Relaxation of restrictions Part II

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

I think its too late. Public service wages deficit by August. Are public service workers not currently working earning €350? If they are on full pay for sitting at home, when they suffer a realistic wage adjustment in a few weeks Yates will gain a few more listeners me thinks.

Long_Wave wrote: »

The men of 1916 would be absolutely disgusted at the mob who have taken over this country, brainwashed fools sitting on their hole at home on €350 dole perweek.

gauchesnell wrote: »

Im public service and I am working from home as are all my colleagues. What public servants are being paid to sit at home and not work???

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easypazz wrote: »

Seriously, don't try and insult those of us on €350 a week that these people are genuinely working at the moment.

A mate of mine is doing sweet FA, they all showing cause now and again but he freely admits they are doing nothing while supposed working from home.

Shefwedfan wrote: »

How do you know?

easypazz wrote: »

Its not about tarnishing, its about unfairness.

The public sector were left on full pay while the private sector were forced out of their jobs and told to live on €350.

"We are in this together" my hole.

Archeron wrote: »

I'm sharing a household with two family members, one of whom is a manic depressive and the other a violent chronic alcoholic. I've done everything ive been asked to do for the past seven weeks and have been so much looking forward to this Friday to see some light at the end of the tunnel. My only escape generally is to f*ck off to the mountains on my own every couple of weeks to get some respite. In recent weeks my job has fired 90% of my team and moved the workload to those remaining, meaning I now am expected to work a 16 hour day and I am questioned if I take a lunch break. I receive emails at 9pm with a warning that I have a two hour deadline to respond. And in addition I'm being threatened every day that my job is on the line if I don't do exactly what I'm told to do, and I should be grateful to still have a job, if I lose it, I'm the only earner in the house and will not be able to pay my mortgage. I have foregone some food shopping to try and squirrel away some money to an extra months mortgage. I have lost 15% of my body weight (I wasn't overweight to start so that's not a good thing)

Despite everything I've stayed as happy as can be and been positive to any friends ive spoken to, in the hope, the ever living hope that this week would see some semblance of a plan and conscious that we all need to support each other through this.

No apparent view of the future, no plan, no vision. I hate to say this on a public thread but on my solo inside 2km exercise today, I stopped at the river and gazed so deeply into its depths. As I walked awayfrom it, conscious of my family responsibilities, a passing jogger ran past me and coughed in my face. (Not intentially)

I don't want the pubs to open, I don't care that I'm hairier than cousin it from the addams family, I don't care about most things but I want to know that our government have some idea what is going to happen. I need to see a plan to get through this and not a never ending, sure two more weeks and we'll see what happens. For me, every day in work is constant fear and every day off work means nothing more than additional sleep during which I have horrible, terrifying nightmares.

I appreciate this is new to us all and we have to learn from others experiences, and i appreciate this is here to stay. But to all of those who say that were nothing but a bunch of pub missing hairdresser attending snowflakes, I assure you the reality for some is awful. As I saw on a recent meme, as I lie me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I wake, good.

I will continue to do as advised and continue to follow the rules but please stop being so dismissive of other peoples circumstances and the reasons why some are beginning to creak at the edges.