The grumpy thread

[The Moog]

"Manager culture" has poisoned the public services as well unfortunately. I don't know why companies need so many managers.

Not in NHS. They run with a lower level of managers than any commercial organisation. Around 3% compared to 11% in private sector. This is the lowest level since 1998.

 

The Kings Fund report in 2011 wanted more managers as they found that GPs or similar adopting management role lacked the skills or training to run a resource intensive environment.

 

Sadly an efficient manager isn't as photogenic as a nurse, yet potentially can have a bigger impact

 

Steps off soapbox.

[DodgeRover]

The NHS Competes in a Boat Race

 

Once upon a time, the NHS and a Japanese company decided to have a competitive boat race on the river Thames.

Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance.

On the big day, they were as ready as they could be.

The Japanese won by a mile!

Afterwards the NHS team became very discouraged by the loss and morale sagged. Senior management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, and a project team was set up to investigate the problem and recommend appropriate action.

 

Their conclusion: The problem was that the Japanese had eight people rowing, and one person steering. The NHS had one person rowing and eight people steering.

 

Senior management immediately hired a consultancy company to do a study on the team structure. Millions of pounds and several months later the consultancy company concluded that: Too many people were steering and not enough rowing.

 

To prevent loosing to the Japanese again next year, the team structure was changed to 'four steering managers, three senior steering managers and one executive steering manager'.

A new quality performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give more incentive to work harder and become a key performer.

 

"We must give him empowerment and enrichment, that ought to do it".

 

The next year, the Japanese won by TWO miles!

 

The NHS laid off the rower for poor performance, sold all the paddles and cancelled all the capital investment for new equipment.

 

They halted the development of a new boat, awarded high performance awards to the consultants and distributed the money saved to senior management.

[Stroller133]

I have 16 years NCD but my previous insurer only went up to 9, so will only give me proof for 9 years NCD. My new insurance quote is now £50 more expensive than it would be and the extra 7 years NCD I had built up has been vaporised. Feckers

Have you got last years proof? Ask if you can e-mail that to them alongside the most recent one.

[loserone]

The brick base for the garage is up.

 

The grump? It's 7.27m long.

 

[Kiltox]

Looks like a 2 to me...

[richardmorris]

I work with numbers and read it as 7.270. I also cross my sevens though so that they don't look like 1s

[Tamworthbay]

I work with numbers and read it as 7.270. I also cross my sevens though so that they don't look like 1s

+1 on the sevens and also thought it was 7.27, I thought it was an ironic post if I am honest.

[loserone]

Yeah, I may just be panicing - elsewhere on the document there's these:

 

but there's also these:

 

Best call them in the morning..

 

[richardmorris]

Being grumpy I also cross z s so they don't look like 2 s. Helps the algebra!

[richardmorris]

Yeah, I may just be panicing - elsewhere on the document there's these:

twos.png

 

but there's also these:

onetwoonetwo.png

 

Best call them in the morning..

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[richardmorris]

Our greatest trial at the moment at work is Eu customers who write n as m and m as mm and r as n, Not easy to read emails or tell Ir ( iridium ) from In ( indium).

[castros_bro]

Not in NHS. They run with a lower level of managers than any commercial organisation. Around 3% compared to 11% in private sector. This is the lowest level since 1998.

 

The Kings Fund report in 2011 wanted more managers as they found that GPs or similar adopting management role lacked the skills or training to run a resource intensive environment.

 

Sadly an efficient manager isn't as photogenic as a nurse, yet potentially can have a bigger impact

 

Steps off soapbox.

 

The  dichotomy is sticking medics/engineers/waste-disposal-operatives into a management structure doesn't always work just as forcing skilled managers into the medics/engineers/waste-disposal-operatives structure doesn't always work.   A medic in a management situation is not the same person as a manager in a medical situation but somehow i think you know this anyway. 

[STUNO]

I hate to say it, but I also read that as a 2. Choice now is to rebuild or use 100mm of expanding foam somewhere. Sincerely hope it can be worked around though.

