Spin Doctors
When you need to put a spin on a story, it's best to never have told the story before applying the spin. Therefore people can't reference the truth from the spin as easy as they can if they have heard the original. That is why I find the recent Carbon Tax talk so humourous. Not only did our pathetic excuse for a Prime Minister say she was not going to introduce a carbon tax at the last election, but she has also changed its advertising to make it seem more friendly. First it was a tax now it is a price. Does that mean we don't pay GST (General Services Tax)? Instead we pay a GSP (General Services Price). Then they call the 100 companies involved 'our countries biggest polluters', who on earth measured that? Did they follow them around for a year with a carbon capture device to analyse the output or was it simply a guess? It's also being peddled as the Clean Energy Future initiative, because it is intended to create a push for 'cleaner' energy ideas. The same ideas that often cost a horrible amount of money, like our Desalination plant to provide the water we don't need and consume the power we don't have spare. Then there is the age-old rule of thumb, if a company is taxed more, then they pass it on to the consumer. So the government has also looked at that too, claiming they have calculated the cost increases we will face and pumping the money back to us. But they forget that if I am taxed $10 and this affects my business, then I will make sure I charge enough to get my $10 back, so I can maintain the same income. So how does the government expect that industry wont do the same? They think they can pay the people some money to assist in the living cost increase and still have some tax money left over for green power ideas. It will become another massive fuck up on the account of a Labor government. The Greens are causing this, once again showing how little they know about money. Pathetic bunch of vegetarian, homosexual, PBR radio listening morons they are.
A world without the Greens is a better one. We want to advance the human race, not dwindle as prehistoric tree hugging pacifists.
Infused what?
When did tea becoming so boring that we needed to infuse it with tropical fruits to make it more enjoyable? People become tired of the same old flavour (that same flavour that has kept people happy for thousand of years). They want more than the average tea drinker. How about a hint of strawberry with your Earl grey? What on earth is fruit doing in my cup of tea? Just because both products come from a dirt dwelling organism doesn't mean they work together. I like tea, but with milk and sugar, leave the fruit in the bowl and I will eat that at my leisure.
Rolled oats are now on our shelves brandishing all sorts of varied flavours. Do you really want dried reconstituted fruit bits over the real thing? Is it that hard to add banana to your breakfast oats? If so then don't drive to work because you may be required to indicate when turning and occasionally you will need to use the brakes, that might be difficult for the likes of you.
Infusing is the process of a company adding the cheapest form of an ingredient and charging much more for it. Try adding your own fruit and save money along the way.
Safety first – economy last
I work for a living, well at least I try too without so much as a scratch, for fear of a safety inspection to outline the cause of the scratch, future prevention of further scratchings and therapy to help me recover from the aforementioned scratch.
Hi-vis vests and hard hats are more common than side street shopping trolleys these days and it's costing us scratch resistant folk a lot of money. I understand safety on the job is important but at what point do we stop the gravy train of safety upgrades to our workplaces? All electrical equipment must be tagged by some pencil sharpening guy with a wave form machine who says it's ok, all scary spinning machines must remind you to wear goggles and ear muffs and seats must be padded and shaped for back realignment. Even my GPS alerts me that it's unsafe for use whilst driving, thanks little Einstein, concentrate on getting me down roads and not into lakes, than safety briefings.
I need to feel a little scared in my part of the world, that thrilling edge of existence, will I be hurt, maned or deafened. It's exciting for those of us who prefer feet on the ground rather than 10'000 ft up. Safety inspectors create work on top of the work they are protecting workers from. Confused? You will be when you understand some of their demands.
How about the need for yellow paint on every step, so people who can't see and go "oooh yellow paint, Clyde, it's a step love, lift your leg". What's next? Orange paint because yellow to offensive to colour blind people.
I've seen push/pull signs and thought they were there for common sense help, no, they are there for safety. How can someone be hurt attempting to pull a push type door?
The simple fact safety stores exist is evidence it's a money making industry. We need a fire exit plan at work, only issue is we have one door, a big door. So were else would we run? Do we really need a map showing what door to run too when it flames up. I'm hardly going to become confused and Rambo my way out the window. I can't wait for the day swimming pools warn they are drowning hazards. And that rain will make the footpaths slippery. I'm already in a state of bother when I see "warning: contents are hot" on the side of a coffee cup. Maybe it could be an iced coffee, so do we warn on an Irish coffee "'warning: could make you drunk". Where are the warnings that going to a bank at 4:30 pm will mean you can't deposit funds. Safety starts in the shredder.