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What grinds my gears...

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Jon the Hat

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I don't know the ins and outs but are not charity donations tax exempted? If so he will benefit as much as the charity. The publicity may be good and bad thing. Yes he does show off his ego but it may also motivate others who would not normally do so get involved. There are however plenty of 'famous' people involved in charity work who do not advertise it. Sometimes the media may hear of it and see it as a news story depending on how high profile the person is.

Ah Ken.

1st sentence - I admit I know **** all about this.

2nd sentence - firm conclusion based on nothing at all.

A little research would show he is not giving away his money, but like the Gates setting up a foundation to fund activities he believes will benefit the world of the future. **** all to do with tax Ken.

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Rincewind

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The  reason I said  I knew little  because I do not know the full story. And regarding tax, I was referring to the UK mainly.

 

https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/overview

 

I was not knocking it.If you carry on reading I also said it could do some good. If you also read other posts there have been some more critical of him than I was.I said there were other famous people that do not advertise their good deeds. Nothing said about that. My first sentence also included a question and was not a statement and only required a yes or no.

 

 Completely upto no good rat faced w**ker, same ploy bill gates did. "Ow im so generous with my wealth" **** off and pull the other one you jumped up pricks. Id rather see them burn there pile of millions in front of my eyes then be bullshitted that there giving it to charity when in truth they just filter it back to charities that in one way or another benefit there company or corporations they have links to. Still don't out do bono tho, that c**t uses tragedy to get his face involved for free pr like Madonna did to with the Paris attacks. If ***** like that really cared then dont make sure you let the media know you are coming before hand to watch you grieving first hand. Them two are the type of w***kers that would dance on your grave with f**king jazz hands if it means having five min of publicity for there egos to be exaggerated to another level of unbearable c**tishness  
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Thracian

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Just had Sunday lunch with my brother and he was saying my sister in law has to get up at 3am over xmas. She works at tesco in the online ordering dept. She works 4-10. We are meeting other family members on Tuesday but she has to be in bed by 8 so not much fun for her. Not very good either for all the other shop workers over xmas who will be working when office workers will be enjoying the xmas festivities. Swings and roundabouts. I suppose some shops have to go by what staff they have and what times they can work. If there is a specific shop you are visiting you can always check on opening hours another day or online.

 

Some shop workers - and other employees - enjoy working over Christmas.

They volunteer to do it for countless reasons and enjoy the atmosphere of providing a service for people and giving their colleagues chance to be at home with their families.

Others are glad of the chance to get a salary bonus of some kind and often put it towards a special holiday later in the year or something else they particularly want.

You seem to emit an undercurrent of bitterness and envy whenever you talk about the rich, or corporate business and usually make these bland, ill conceived comments to try to justify an attitude which does more to reflect your own problems and failings than theirs.

There's a New Year coming soon. Why not make it a positive one by trying to understand that a lot of rich people are genuinely magnanimous and genuinely want to make a contribution to the benefit of others. Many have earned their wealth by thinking hard, working hard, taking risks and learning to be good at things.

Others have just got lucky - and why not?

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Rincewind

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Thrac Why am I bitter? I never mentioned the rich. I just said  that for some they do not have the break others enjoy. I include hospital workers, emergency services and the armed forces in that. I am not bitter against anyone that has worked hard to get their money. I say well done. My brother was one. He is now enjoying his retirement. He deserves it. I said it was swings and roundabouts  regarding Xmas hours. How is that bitter? I agree that many of the richer have got there by hard work. I have  never denied that. On the same scale there are many that contribute nothing, have everything handed down to them, spoilt as children and treat the average man on the street like shit. Do you disagree with that?There are people who have got  where they are because of who they are by birth or who they know. Do you deny that? At the other end there are the ones who refuse to work and exist on handouts.They are as bad and make it worse for the majority of the genuine people that are struggling.

