Lazy Council Workers

muckwarrior

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Are you serious. People like you actually exist?

People like me? You mean people who aren't happy to sit watching my taxes being wasted by a bunch of incompetent, lazy, ungrateful shites?

If they're blatantly dossing in full view of the public that are paying their wages, then they should be held accountable. There are plenty of unemployed hard-working people who'd be willing to take their place if they don't want to do the job properly.

Chuck Stone

Eventually the C.C. did this half-arsed job of filling in pot holes which were caused by the ice last winter near me. They were even bigger pot holes within a couple of days. It was such a shamefull half-arsed attempt.

A private company came out about a week later and tore up about 200 meters of road and replaced it with nice a nice new one taking two days from start to finish.

Richard Hillman

They are encouraged to make jobs last as long as possible how the councils get to say they are ran off their feet and need more money etc. The amount of money councils waste is unbelievable. I live in an estate with Park at the end of it. Every couple of years or so they change to name of the estate from <EstateName> Park to just <EstateName> to make sure they get the same or a bigger budget from the previous year. We have roads in the area that are being relaid despite not even needing it.

StephenHendry

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They are encouraged to make jobs last as long as possible how the councils get to say they are ran off their feet and need more money etc. The amount of money councils waste is unbelievable. I live in an estate with Park at the end of it. Every couple of years or so they change to name of the estate from <EstateName> Park to just <EstateName> to make sure they get the same or a bigger budget from the previous year. We have roads in the area that are being relaid despite not even needing it.

true, id say that fits for most road sections in councils as even say footpath repairs once reported take a few days to get sorted. the other being with budgets reduced, staff numbers down most day to day work, street cleaning, road repairs are going to take longer to get done

StephenHendry

foxyboxer wrote: »

The old joke in Cork goes...

Did you hear that Pat from the Corporation was sacked?
No, why?
He was caught working!

A job in the corporation was/is a much coveted role, especially if you're work shy!

lol nice one

Crazy Horse 6

muckwarrior wrote: »

People like me? You mean people who aren't happy to sit watching my taxes being wasted by a bunch of incompetent, lazy, ungrateful shites?

If they're blatantly dossing in full view of the public that are paying their wages, then they should be held accountable. There are plenty of unemployed hard-working people who'd be willing to take their place if they don't want to do the job properly.

If you feel like that why don't you take a camera into Leinster house then, plenty of wasters in there.

Hank_Jones

Some cliches are of course true.

Any time I have ever seen council workers, there about 5 of them standing around looking into a hole.

There might be one person in the hole, most likely not.

Stinicker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRoSpvyaaJM

TBH!

donalg1

Chances are they are FAS lads on a CE Scheme for a couple of years getting paid in and around the standard social welfare rate so cant really blame em for not being too motivated bout some strangers water

McCrack

Leave the lads alone, it's not their fault but the systems.

I suspect a lot of the ranters here and the fella that suggested videoing them are just plain greened eyed.

Ruu_Old

Pick up a shovel, go out and join them. Make sure it is a good shovel for resting on.

donalg1

Ruu wrote: »

Pick up a shovel, go out and join them. Make sure it is a good shovel for resting on.

Or just stand in the house looking out the window for eight hours, (creepy or what)

mad m

Two council workers are digging a hole in the parks, the other is filling it in. This goes on for two weeks.

A passer by has been walking in the park for the last couple of weeks and notices the lads digging and filling in the holes they have dug. Curious he asks why is one digging a hole and the other filling it in....

The council worker says "Well the fella who normally puts in the tree is on Holidays"

Cuddlesworth

About eight years ago I was working on a newly built council estate. Half the estate had been finished and was being used, the other was about six months away from completion. Turns out the main sewer line for the finished half was in a large loop and didn't actually go anywhere. We had to dig up 400 metres of road to link by sides of the estate to the main runoff for the area. This was completely finished road, tarmacked and all, with a bit across a small area of slabbed pavement and twenty feet of grass. Problem was the last 20 feet was council owned and only they could dig up that area. We were not allowed.

It was a rush job(since the **** was piling up :rolleyes:) so the council made it a no1 priority. We started with a seven man team, one tipper, one medium wheeled digger. The council pulled up around 11 that day with two full crew cabin trucks and two pickups. There was around sixteen of them. A light drizzle was on, so they didn't get out. A small digger drove down around three that day. He looked at the lads, parked up and started reading a paper. At around four they left.

Two weeks later we were nearly done with half the road. A groundworks crew of three lads had joined us to make sure the pipes were laid down correctly. The council had followed the above routine most days, occasionally getting out to watch the lad in the digger move some dirt while they leaned on the shovels and smoked.

