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Revenue staff get paid to eat Xmas dinner!

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    #152
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    To be fair; it is a pretty minor thing in the grand scheme of things.


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    #153
    wow sierra
    Registered Users Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭wow sierra


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    i've been saying for quite some time that we live in a banana republic, but this sort of thing belongs to Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/revenue-staff-get-paid-to-eat-christmas-lunch-3282204.html

    I would advise you to spend some time studying the reality of Mugabe's Zimbabwe rather than starting stupid threads about a minor issue. Maybe if the Independent ran stories on the many real issues and injustices there are, both at home and abroad, people in this country would be better informed and stop comparing this country to the third world etc.

    As regards the substance of your complaint - get a life :rolleyes:


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    #154
    goodie2shoes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 702 ✭✭✭goodie2shoes


    Odysseus wrote: »
    You call that a gravy train, it is the poorest one I seen.

    like i repeatedly said the sums involved here are tiny, but it's part of the culture of waste in this sector.

    it's easy waste money when it's not yours.


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    #155
    ezra_pound
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭ezra_pound


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »

    No, they can expense costs and get a full reimbursement because it's happening during working hours. If it happened outside of working hours they would not be able to expense it.

    You are talking through your backside.


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    #156
    ezra_pound
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭ezra_pound


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »

    No, they can expense costs and get a full reimbursement because it's happening during working hours. If it happened outside of working hours they would not be able to expense it.

    You are taking through your backside.


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    #157
    SuperGrover
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭SuperGrover


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    like i repeatedly said the sums involved here are tiny, but it's part of the culture of waste in this sector.

    it's easy waste money when it's not yours.

    It's a half day for a department to have a self paid Christmas lunch and beers.

    I pay tax. I don't begrudge this even for a moment.

    This thread is embarrassing.


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    #158
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    ezra_pound wrote: »
    You are taking through your backside.

    Thank you for your insightful post. :rolleyes:


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    #159
    Odysseus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    like i repeatedly said the sums involved here are tiny, but it's part of the culture of waste in this sector.

    it's easy waste money when it's not yours.

    Don't worry I will be thinking of you and all your kind at each party I go to in the run up to X-Mass.


    Bottoms up:pac:


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    #160
    ezra_pound
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭ezra_pound


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »

    Thank you for your insightful post. :rolleyes:

    Are you seriously implying that these civil servants are going to apply for cost of meal as expenses and then get reimbursed? You are talking through your ass. There is no way this would happen.


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    #161
    goodie2shoes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 702 ✭✭✭goodie2shoes


    Odysseus wrote: »
    Don't worry I will be thinking of you and all your kind at each party I go to in the run up to X-Mass.


    Bottoms up:pac:

    i'm really impressed. i am. really. i am.
    wow!:rolleyes:


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    #162
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    ScumLord wrote: »
    It's not so much that I'm begrudging them having their party, there's probably a bit of that to it (I can't help it I'm Irish:pac:) but our company can't have a party because we can't afford it. We all know the state can't afford it, they're in a worse state than most struggling companies it's just that they get handed (my) money regardless of how well they're doing and then spend it on paying staff to party outside of working hours. We're all working twice as hard and getting paid less for it but the state works the same, get's paid the same and nothing changes.

    Maybe it's just poor PR on the states part. Like I said previously it's not the cuts that annoy people as much as the idea that others are continueing on the boom while telling everyone else they're spending beyond their means and cutting their services.

    They ar enot pauing anyone to party outside of working hours. They are allowing staff to have a work christmas dinner within working hours.


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    #163
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    mod:

    Less of the personal stuff from here on out. Similarly if you think somebody is trolling report the post.

    We'll be finishing up this thread shortly.


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    #164
    Odysseus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    To be fair; it is a pretty minor thing in the grand scheme of things.

    Did you not say it was about other things, such as your "idea" that they can claim it as an expense. Now it is a minor thing?


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    #165
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Odysseus wrote: »
    Did you not say it was about other things, such as your "idea" that they can claim it as an expense. Now it is a minor thing?


    It's more than an "idea" that they could claim expenses, but to be honest at the end of the day it's a Christmas dinner so it was a stupid thing(for me anyhow) to debate from the offset. People are entitled to change their opinions, that's why we have debate.


