Only 20 mins of phone calls?
Inter Arma Enim Silentius Lex Legis
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You have something common, be you Service person or Prisoner...
You all have a choice!!
Servicepeople can leave if they don't like the terms of service. The ridiculous and laughable welfare package was one of the reasons I beat a path to the rail industry.
Prisoners also have a choice and a large percentage seem to like it so much that they go back for 2nds!!
You all have a choice!!
Servicepeople can leave if they don't like the terms of service. The ridiculous and laughable welfare package was one of the reasons I beat a path to the rail industry.
Prisoners also have a choice and a large percentage seem to like it so much that they go back for 2nds!!
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IN PRISON.....you spend the majority of your time in an 8 x 10 cell;
AT WORK......you spend the majority of your time in an 6 x 8 cubicle.
IN PRISON.....you get three meals a day;
AT WORK......you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON....you get time of for good behaviour;
AT WORK.....you get rewarded for good behaviour with more work;
IN PRISON....the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you;
AT WORK.....you carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
IN PRISON....you can watch TV and play games;
AT WORK.....you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON.... you get your own toilet;
AT WORK .....you have to share.
IN PRISON.... they allow your family and friends to visit;
AT WORK.....you can't even speak to your family.
IN PRISON....all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required;
AT WORK.....you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN PRISON....you spend most of your life looking through bars from inside wanting to get out;
AT WORK.....you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN PRISON....there are wardens who are sadistic;
AT WORK.....they are called managers.
CBA
AT WORK......you spend the majority of your time in an 6 x 8 cubicle.
IN PRISON.....you get three meals a day;
AT WORK......you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON....you get time of for good behaviour;
AT WORK.....you get rewarded for good behaviour with more work;
IN PRISON....the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you;
AT WORK.....you carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
IN PRISON....you can watch TV and play games;
AT WORK.....you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON.... you get your own toilet;
AT WORK .....you have to share.
IN PRISON.... they allow your family and friends to visit;
AT WORK.....you can't even speak to your family.
IN PRISON....all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required;
AT WORK.....you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN PRISON....you spend most of your life looking through bars from inside wanting to get out;
AT WORK.....you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN PRISON....there are wardens who are sadistic;
AT WORK.....they are called managers.
CBA
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I am currently in said verbally compromised situation.
My problem is that I fell in love with a dynamic, beautiful young doctor before I was deployed.
My question is this...
If anyone has any ideas or advice about how I can possibly win over this young woman in that time scale...phrases to use...lies to tell...medals to imagine...how you did it in similar circumstances... help me. For the love of god. I have only Wet Ones to comfort me
S4M
My problem is that I fell in love with a dynamic, beautiful young doctor before I was deployed.
My question is this...
If anyone has any ideas or advice about how I can possibly win over this young woman in that time scale...phrases to use...lies to tell...medals to imagine...how you did it in similar circumstances... help me. For the love of god. I have only Wet Ones to comfort me
S4M
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At MPA you get a £20 card per week = 20 mins, but it can be used from any GPTN phone down there so no queues. Charlie and Whiskey still has the monopoly and there is no alternative to call out. No Broadband either, this much text takes about 4-5 mins to arrive and burns up your 40min/day internet welfare time quick sharp.
MORE TO THE POINT:
Why when detained at HM pleasure you do not require a TV licence because it is a govt building, when while serving for HM (and living-in) does the same privelage not apply?
Ray
MORE TO THE POINT:
Why when detained at HM pleasure you do not require a TV licence because it is a govt building, when while serving for HM (and living-in) does the same privelage not apply?
Ray
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"Apparently" there was a system in use at MPA until fairly recently, whereby you could call a certain cornish naval base via the GPTN number, and ask to be put through to "Breathe", A First Telecom price plan, where you pre-payed for calls at 3p a minute. This allowed you to have as long as you liked, so long as you were prepared to pay for it.
This was stopped supposedly due to the volume of calls the base was getting, and because with the recent round of defence cuts, the base was losing one of their operators.
The difference that losing Breathe made to the morale down there was enormous, as most of the people down there didn;t feel that "20 minutes is enough and plenty to keep loved ones informed of your wellbeing" Especially when children/partners were ill/pregnant etc.
Yes, it may be a bit naughty, and there may be issues, however, I find it difficult to believe that it is cheaper, or in anybody apart from C&W's better interests to give everybody in MPA £20 of call credit per week, as opposed to using the GPTN lines that are already installed and allowing them to use their own phone accounts. Surely it must be far cheaper even if it means keeping operators employed at £13k per year?
Rant over
The Rocket.
This was stopped supposedly due to the volume of calls the base was getting, and because with the recent round of defence cuts, the base was losing one of their operators.
The difference that losing Breathe made to the morale down there was enormous, as most of the people down there didn;t feel that "20 minutes is enough and plenty to keep loved ones informed of your wellbeing" Especially when children/partners were ill/pregnant etc.
Yes, it may be a bit naughty, and there may be issues, however, I find it difficult to believe that it is cheaper, or in anybody apart from C&W's better interests to give everybody in MPA £20 of call credit per week, as opposed to using the GPTN lines that are already installed and allowing them to use their own phone accounts. Surely it must be far cheaper even if it means keeping operators employed at £13k per year?
Rant over
The Rocket.
Similarly it used to be possible to call someone on dial-a-mate and get them to transfer you to the BT Chargecard no. in the UK....allegedly....then just dial normally.
6 weeks of honesty and repayment out-of-hours use of the FIAW HQ 17.6 kbps dial-up line cost me a bucket of dosh in the Malvinas to keep in touch with the 'significant other'. Couldn't use blueys as she lives in Germany....and the northside links to the Bennycom Internet were invariably congested for 101% of the time.
6 weeks of honesty and repayment out-of-hours use of the FIAW HQ 17.6 kbps dial-up line cost me a bucket of dosh in the Malvinas to keep in touch with the 'significant other'. Couldn't use blueys as she lives in Germany....and the northside links to the Bennycom Internet were invariably congested for 101% of the time.
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I once paid £60 to have an argument with my then GF when defending BEagle's favourite South American island holiday destination. Value of free phonecards issued in 'care' packages to the Malvinas garison at that time? £00
- Cable and Wireless robbing scum!
Not to mention running up and down a bloody mountain in a force 9 gale in snow to wake up JOPSO to buy yet another card, and the line sounded like HF.......
You youngsters have it easy with your interweb digital thingies......
- Cable and Wireless robbing scum!
Not to mention running up and down a bloody mountain in a force 9 gale in snow to wake up JOPSO to buy yet another card, and the line sounded like HF.......
You youngsters have it easy with your interweb digital thingies......
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I got this story from the ARRSE website. I thought it worthy to be linked to from here....
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Glasgow Council get my vote!
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Glasgow Council get my vote!
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I believe it is completely justifiable to allow prisoners 2 hours of phone calls compared to 20 mins for a serviceman.....
They do have lots of witnesses to intimidate after all
TBK
They do have lots of witnesses to intimidate after all
TBK
