky they didn't show Falling Down.

ITV4 on Thursday.

Stinicker

Could the people in Dublin who urgently need a passport get one in the Cork passport office? You can drive down there is about three hours.

JONJO THE MISER

mike65 wrote: »

Liveline is rising up! Cracking radio.



ITV4 on Thursday.

That union guy is being laid into right now by a caller, fair play to her.

starbelgrade

Stinicker wrote: »

Could the people in Dublin who urgently need a passport get one in the Cork passport office? You can drive down there is about three hours.

Do the Dubs not need a passport to get into Cork?

super_furry

Hunger strike? Muppet.

Carolyyn

Stinicker wrote: »

The Public sector and unions are nothing but scum, everyone of them should be sacked and not be given any dole either.

What an uninformed ignorant opinion. Does your world view also cover firefighters, nurses, doctors, teachers, social workers, etc?
You'd be much smarter to direct your energy and anger at your local politicans who represent the government that are setting all workers up to fight each other based on a public / private sector divide. The "divide and conquer" tactic is working spectacularly well for them serving as a convenient distraction from their own failings to do anything about unemployment
Most of the people working in the Passport Office are lowly paid clerical workers earning under €30,000 a year, many rearing families and paying Dublin price mortgages. They are very angry at being scapgoated in the last budget with a whopping 5% levy while no such penalty was applied to the private sector.
Finally be very careful about dismissing unions and referring to them as "scum". Unless you are an employer yourself you may very well need them as you stand your ground against an abusive or bullying boss in the future.

Super-Rush

Stinicker wrote: »

The Public sector and unions are nothing but scum, everyone of them should be sacked and not be given any dole either.

Don't troll in here again.

6ix

Degsy wrote: »

The passport office arent alloweed to hire anymore staff when it gets busy...its busier than ever with fewer staff and they're making less money to boot.
If a niteclub had more customers,thier profits would increase and they'd get more staff.

Like many jobs, there have been layoffs where I work. I have to do more work, and I'm paid 10% less for it. The difference is that I can't throw a strop and not do my job. If I don't get on with it, I'll be fired. The passport office people have the luxury of knowing their job is safe.

Stinicker

super-rush wrote: »

Don't troll in here again.

How can anyone defend overpaid workers in our public service? Our Public and civil service is split between the lazy useless PS elite who get far too much pay the guys on the coal face, like nurses etc. Trade Unions only ever cause trouble and listening to Joe and to hear they have decided to only give passports to those who have a death in the family.

I think one thing this raises is why we need both National ID cards and why we should join schengen.