If someone likes working over xmas fair enough. But you cannot speak for them all. Some do it to help pay the bills and would much rather be at home with their family. The hours my sister in law works means she finishes before mid day which for her works as the family is grown up. You have made a lot of false assumptions about me from a short post.

Merry Christmas.

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city187

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Some shop workers - and other employees - enjoy working over Christmas.

They volunteer to do it for countless reasons and enjoy the atmosphere of providing a service for people and giving their colleagues chance to be at home with their families.

Others are glad of the chance to get a salary bonus of some kind and often put it towards a special holiday later in the year or something else they particularly want.

You seem to emit an undercurrent of bitterness and envy whenever you talk about the rich, or corporate business and usually make these bland, ill conceived comments to try to justify an attitude which does more to reflect your own problems and failings than theirs.

There's a New Year coming soon. Why not make it a positive one by trying to understand that a lot of rich people are genuinely magnanimous and genuinely want to make a contribution to the benefit of others. Many have earned their wealth by thinking hard, working hard, taking risks and learning to be good at things.

Others have just got lucky - and why not?

"Undercurrent of bitterness" how you can make that assumption by a few posts lol you obviously live in a black and white world. Most people don't so get your head out your arse son.

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"Undercurrent of bitterness" how you can make that assumption by a few posts lol you obviously live in a black and white world. Most people don't so get your head out your arse son.

 

It's amazing how arrogant and pissy some people on here get when discussing stuff with people they've (probably) never met in real life.

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MooseBreath

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If you choose to work in a 24hr industry then you know you're going to be working over Christmas. The flip side is you get more time off at other times of year when doing things can be cheaper and everywhere is less busy.

Of all the injustice in the world, people working over Christmas doesn't rate.

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Rincewind

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For the record I've worked on Xmas day Did not mind it too much as I would have spent it on my own anyway. All I did was sit in an empty room on security watch. I took my  xmas food in. Sneaked a couple of bottles in and had my laptop and pocket TV  with me. So I understand that fore everyone it is different. It is the commercialism  of xmas that has brought in extra hours for shop workers who are quite often on the lower end  of the pay scale, work part time or seasonal hours. I would  not want to do it. But  thankfully I no longer need to make the choice.

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For the record I've worked on Xmas day Did not mind it too much as I would have spent it on my own anyway. All I did was sit in an empty room on security watch. I took my  xmas food in. Sneaked a couple of bottles in and had my laptop and pocket TV  with me. So I understand that fore everyone it is different. It is the commercialism  of xmas that has brought in extra hours for shop workers who are quite often on the lower end  of the pay scale, work part time or seasonal hours. I would  not want to do it. But  thankfully I no longer need to make the choice.

 

Aside from the odd Asian newsagents I can't think of any shops that open on Christmas Day.

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Foxhateram

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It's not luck if you just check on Google before you set off

Google is also often wrong for opening times. The Asda on fosse park doesn't open till 11 on Sundays as I found out last time I came up to stay, even though everywhere online it said 10. I was then faced with the dilemma of cracking on with the 4 hour journey back to Exeter without food or waiting. I cracked on. Never heard of anywhere opening at 11 before that day. Round here its always 10-4 openings on a Sunday no matter where you go.

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DB11

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Google is also often wrong for opening times. The Asda on fosse park doesn't open till 11 on Sundays as I found out last time I came up to stay, even though everywhere online it said 10. I was then faced with the dilemma of cracking on with the 4 hour journey back to Exeter without food or waiting. I cracked on. Never heard of anywhere opening at 11 before that day. Round here its always 10-4 openings on a Sunday no matter where you go.

Well it's not wrong because I just clicked the top link which was the Asda store locator own website and it shows 11-5 for Sunday's

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Guest Mee-9

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Myself.

For the past few weeks everytime I've gone out I've been leathered and have suffered the next day.

Last night was the same.

 

My post a few weeks ago.

 

Saturday I did the same, ended up in A and E till 7:30am Sunday morning with a suspected broken wrist. 

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