We finished the road repair, had laid and checked all the pipework and had left a small opened section beside the council land for them to join up with. It was planned to be finished off when they gave the go ahead. They(16 grown men) had at this stage spend a month breaking 10 feet of tarmac and road foundation and had dug down to the pipe. Another month and I'm sure they would have managed to expose all 20 feet of it and could then spend a good week hitting it with shovels and scratching their head. I'll never know tough, as I was sent off to another estate in Dublin to do some actual work.

The stockpiling crap was pumped into waste trucks at the expense of the company while this went on(since it was their mistake).

I had always though the "lazy shovel leaning worker" was a stereotype giving some of the lads a bad name. I was really naive.

Celly Smunt

who else is going to check how steady a shovel is by leaning on it?

tails_naf

okedoke wrote: »

I've never had any dealings with (Cork City) Council workers before and didn't really believe the, shovel leaning, tea breaking, lazy council worker stereotype.

My water has been gone for the last two weeks due to a leak in the pipe between the mains and the house (council pipe). I rang the council about this and was told that it was noted and they'd send someone around for a look but it could be a couple of weeks before they'd actually fix it. They said they only have two crews and a lot of leaks - fair enough.

A week later (and after another phone call) a guy from the council came around and sprayed a mark on the pavement, a week after that (today) four guys show up in a truck at 11am - one guy, watched by the three others, dug a hole about 2 feet by feet and then they all spent about an hour after that chatting and joking. They then rang called into me and said they were going for lunch and hopefully would finish the job tomorrow.

This is crazy - no wonder people have to wait weeks to get their water fixed if the council workers spend 8 man hours (4 men by 2 hours) what actually takes one man a half an hour to do. That's half an hour of work and seven and a half hours of arse scratching.

And here we have the reason we can't have "performance related pay" in our public services. Because their performance would decimate their pay!

Who in their right mind would give up such a soft number willingly?

rainbowdrop

okedoke wrote: »

They're back after a short hour and 45 mins for lunch and they've been joined by two more workers - there's now six workers having a grand old time outside.

How can I get a job in the Council?

Unless your Father, your Grandfather and all your uncles worked for them before you, you haven't a hope of getting a job.

The council office staff are just as bad. I requested a letter from Limerick Co Council over two weeks ago, stating how much rent I pay (for my medical card application). I was assured that it would be put in the post that afternoon, hadn't received it by last Friday so rang them, only to be told they had no record of me ever requesting a letter. Apologised and assured me that she would write me one immediately and it would be put in the post that afternoon (Fri).

No sign of the letter so rang them again today and guess what? The woman I spoke to is on holidays and they have no record of me requesting a letter, nor any record of a letter being sent out to me!! Aaargghh:mad:

Four lines of a letter and the retarded council office worker bitch can't handle it. It's not fucking rocket science like!

Chuck Stone

Two council workers are leaning on their shovels having a chat. One of them is getting increasingly annoyed and eventually turns around and stamps angrily on a snail killing it.

Why the fuck did you do that? Says the the council worker who witnessed this seemingly unprovoked attack.

The annoyed council worker explains 'that bastard has been following me around all day'.

whatsamsn

A classic, and I mean utter classic joke about the corporation is (and I would be suprised if anyone hasnt heard this):

Did you hear about the woman who got raped on the train yesterday? well she got off and ran up to the conductor saying how she just got raped by a man from the corporation. The conductor turned around and said "calm down, how did you know it was a dublin corporation man?" ... In which she replied "he only did half the work, had to do the rest myself"

:pac: ... not really the most funniest of jokes. But one dublin city council/corporation joke i heard was this (funny because it implies)

Bloke goes for an interview with the council. Interviewer says "well everything seems in order, just one last question ... do you drink tea?"

Lumbo

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Unless your Father, your Grandfather and all your uncles worked for them before you, you haven't a hope of getting a job.

The council office staff are just as bad. I requested a letter from Limerick Co Council over two weeks ago, stating how much rent I pay (for my medical card application). I was assured that it would be put in the post that afternoon, hadn't received it by last Friday so rang them, only to be told they had no record of me ever requesting a letter. Apologised and assured me that she would write me one immediately and it would be put in the post that afternoon (Fri).

No sign of the letter so rang them again today and guess what? The woman I spoke to is on holidays and they have no record of me requesting a letter, nor any record of a letter being sent out to me!! Aaargghh:mad:

Four lines of a letter and the retarded council office worker bitch can't handle it. It's not fucking rocket science like!

What are you? A brain surgeon?

okedoke

rainbowdrop wrote: »

The council office staff are just as bad. ...

The only other interaction I have with council staff is when I'm paying my car tax. There are about 50 staff walking around the large office behind the counters and there are nine public counter. I have never seen more than 4 counters open at the same time. Queues are crazy even at off peak times and to top it off there a big sign saying "At peak times no more than four windows will be open to customers."

rainbowdrop

Lumbo wrote: »

What are you? A brain surgeon?

