SURPRISE! SURPRISE! - time for a pay rise.
Well, all the rumours floating round about a "big surprise" in the October pay packet certainly turned out to be accurate......
...... I am sure plenty of people were surprised when they got "SWEET F A" extra in their pay.
latest rumour -
SERCo have called off the planned/negotiated/approved pay rise due to the vague possibility that the US dollar / Dirham peg will soon be abolished - thereby giving everybody an automatic pay rise as the Dirham appreciates against the dollar. If the peg doesn't get abolished by years end they will have bought themselves a few extra months of penny pinching and another pat on the back from Blighty.
Of course then there is the rumour that any increase will be backdated to the 1st sept so maybe we shouldn't be worried - it is already past then so we can all start counting / spending the extra loot in anticipation....mmmmmm might use it to buy a one way ticket home