Federal Workers Overpaid?! - Page 2

Lamplighter · 08-12-2010, 10:31 AM

Congrats on even reaching retirement.
52 years of working for any one employer deserves a lot of recognition.
I hope you enjoyed the work you were doing.

spudcon · 08-12-2010, 02:39 PM

Not all of us were lucky enough to have government or auto workers union jobs. The rest of us just have to pay for them.

classicman · 08-12-2010, 03:16 PM

Gotta love hearing a guy with a pension worth about twice my income bitch.

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HungLikeJesus · 08-12-2010, 10:58 PM

He's not the one I see complaining.

classicman · 08-13-2010, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Your flame war begins on post 17.

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Gotta love hearing a guy with a pension worth about twice my income bitch.

:

Eh hem ... I was fanning the flames.

ZenGum · 08-13-2010, 07:33 AM

You'd bloody better be in the flame-fanners' union, else yer a scab.

Shawnee123 · 08-13-2010, 07:34 AM

Ch'yeah.

ZenGum · 08-13-2010, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Ch'yeah.

Cite!

Shawnee123 · 08-13-2010, 08:45 AM

Why are you so UNAMERICAN. Why are you against the AMERICAN way?

Oh yeah, 'cause you're not American.

*chuckles*

be-bop · 08-13-2010, 06:29 PM

Joking apart I'm interested to see there seems to be the start of Public v's Private in the states is this a new thing or has it been going on for a while?
In Europe over the last few years and in the UK there has been a concerted effort to badmouth civil servants and huge job cuts are expected in the UK,the right wing press have been hammering away for a number of years about pay,pensions conditions etc.
There have been mass walkouts and strikes all over Europe in Greece, Germany Holland to name a few and the wrighting is on the wall here as the Tories plan huge job cuts.
I'm just waiting on the Government starting to hand out the yellow stars for public sector workers to wear, never been a pariah before

ZenGum · 08-13-2010, 09:01 PM

[Chairman] There's no shame in being a pariah [/Homer]

Greek civil servants had a lot of perks: bonus for working with a computer, bonus for working outdoors, bonus for arriving on time, retire on a pension at 51 ...

oldtimer · 08-13-2010, 11:26 PM

The most amusing thing re public vs private in US is the privates that rail the loudest about the publics are doing so because they are running for office . Guess what that makes them ??
Holy molars,Batman .
Surely,Shirley not wanabe public employees ?
How do you spell hypocrit ?? Republican !!

classicman · 08-14-2010, 09:05 AM

Why aren't we all just public employees then. Everyone can have the same benefits, pension plans and income...?

Shawnee123 · 08-14-2010, 09:23 AM

You wouldn't last a week in my job.

edit: so many people say that we are all responsible for what we do, what we make of it...if we want to get ahead, work harder, don't whine, just do it. When people actually do make something of it, get ahead, work realllly harder, those same people whine that someone is getting something they should be getting. The same people who eschew "handouts" piss and moan that someone is getting something over on them.

Well, suck it up, do better, make a change. You too can be an overworked underappreciated public servant making a LIVING wage (by no stretch of the imagination will you get rich). Quit whining about others and change YOURSELF, Mr and Mrs Bootstrap.

When the 10th person that day has cried or yelled at you, I promise not to ask you if you feel that you are being paid what you're worth.

The public, she can be a bitch. (The public, when you help someone, can also make you feel like you're making a difference for someone: which is why most of us do it...not because we're making some imagined exorbitant wage.)

ZenGum · 08-14-2010, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Why aren't we all just public employees then. Everyone can have the same benefits, pension plans and income...?

I'm glad you're starting to see the light, Komrade Klassikman.

08-12-2010, 02:39 PM	#17
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Not all of us were lucky enough to have government or auto workers union jobs. The rest of us just have to pay for them. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-12-2010, 03:16 PM	#18
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Gotta love hearing a guy with a pension worth about twice my income bitch. : __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-12-2010, 10:58 PM	#19
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	He's not the one I see complaining. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-13-2010, 07:33 AM	#21
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	You'd bloody better be in the flame-fanners' union, else yer a scab. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-13-2010, 07:34 AM	#22
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ch'yeah. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-12-2010, 10:31 AM	#16
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Congrats on even reaching retirement. 52 years of working for any one employer deserves a lot of recognition. I hope you enjoyed the work you were doing.

08-13-2010, 08:45 AM	#24
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Why are you so UNAMERICAN. Why are you against the AMERICAN way? Oh yeah, 'cause you're not American. chuckles __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-13-2010, 06:29 PM	#25
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Joking apart I'm interested to see there seems to be the start of Public v's Private in the states is this a new thing or has it been going on for a while? In Europe over the last few years and in the UK there has been a concerted effort to badmouth civil servants and huge job cuts are expected in the UK,the right wing press have been hammering away for a number of years about pay,pensions conditions etc. There have been mass walkouts and strikes all over Europe in Greece, Germany Holland to name a few and the wrighting is on the wall here as the Tories plan huge job cuts. I'm just waiting on the Government starting to hand out the yellow stars for public sector workers to wear, never been a pariah before

08-13-2010, 09:01 PM	#26
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	[Chairman] There's no shame in being a pariah [/Homer] Greek civil servants had a lot of perks: bonus for working with a computer, bonus for working outdoors, bonus for arriving on time, retire on a pension at 51 ... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-13-2010, 11:26 PM	#27
oldtimer Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 3	The most amusing thing re public vs private in US is the privates that rail the loudest about the publics are doing so because they are running for office . Guess what that makes them ?? Holy molars,Batman . Surely,Shirley not wanabe public employees ? How do you spell hypocrit ?? Republican !!

08-14-2010, 09:05 AM	#28
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Why aren't we all just public employees then. Everyone can have the same benefits, pension plans and income...? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-14-2010, 09:23 AM	#29
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You wouldn't last a week in my job. edit: so many people say that we are all responsible for what we do, what we make of it...if we want to get ahead, work harder, don't whine, just do it. When people actually do make something of it, get ahead, work realllly harder, those same people whine that someone is getting something they should be getting. The same people who eschew "handouts" piss and moan that someone is getting something over on them. Well, suck it up, do better, make a change. You too can be an overworked underappreciated public servant making a LIVING wage (by no stretch of the imagination will you get rich). Quit whining about others and change YOURSELF, Mr and Mrs Bootstrap. When the 10th person that day has cried or yelled at you, I promise not to ask you if you feel that you are being paid what you're worth. The public, she can be a bitch. (The public, when you help someone, can also make you feel like you're making a difference for someone: which is why most of us do it...not because we're making some imagined exorbitant wage.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 08-14-2010 at 09:34 AM.

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