Great set of pictures.

if only the light had been like that when I was at AMS earlier in the year….. 🙁

Well I think you will find a very large number of people who have never read either of those papers ( self included ) who would strongly dispute that contention.

The number of people holding an opinion is not, in itself, a reliable indicator of the correctness of that opinion.

It is as possible for a very large number of people to be wrong as it is for an individual, such as yourself.

Public service has no accountability to the tax payer who pays for it so over-employment is rife.

No element of government expenditure is directly accountable to the tax payer, or ever has been.

Scrutiny of public expenditure is one of the things that is done on our behalf by the MPs that we elect.

Over-employment within the public sector is only ‘rife’ on the pages of the Daily Heil and the Daily Express these days, with the notable exception of mid-to-upper management.

But they’re usually The Right Sort so they don’t count, apparently.

The above fox is right on the money, if you ask me.

Ah, right.

I misunderstood your meaning. 🙂

It must have been a really long wait. 😉

If you honestly think that any company is going to turn away business from non-English speakers rather than make use of translators in the current economic climate, then you really can’t have been paying much attention for the past couple of years.

Oh…. and If you think a posting of mine constitutes trolling, Jim, then report it to the moderators instead of making snarky little hints.

(Stands by for the usual anguished protestations of innocence and incomprehension….. )

I was talking to the manager of the branch, and it came out in conversation, that they have TEN interpreters for the 10 different nationalities who use the Bank.and who can be called upon at any time to help them with their banking needs.Nice to know my Income Tax helped to bail TSB out of the proverbial.So, I have to agree, “When in Rome” etc.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

So, your bank uses the services of a professional translation agency when the need arises.

That sounds like good, pragmatic business practice.

What point did you think you were making?