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Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: UK General Election 2015
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on: May 12, 2015, 07:08:53 PM
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This is my opinion fwiw. British people tend to be very picky when it comes to work, there is a culture of "I am trained to do this or I am educated to this level therefore I will not take a job I believe to be beneath me". I've said it before on other threads there is a big difference between saying I want to work and HAVING to work. Here in Guernsey I can honestly say when we advertise a job we get 99% of the time ZERO local applicants!
This is the reason we have a high proportion of foreign workers here a lot of whom are highly qualified in their own countries but will take jobs here in housekeeping, kitchen porters etc not only for the minimum wage offered but to improve the English also, I love working with these people because I learn so much from them about their cultures etc and I have the utmost respect for them coming to a completely new country with little or no English language but prepared to try and better themselves.
I always remember when I returned to the UK in 2008 and HAD to work, I was in an employment agency in Nottingham with 5 other men, 2 English around my age and 3 Polish lads in their 20's and we were all offered work in a factory earning minimum wage, myself and the Polish lads jumped at the offer, the 2 other Englishmen turned their noses up in disgust and walked out.....about summed it up for me.......
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Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: Liberation Day Guernsey
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on: May 10, 2015, 08:36:56 AM
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It was a wonderful day, the first time I have had the opportunity to go and watch it, this years cavalcade was the biggest they have ever had and the vehicles were magnificently turned out, many had travelled from different parts of Europe for the day.
The majority of the shops in town closed for the day to allow the staff to join in the celebrations, May 9th is normally a bank holiday in the Channel Islamds.
....and the sun was shining 😄
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