France on Strike

CelticRambler · 27-05-2016 07:30PM

pickarooney wrote: »

I'm exhausted just reading that. Fair dues to you.

I had a lot of time on my hands for a while! :pac:

Not so much now, though ... too busy doing the work my French colleagues are too narrow-minded to do. Like working the second half of one week and the first half of the next (yeah, even if it straddles two months ... :rolleyes: )

buried · 27-05-2016 07:36PM

enda1 wrote: »

Why do the Irish turn into mini British parrots whenever France is brought up? Can't we see it for the wonderful country full of history, culture, magnificent beauty and pride that it really is? We're not the ones with the age old rivalry with France, they are historical and contemporary allies who share a similar relaxed attitude, beautiful country and joie de vivre!

Vive l'Irlande!
Vive la France!

This only applies to AH. The only times where a load of users of this forum show any respect to France is when France is attacked by terrorists, when the lame social media bandwagon deems it so.

stefanovich · 27-05-2016 07:56PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

No, it's because the government are trying to introduce a new labour law, which almost everybody is against (the workers think it's too harsh, and the business owners think it's not going far enough).
The government are trying to stifle debate on it and people are getting pissed about it.

I doubt the Algerians trying to burn police alive were worried about employment conditions.

Red Kev wrote: »

They did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance

The French suffered terribly during the war in reprisal attacks from the Germans, thanks to those who collaborated with the Nazis. Sadly those collaborators exist in every country.

Women switch their allegiance quick once they think they have identified the winner.

Permabear · 27-05-2016 08:43PM

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pickarooney · 27-05-2016 08:48PM

That's why it's so galling to see the untouchables flaunting their benefits by idling away while so many people who are willing to work can't, under the risible guise of solidarity.

KingBrian2 · 27-05-2016 09:20PM

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They are more concerned about appeasing the Union leadership instead of adopting policies that the people really want. Law seems to have annoyed a lot of French citizens.

nervous_twitch · 27-05-2016 09:43PM

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Does that contradict what I'm saying?

Permabear · 27-05-2016 11:10PM

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astrofool · 27-05-2016 11:59PM

Don't worry, they raided the Google offices to extract some money to pay for all this, just wait till they start handing out the fines for not letting a French company "compete" with the horrible American multinationals.

Bob24 · 28-05-2016 09:11AM

astrofool wrote: »

Don't worry, they raided the Google offices to extract some money to pay for all this, just wait till they start handing out the fines for not letting a French company "compete" with the horrible American multinationals.

Pure misguided hatred here.

What's the problem with a tax authority raiding a corporation suspected of tax fraud?

Happens all the time in many countries and has nothing to do with the strikes.

timthumbni · 28-05-2016 09:14AM

The French ... Cheese eating surrender monkeys more like....

stefanovich · 28-05-2016 12:00PM

timthumbni wrote: »

The French ... Cheese eating surrender monkeys more like....

God, you're original aren't you? I reckon it's the Irish who are surrender monkeys. Surrendering to their government.

Sh1tbag OToole · 28-05-2016 12:02PM

France will be replaced by robots soon.

I was in a McDonalds near Paris a few weeks ago and I was wondering "why aren't any of these f**kers taking orders?" then I saw a horde of teenyboppers manipulating touch screens and shoving their Visa Debit cards into the machines

Bob24 · 28-05-2016 12:52PM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

France will be replaced by robots soon.

I was in a McDonalds near Paris a few weeks ago and I was wondering "why aren't any of these f**kers taking orders?" then I saw a horde of teenyboppers manipulating touch screens and shoving their Visa Debit cards into the machines

Ireland will be replaced by robots soon.

I was in a Tesco near Dublin a few weeks ago and I was wondering "why aren't any of these f**kers scanning customer's products?" then I saw a horde of teenyboppers manipulating touch screens and shoving their Visa Debit cards into the machines

Eugene Norman · 28-05-2016 08:49PM

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I doubt your sudden concern for workers. Sure the capitalists would like to throw some more expensive workers out and hire new inexpensive workers but that's still not going to solve unemployment, it will keep it the same or it will increase, because the low paid workers will spend less.

KingBrian2 · 29-05-2016 01:09AM

Whether people like it or not technology is here to stay and French and Irish people are going to have to get used to it. Technology is only a tool that we all use to get by it is not some easy solution to replace workers. Technology can end the exploitation that in the past industry did cause to children and of course women who became sterile working in the factories. Technology is an asset and can improve peoples live, entire Nations lives if they are embraced and made to serve the public good.

Junkyard Tom · 29-05-2016 01:25AM

enda1 wrote: »

Why do the Irish turn into mini British parrots whenever France is brought up?

Not all of us. Unfortunately we've far too many people here who listen to morons like Jeremy Clarkson and who are incapable of telling the difference between US/Brit jingoism and actual reality.

astrofool · 29-05-2016 01:30AM

Bob24 wrote: »

Pure misguided hatred here.

