Unsolicited advice is given purely for the benefit of the giver, not the receiver. Never accept it. Seek out those people whose opinion you trust and respect and ask them to provide feedback on what you want to receive feedback on. Reject all other offers, it will not help you one iota. This morning I [...]
Enough with the Political-Correctness-Bureaucracy – Stop it!
A FIREMAN would become a firefighter while secretaries would become office managers under a new national jobs standard aimed at stamping out gender bias in Australia. Standards Australia will today release a report proposing an overhaul of how employers advertise jobs and evaluate candidates… “To some extent, we are prisoners of language—if we can’t put a label on something, it is easy to assume it does not exist,” it said. “Some job titles, for example fireman, secretary, can contribute to assumptions about the gender of the job holder and about the nature and value of work.the Telegraph - Linda Silmalis
Stop it! Stop it, right now. Enough is enough. All of this PC is getting in the road of real work. It’s bureaucratic nonsense. It’s means over ends. Standards Australia is creating so much red-tape that only a bureaucrat would be interested. Andrew Bolt makes some very good points: What is gender specific about the [...]
Bill Shorten likes himself on Facebook
I like myself. Honest, I really like myself.Bill Shorten ALP
The laughs keep coming from Labor minister Bill Shorten. He likes his own page on Facebook …. even if he doesn’t know what it says. What a guy. What a great guy.
ALP Minister Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott & egg foo young
... interest rates is just such an important issue and the ... board has been meeting on the second Tuesday of the month since 1960Bill Shorten ALP
FINANCIAL Services Minister Bill Shorten is wiping egg off his face after a bungled attack on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott was ridiculed for mixing up the date on which the Reserve Bank meets to decide on interest rates. But while attacking Mr Abbott, Mr Shorten repeatedly said the Reserve Bank board met on [...]
Bill Shorten ALP Minister – a most agreeable chap
I support what she said ... My view is what the Prime Minister’s view is.Bill Shorten ALP
UPDATE: No one could accuse Bill Shorten, the Australian workplace relations minister, of speaking out of turn. The politician refused to take a stance during a television interview with Sky News Australia on whether the country’s Speaker should be allowed to return to his role after he was accused of sexual harassment and misuse of [...]
Bill Shorten – and we actually pay this guy!
I haven't seen what she's said, but let me say I support what it is she said.Bill Shorten ALP
Bill Shorten from the Australian Labor Party shows why we pay him the big bucks to be a politician and implement the will of the people who elected him. Kind of …. sort of …. well, not really. It is kind of sad when the people who brought us the television show, “Yes, Minister” are [...]
No more VOIP sales calls
STOP! Stop using “Voice Over Internet Phone” to call me and try to sell me something. It’s not working, it has never worked, and it’s not going to work in the future. Neither the technology, nor your sales attempts. If you don’t think enough of me to pay for a normal telephone call, then I [...]
Marketing gone wrong: What’s wrong with this picture?
The above photograph in the entry to a typical hairdressing salon. But the little white sign on the counter tells you so much more about this business. Mothers, typically, are the people who take children to get their hair done. Children go to school and kindergarten. When are the only (best) times parents have available, [...]
Is customer service dead? Or, is business desperate?
Warning: This is a long post. Business must be booming when customer service is non-existent. Or, perhaps the reason customer service is non-existent is because the organisation is doing so poorly? Take my current experience with an internet company. This company had been hosting the domain for a website I considered I may launch, but [...]
How can we attract immigrants like Mia Love’s parents?
I’d be pleased to see people like Mia Love running for election here in Australia rather than Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and Peter Slipper. And instead of continuing to allow illegal immigrants (pretending to be asylum seekers) into our country, our immigration officials could look to have our immigration quota filled by people like Mia Love’s parents. Take [...]
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