sevenstrokeroll
will someone tell me what codswallop is?
An old English expression, essentially, it is a polite way of saying bull$hit.
PantLoad
Southwest Airlines...the ultimate low-cost carrier...pays like a Las Vegas slot machine.
I think we all know what you mean but I think LA slots have a reputation of
not paying!
The commonality between these two stories (airline industry and mortgage industry) is greed, theft, and political connections.
That is a VERY good parallel to draw. In the 28 years that I have been in various kinds of employment, in various commercial and governmental organisations and in various countries of the world ... one certainty is that each new generation, as soon as they get their backside in the biiiig chair - starts to turn things to their personal advantage.
Not all of them, of course not, but more than enough. I suspect that, in the process, they make the working lives of those under them so unpleasant as to ensure that a junior member of staff makes a silent resolve that the very moment he gets
his backside into the big chair ...