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    #166
    goodie2shoes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 702 ✭✭✭goodie2shoes


    we need to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on waste and mismanagement within the public sector. apparently Leo Varadkar is getting paid more than David Cameron.

    it starts at the top and goes right through the system.

    change is needed. we're broke.:(


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    #167
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    we need to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on waste and mismanagement within the public sector. apparently Leo Varadkar is getting paid more than David Cameron.

    it starts at the top and goes right through the system.

    change is needed. we're broke.:(


    Charlietheminx and myself are still wondering how you know her post regarding her christmas lunch/time off is nonsense


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    #168
    Odysseus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    It's more than an "idea" that they could claim expenses, but to be honest at the end of the day it's a Christmas dinner so it was a stupid thing(for me anyhow) to debate from the offset. People are entitled to change their opinions, that's why we have debate.

    Of course they are, it just wasn't clear that you are, but you have stated that now.


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    #169
    BASHIR
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭BASHIR


    NOT ONE RED CENT, GGRRRRR PROPERTY TAX DOWN WITH BERTIE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE, same sh1te from an awful paper, an afternoon off for a Christmas lunch big feckin deal. Enjoy it and Happy Christmas.


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    #170
    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭dvpower


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    we need to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on waste and mismanagement within the public sector.
    With you as the arbitrator on what is mismanagement and what is not?
    No thanks!


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    #171
    goodie2shoes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 702 ✭✭✭goodie2shoes


    dvpower wrote: »
    With you as the arbitrator on what is mismanagement and what is not?
    No thanks!

    so you do agree then, we need zero-tolerance in relation to public sector waste.
    well that's a start i suppose.


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    #172
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    This is the depths the indo will stoop to to rubbish the Public Sector. Its a farce.


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    #173
    goodie2shoes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 702 ✭✭✭goodie2shoes


    woodoo wrote: »
    This is the depths the indo will stoop to to rubbish the Public Sector. Its a farce.

    nobody ever claimed the story to be the discovery of life on mars.

    it's just another embarrassing example of public sector waste.


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    #174
    opti0nal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 900 ✭✭✭opti0nal


    woodoo wrote: »
    This is the depths the indo will stoop to to rubbish the Public Sector. Its a farce.

    Next week, there's an exclusive revelation in the Indo of how :eek: fat-cat public sector workers, with gold-plated pensions enjoy unlimited paid toilet breaks with free toilet paper and soap.


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    #175
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    So then why cant they do it after five on their own time?

    Its a non story but lets call it what it is, a free afternoon off that they will get paid for even though they are boozing it up.

    Is there many companies that don't do the same? Who cares if the taxpayer picks up the tab for that afternoon off its their way of thanking revenue for all the good work done throughout the year., Just like any private sector company thanks their staff after working all year. Its just the way things are done in the west. Some people need to cop themselves on sitting on the internet all day ranting about the PS not working during working hours.. irony.


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    #176
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    it's just another embarrassing example of public sector waste.

    No its not, its thanking workers for their work at christmas time, just like workers all over the country will be thanked.

    I couldn't get involved in this discussion all day because i was.. you know.. working.


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    #177
    sha the man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭sha the man


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    i've been saying for quite some time that we live in a banana republic, but this sort of thing belongs to Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/revenue-staff-get-paid-to-eat-christmas-lunch-3282204.html

    as yare man said in men in black "i gotta get me some of these" and btw everyone who finds it funny your paying for it ha ha


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    #178
    Furious_George
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Furious_George


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    we need to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on waste and mismanagement within the public sector. apparently Leo Varadkar is getting paid more than David Cameron.

    it starts at the top and goes right through the system.

    change is needed. we're broke.:(

    The point in my view is that this is a change. The country is broke, therefore the revenue is not paying for any sort of xmas party for their staff, they are making them pay for their own xmas lunch and then they are letting them knock off a few hours early paid. I would barely consider that a bonus. Ive worked in companies that let their staff finish up after lunch every friday of a bank holiday weekend.


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    #179
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,250 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Does anyone think that giving staff a day off (or flexitime leave) even if they wern't due to work the day of the xmas booze up is wrong. . thats what is happening here.


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    #180
    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭dvpower


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    nobody ever claimed the story to be the discovery of life on mars.

    it's just another embarrassing example of public sector waste.
    Well that is a massive climbdown on your part. In the OP you likened it to something out of Mugabe's Zimbabwe.


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    #181
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    nobody ever claimed the story to be the discovery of life on mars.

    it's just another embarrassing example of public sector waste.

    Bet you weren't doing this kind of whingeing in 2006. Please stop, you're beyond boring.


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