Gem, I was never sick, but JC did his best to find my limits.
Given how long I've been seeing this stuff, from up close, I can only say that TigerFish is bang on the button there.
However, he who pays the piper calls the tune.
The troops at the sharp end are no longer paid to do what they did in the good old days, they are paid to turn up at the jobs they can afford to attend.
That's how it is.
As for Bernard, he was asked to do a job, and he has done it rather well I think. It's a great shame that anyone was asked to do it, but he has achieved what he set out to do.