Archive | October, 2010
McDonald’s stung by Brazilian
News reaches Yours Truly that global mega-employer McDonald’s has been ordered to pay compensation to a former manager in Brazil due to the fact that he put on four stones while working at one of the company’s fast food outlets.… continue
Killing dogs could end unemployment
Guru has been alerted to a possible cure for the plight of the jobless. And it’s a rather dangerous occupation so will require serious training and monitoring – thereby creating lots of lovely jobs.With nearly 500,000 jobs expected to be… continue
Offensive minister stokes up London firefighter strike
Guru is saddened to report that London’s firefighters have decided to continue with their industrial action and plan to go on strike on Bonfire Night.
However, he is more overwhelmed by the news that the ‘fire service minister’ is so… continue
Food for thought as David Cameron outlines Big Society feeding frenzy
Anyone worried about the ‘shape’ of work in the coming years can rest easy in their armchair of complacency, for David ‘just call me Dave’ Cameron has just spoken. And the words he spake – while munching on a bagel… continue
Thinktank tanks as weak foundations undermine survival
Proof that Guru is the leading workplace thinker came yesterday when the so-called ‘leading workplace thinktank’ the Work Foundation fell on its own sword having faced a winding up petition in the High Court. The country’s ‘leading workplace thinktank’ apparently… continue
Doctoring the figures doesn’t add up…
While apprentice chancellor George ‘pigman’ Osborne pretended he’d not been doctoring the figures to persuade the dim and dusty of the nation that losing cash is actually good for them, Guru’s attention was turned to the latest loser to emerge… continue
George Osborne gets hold of the scissors
Today, the pig-faced chancellor George Osborne (pictured) gets to deliver his porky idea of what prime cuts need to made to the rump of the public purse in his eagerly awaited spending review. One thing’s for certain: Mr Pig will… continue
Two come along at once as twin tubbies told to shed pounds by Blackpool bus operator
As if to prove that Yours Truly had an actual point when highlighting the needless targeting of those more rotund members of society, Blackpool Transport has snubbed two fatty bus drivers and told them to shed the pounds before they… continue
Pointless research and 3D!!!! revelations
News from the Ministry of Pointless Research suggests that fit workers are healthier and less stressed on account of having lower blood pressure.
Yours Truly knows all about this, having cast aside all bad habits to live a fuller more… continue
Women apprentices show dark side of girl power
Keeping tabs on the feckless few selected to impress the bearded one on BBC TV’s The Apprentice, Guru was sad to see the women hasten their retreat to an idle future – as predicted by Yours Truly only a couple… continue
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