What's the problem with a tax authority raiding a corporation suspected of tax fraud?

Happens all the time in many countries and has nothing to do with the strikes.

Google, Microsoft et al already do the minimum necessary in France due to all the red tape and crazy working conditions in place, do you really think they would store anything of note in France for the authorities to find?

FTA69 · 29-05-2016 01:34AM

enda1 wrote: »

Why do the Irish turn into mini British parrots whenever France is brought up? Can't we see it for the wonderful country full of history, culture, magnificent beauty and pride that it really is? We're not the ones with the age old rivalry with France, they are historical and contemporary allies who share a similar relaxed attitude, beautiful country and joie de vivre!

Vive l'Irlande!
Vive la France!

Spot on, it's silly seeing Irish people ape this jingoistic Jeremy Clarkson b*llocks. The French were often great allies to Ireland in the past and in 1798 French soldiers fought and died in Ireland in support of our independence, a grand bunch of lads.

The Ging and I · 29-05-2016 07:33AM

Into The Blue wrote: »

Is there fuel in the pumps? Heading over for two weeks.. don't want to be walking week 2..

I live here and am hearing from a lot of people the petrol issue is sorted.
Most of the big petrol stations are still closed in my area.

Bob24 · 29-05-2016 07:46AM

astrofool wrote: »

Google, Microsoft et al already do the minimum necessary in France due to all the red tape and crazy working conditions in place, do you really think they would store anything of note in France for the authorities to find?

So you reckon because you don't think they would store anything, a state should give up and not try to enforce its laws? (FYI they tax guys came in with IT experts and got access computers)

I any case, the point was your post was pure bashing on something which has nothing to do with the strikes.

scdublin · 02-06-2016 02:54PM

The strikes in France are also affecting some parts of Belgium which I wasn't aware of until I went there last week. Apparently the Flemish parts are trying to work as normal and the French parts are striking so there's a lot of disruption. Some trains are running, some are cancelled or delayed which messed up a lot of connections.

KingBrian2 · 02-06-2016 09:08PM

Their are also heavy floods taking place in France.

Winterlong · 02-06-2016 09:46PM

I am flying home tomorrow and our flight would normally go thru french airspace. But they will fly around it, adding a rake of time to the flight. But at least I will get home.

Spanish Eyes · 02-06-2016 09:56PM

Anyone know if the General Strike planned for June 14th is going ahead?

Conflicting information out there really. I suppose negotiations are ongoing!

I'm returning from France that day. Yikes!

02-06-2016 10:57PM

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Victors control history. Or in English speaking countries. Anglo Saxons control history.

The French did fight in WWII. They lost. It was the British who retreated.

Ouch. They won't like that fact. But, they'll contend, at least the British joined WW II to save the Jews... and those God-damned Russian communists did nothing to fight against Nazi Germany... and the USA were heroically fighting for freedom against Nazism since 1934 (and the US was certainly not supporting Vichy France against the French Résistance right up until the end of 1942. Lord, no.)

But yes, the French, a people who unlike the smug Brits or Yanks had their country occupied by the Nazis, are the "cowards". It's also pathetic to see the little snivelling Paddies who like to subscribe to the myths of the Anglo world. These are the same sort who think Waterloo was the most important battle in defeating Napoleon (and have never heard of the Battle of Borodino) simply because the British were not involved in the more critical battles and therefore those battles are ignored by the English language press. Ah, the in-built British nationalist prejudices of the English language that our more historically illiterate compatriots are now subscribing to. How very Irish, etc.

Vive la France!

02-06-2016 11:10PM

enda1 wrote: »

Why do the Irish turn into mini British parrots whenever France is brought up? Can't we see it for the wonderful country full of history, culture, magnificent beauty and pride that it really is? We're not the ones with the age old rivalry with France, they are historical and contemporary allies who share a similar relaxed attitude, beautiful country and joie de vivre!

Vive l'Irlande!
Vive la France!

FTA69 wrote: »

Spot on, it's silly seeing Irish people ape this jingoistic Jeremy Clarkson b*llocks. The French were often great allies to Ireland in the past and in 1798 French soldiers fought and died in Ireland in support of our independence, a grand bunch of lads.

Very well said. 'Cuimhnigh ar Luimneach agus feall na Sasanaigh!'' (Remember [the Treaty of] Limerick and the treachery of the English!)

- War shout of the Irish Brigade in the French Army following the defeat of the English at the Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745.

PS: And France is, by a country mile, consistently far and away the most visited country on the entire planet. That says something about the regard in which it is held.

02-06-2016 11:18PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

No but I live here and I find reporting in Ireland of events in France not terribly accurate.

I find reporting in Ireland of events in Ireland not terribly accurate.

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