[loserone]

If it IS a 2, there's no problem.   Feeling a lot more relaxed about it now!

[Tamworthbay]

Our greatest trial at the moment at work is Eu customers who write n as m and m as mm and r as n, Not easy to read emails or tell Ir ( iridium ) from In ( indium).

When I worked in the Netherlands we had similar issues (but mostly due to a dodgy printer on the fax machine, theses were the days) so made sure anything critical included the atomic mass number which removed any chance of a cock up. Also had issues with single letter codes for amino acids as they aren't standardised internationally but ALMOST everyone uses the Uk system so throws a real bender when someone decides to not use it (but then it also showed our ignorance in assuming they would!)

[DodgeRover]

The brick base for the garage is up.

 

The grump? It's 7.27m long.

 

sevenpoint.png

I read that as a 2 as well

[Negative Creep]

some scumbag drug dealer gets shot by the police, now the press is full of glowing eulogies from his family about what a great guy he was and mouthbreathers on facebook saying the pigs are murderers.

[MrDuke]

Press and FB in gross distortion of truth shocker. Who'd have thought?

[Sheefag]

Thing is, they all fucking hate me mate.

Don't make the mistakes that I made, I'm typing this sprawled on top of two feet of Argos catalogues.

[BavarianRetro]

some scumbag drug dealer gets shot by the police, now the press is full of glowing eulogies from his family about what a great guy he was and mouthbreathers on facebook saying the pigs are murderers.

 

Do you know the guy was a "scumbag drug dealer" for a fact? If not, forming opinions based on assumptions/Facebook/news media isn't that smart. Nor is expressing those opinions in public.

[Lacquer Peel]

I'd love to see your Oriental Calibra and gain some insight into the driving experience.

[Lacquer Peel]

Do you know the guy was a "scumbag drug dealer" for a fact? If not, forming opinions based on assumptions/Facebook/news media isn't that smart. Nor is expressing those opinions in public.

 

Are all drug dealers scumbags?

[garbaldy]

There's no mandatory requirement for me to post threads about the cars I own.

 

nope that's true your right but if you have the car we all think you have then it would definitely go down very well here indeed.

[garbaldy]

Are all drug dealers scumbags?

I don't know about that but they are definitely clever, I mean they nearly always have the best of gear and never appear to work hard.

[Barry Cade]

I don't know about that but they are definitely clever, I mean they nearly always have the best of gear and never appear to work hard.

Audi certainly do well from them.

[Eddie Honda]

It's 7.27m long.

 

sevenpoint.png

[purplebargeken]

Mornings........ just FRO!

[Lacquer Peel]

I don't know about that but they are definitely clever, I mean they nearly always have the best of gear and never appear to work hard.

 

I'm going to pass judgement on this shot lad based on the photos I've seen in the news media. He's a scumbag.

 

Not all drug dealers are rich, especially at the bottom, plenty of them are scrabbling about barely making any money and it's a difficult job with the real potential of losing your liberty. Give (small time) drug dealers a break!

[tooSavvy]

NHS vs Sky.

 

Juss thinkinn, lyke..

 

NHS 'no show'.. F#ckemm (says patient) I'll drop by later...

Sky 'no show'.. F#ckyou (says patient) Where is he? I stiffed my therapist appt to let him in... C#nts!!

 

Different attitude to 'value of service' don't you think?

 

 

TS

[Craig the Princess]

I'm going to pass judgement on this shot lad based on the photos I've seen in the news media. He's a scumbag.

 

Not all drug dealers are rich, especially at the bottom, plenty of them are scrabbling about barely making any money and it's a difficult job with the real potential of losing your liberty. Give (small time) drug dealers a break!

The history of gun offences and a gun found in the car suggest scumbag, though I'm sure a full inquiry well be held into this shooting in the same way it was with Mark Duggan.

 

Fuck drug dealers too, poor little bastards who might get arrested for breaking the law. At risk of getting into political topics my liberalism stops before it reaches the life ruining bastards. And that isn't just because my junkie neighbours keep stinking my house out with their god awful weed.