26
February
Whistleblowers!
I wonder if I am the only who person who thinks this term is dismissive to
people who raise concerns within their work situations. If we report a criminal
offence to the police, we are tagged as being, ‘a grass’. Why is it that when
people speak out against what is wrong in society, they get put down, shunned
and derogated? Why are they seen as being a lower person than the one committing
the offence? Why are they so hated? If anyone can answer these questions then
they are on to sure fire winner in my view.
Here’s
another one for you then; at what age is it acceptable to allow children to
have credit, or loans? Years ago when I worked as a parcels delivery driver I
visited a school just before lunch time. The school secretary was the one I had
to see about signing for the package I had for then. Anyway, she didn’t see me
straight away and carried on dealing with a group of kids who were all asking for
a loan to pay for their school lunches. One child already owed for four lunches
and was warned that there would be no more until the bill had been paid. So you
can see why I ask the question at the top of this paragraph. Let me link it to
my first paragraph …
I found
out about that during my working day and felt at the time even though I thought
it was wrong to actually give loads to these kids, I couldn’t say anything to
anyone because of customer confidentiality. Now I wonder if I was correct to
keep quiet, how many of those kids are now up to their necks in debt? Here’s
another one …
Most of
the items I delivered and collected for forwarding on were well wrapped up
either in jiffy bags of covered in brown paper. That was fine because no-one
would know what was in them. I wasn’t interested at all, even though I perhaps
knew what the company made, as well as the company they were being sent to.
Like the engineering firm in Hinckley who made bits for aircraft engines.
So one day
I called in at one of my daily calls and was told that I was take very good
care of one package, ‘ … because it has £10,000 worth of diamonds in it.’ I was
shocked by that, not just because of what was claimed but because the guy had
assumed that I was safe enough to be told. When I pointed that out to him he said
something like, ‘We know you’re safe Ron. You’ve taken much higher priced goods
than that one and they’ve not gone missing.’ The mind boggles at times, it
really does.
Here on
Jaronland right now, we are all over the place, again! Kile’s mum was taken
into hospital on Tuesday with suspected meningitis. Thankfully it wasn’t and
now she’s home and trying to rest, but with Kile and Billy, there’s little chance
of that happening really. Her mum Lesley is staying with her and she is taking
most of the stress out of things for Sam. Jan is over there now doing the
afternoon school run. This weekend we are due to have to Kile anyway so that’s
fine, and Billy will go to his nan’s for the weekend. And just to make that wee
bit more of interest, now that Jan has got her new car, I have arranged for my
car to be returned early seeing as it’s hardly being used right now. It’s no
wonder we both feel stress one way or another eh?
Today’s
photo then is …
Another piece of Brum's public art.
And today’s
funny …
Adam was
about to be put to death for the his 1998 conviction. He climbs on the electric chair and
is about to be shocked, when the chaplain asks, “Do you have any last requests?”
Adam looks at him right in the eye and says, “I am so scared, all I ask of you
is to hold my hand!”
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