Are We Still On The Scratcher?

[Shallowhal]

Ooh....tapered....me no like dat!!

[silverbullet]

Ooh....tapered....me no like dat!!

Better than being a super spreader.
Talking about burning the candle at both ends:

https://www.thejournal.ie/candle-church-vat-bill-5113270-Jun2020/

[Shallowhal]

Ooh....tapered....me no like dat!!

Better than being a super spreader.
Talking about burning the candle at both ends:

https://www.thejournal.ie/candle-church-vat-bill-5113270-Jun2020/

Myself and a friend were only talking about Rathborne candles yesterday morning(not that they were the company!!) and then that article appeared later that afternoon...and when i wrote tapered the article came to mind again.....now my head hurts!!

[mercenary for hire]

Hopefully Vinny will negotiate us all an increase on the 350 COVID payment for the rest of the year...Sure half if it is probably going on the depreciation of our vehicles.

[john m]

Think we will get Coin until this stage ...Phase 4 (20 July)
opening of crèches, childminders and pre-schools for children of all other workers on a gradually increasing basis
return to work for those who cannot work from home
gradual easing of restrictions for higher risk services (e.g. Hairdressers)
opening of museums, galleries, places of worship

So six more weeks of payments of some sort ?

[mercenary for hire]

I watched Anne Graham of the NTA on telly yesterday complaining that they don't have enough capacity for the next phase on the buses with the current social distancing set up.

I think a double-decker can only take about nine passengers.They could cut us off earlier if they can't get more buses.Seems like the public think things are back to normal out there.They don't realise the public transport is meant for essential workers right now.

Freenow could easily fuk us over by saying that they've lads earning 2k a week and we're all lazy gits.Just in case some of yis don't know they're on the taxi advisory council and they can easily bring up ten lads wages on a graph and make it seem like they need more of us back on the road.

[dalymount]

The power to run the industry is within your hands,yet you chose to give it away to dispatchers

[mercenary for hire]

I didn't choose anything.Us moany cunts on here are in the minority.The majority of drivers aren't interested in changing the status quo.They're really happy otherwise they wouldn't be covering the work.No point sweating over it.

[john m]

At the moment they still want to control the movemenr of people .They have some chance with leap cards but random taxi trips cant be traced .They dont know what they are doing the situation is fluid .Operation Dark Skin was allowed over the weekend .They will monotor the numbers and if there is no spike in cases they will say the average age of the Protesters was 28 so that means that that cohort are not spreaders so they will relax situations where they gather .Ask yourself why they didnt break up those protests or street bingo .They are open air experiments .Read the fucking nonsence in todays paper six people can meet up but you cant hug your grankids .Then they say Kids dont spread the Fever .

[stonethecrows]

Bit weird , they allow the Zoo to open up (with restrictions) but wont allow Places of Worship to open 

[john m]

Bit weird , they allow the Zoo to open up (with restrictions) but wont allow Places of Worship to open 

All the indoor  exibits in the Zoo are closed .

[Shallowhal]

Anne Graham.....another fuk in an overpaid position in a not fit for purpose quango.


I did hear there was a queue of around 40 people for the bus to Portmarnock on one of the days over the weekend.....probably everyday and everytime a bus left.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

it's all a loada bollocks.

[Theoneandonly]

Tapered payments are easy to handle for Paye employees, simply give them 70% of their income for the same time last year or if they weren't working the equivalent based on similar employment, The Self employed are different, it's impossible to determine how much we were earning at any particular time of year so it's likely we'll continue to receive a set amount, maybe a reduced amount? there's a possibility they'll  do it sector by sector, but that seems like a tough task, self declaration is a more obvious option. whereby every Taxi driver will have earned exactly €500 a week for the months of june and July ... those obviouly being their busiest months of the year by far

[watty]

I was thinking of going back next week at the start of Phase 2 but I think I might stay home until Phase 3 because 'social distancing'.

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/7ae99f-easing-the-covid-19-restrictions-on-june-8-phase-2/

Work:
- People who can work safely while maintaining a 2-metre distance from others
- Workers, like those who work on their own, as well as other workers who can keep a 2 metre distance from others can return to work. Social distancing requirements continue to apply.

Social visits
- Up to 4 people may visit another household for a short period of time but everyone must keep at least 2 metres apart from people they don't live with.

So if you can't even visit your mates' houses without keeping 2 metres apart then how can we work in a small enclosed metal box without breaking the rules?