Yes, I am as it happens. I spend my time writing posts on Boards with one hand, whilst performing brain surgery with the other:rolleyes:

Seriously, all I need is a letter saying my name, my address and how much rent I pay. It would take 5mins max.......

Lumbo

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Yes, I am as it happens. I spend my time writing posts on Boards with one hand, whilst performing brain surgery with the other:rolleyes:

Seriously, all I need is a letter saying my name, my address and how much rent I pay. It would take 5mins max.......

It was a joke. Look it up.

I'm not trying to defend the indefendable. They've standard letters set up for stuff like that. I've a pain in my backside listening to these stories and the public have every right to complain if they don't get the service they deserve. I wish that some people would realise that when they don't do their jobs properly it reflects badly on the rest of us.

donalg1

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Yes, I am as it happens. I spend my time writing posts on Boards with one hand, whilst performing brain surgery with the other:rolleyes:

Seriously, all I need is a letter saying my name, my address and how much rent I pay. It would take 5mins max.......

Or maybe they are too busy to bother sending you your little letter. for all you know she could be the only person working in that section dealing with the whole of Limericks Social Housing Tenants, charming job i am sure that is

donalg1

okedoke wrote: »

The only other interaction I have with council staff is when I'm paying my car tax. There are about 50 staff walking around the large office behind the counters and there are nine public counter. I have never seen more than 4 counters open at the same time. Queues are crazy even at off peak times and to top it off there a big sign saying "At peak times no more than four windows will be open to customers."

Why dont you tax your car online only takes 2 mins, or call into motor tax in the middle of the month when there is hardly anyone in there, still baffles me why people call in on the 1st and 2nd of the month and moan that its busy, i stroll in about two weeks before my tax is due for renewal and am in and out in five mins, but recently now i have been doing it online which is easier again. But then i do prefer doing things the easiest most sensible way rather than the stupid annoying way.

Lumbo

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Unless your Father, your Grandfather and all your uncles worked for them before you, you haven't a hope of getting a job.

I work in an office with 26 people. Only one person is related to someone else in the organisation and that's because they got married after working together. I thought you were someone who had a genuine complaint. Just realised your bitter and jealous and ranting the usual BS that spouted on here.

rainbowdrop

Lumbo wrote: »

I work in an office with 26 people. Only one person is related to someone else in the organisation and that's because they got married after working together. I thought you were someone who had a genuine complaint. Just realised your bitter and jealous and ranting the usual BS that spouted on here.

I was responding to someone else's post (how could they get a job in the council). What I said was based on what I know to be true in the (admittedly small) town I live in. Just about every person that works for the council here is related in some way..... Be they Fathers and Sons, or related though marriage.

More than likely it is different in the big cities, but in small town Ireland that tends to be the way it is.

Royal Seahawk

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'd a similar problem over the winter after the "big freeze". One of the mains pipes began to leak & there was virtually no water supply to the house, so instead of fixing it, the council turned off the mains supply to my house & most of the houses in the area.

A few days later, they came out to "fix" it & spent a day faffing around before leaving, mumbling something about "not having the right parts".

So when they left, I got a kango hammer to the path, found the leak (there was a broken washer that needed replacing & the pipe joints re-tightened), fixed it, filled the hole back in with concrete, then rang up the council to tell them to turn the water back on.

A day later, a water services guy came down to inspect the work & tried his best to bollock me for digging up council property. I told him to go fuck himself.

I know there's some great people working for the council, but the ones in water services that I've come across wouldn't be among those.

A broken washer? On a mains pipe? Care to elaborate a bit on that please?

And you filled back in the hole with concrete? Meaning that the main pipe outside your house which is prone to leaking is now covered in concrete?
I really hope for your sake it doesn't leak again or you'll be begging your local council to come out and fix it.

donalg1

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I was responding to someone else's post (how could they get a job in the council). What I said was based on what I know to be true in the (admittedly small) town I live in. Just about every person that works for the council here is related in some way..... Be they Fathers and Sons, or related though marriage.

More than likely it is different in the big cities, but in small town Ireland that tends to be the way it is.

I doubt that to be the case now in all fairness, sure there was open recruitment in all Local Authorities throughout the last decade up until about two years ago. So could it be possible the reason you dont work for the council is because you didnt apply for a job there, or didnt score highly enough on the qualifying aptitude test?

okedoke

donalg1 wrote: »

I doubt that to be the case now in all fairness, sure there was open recruitment in all Local Authorities throughout the last decade up until about two years ago. So could it be possible the reason you dont work for the council is because you didnt apply for a job there, or didnt score highly enough on the qualifying aptitude test?

on your tea break by any chance?