tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2795755628122205836..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: OpportunismJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-65751135226674957382020-05-03T06:00:17.574+01:002020-05-03T06:00:17.574+01:00"...those who want everything you have, excep...<i>"...those who want everything you have, except your job."</i><br /><br />Unless your job is a charity sinecure or policy-making public sector role!<br /><br /><i>"You want to be a chef? There are opportunities and choices in the catering industry."</i><br /><br />Like any branch of entertainment, everyone thinks they'll be Gordon Ramsey within a month...<br /><br /><i>"The food and service quality was abismal. On the positive side, they didn’t expect any tips."</i><br /><br />It takes real still to make Chinese food unpalatable!<br /><br /><i>"If you complained about the food being cold you were told, "Well that is how we eat our food here.""</i><br /><br />Eastern Europe in general isn't known for its fine cuisine, is it?<br /><br /><i>"These people often drive cars worth £20k and own land worth millions of pounds..."</i><br /><br />You never see a poor farmer, so I'm told. One word: subsidies.<br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42230568381136860032020-04-26T15:16:45.892+01:002020-04-26T15:16:45.892+01:00I regularly meet farmers who say they can't ma...I regularly meet farmers who say they can't make a living on their farms, work 60 hour weeks etc etc. These people often drive cars worth £20k and own land worth millions of pounds in today's world. I never see any of them sell up and retire in luxury for the rest of their lives on the money they got. You do have to wonder if it's so bad why do they still do it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31802136847024934392020-04-26T07:42:22.282+01:002020-04-26T07:42:22.282+01:00Lived and worked in Romania for a year during the ...Lived and worked in Romania for a year during the time when the country was communist.<br />You were served your meal when the staff could either be bothered or when they had finished their chat. If you complained about the food being cold you were told, "Well that is how we eat our food here."Tom Meinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556288544174140300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-34842245383640932792020-04-25T20:12:38.370+01:002020-04-25T20:12:38.370+01:00I used to eat in socialist/communist restaurants i...I used to eat in socialist/communist restaurants in China. The food and service quality was abismal. On the positive side, they didn’t expect any tips.Timbotoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-65352080947232259642020-04-25T18:20:19.321+01:002020-04-25T18:20:19.321+01:00I stand by my mantra: You want to be a chef? There...I stand by my mantra: You want to be a chef? There are opportunities and choices in the catering industry. It offers crap hours, crap money, crap bosses and crap conditions: pick any four.The Jannienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62806128920844078392020-04-25T13:53:02.019+01:002020-04-25T13:53:02.019+01:00Ah, yes. Socialists: those who want everything you...Ah, yes. Socialists: those who want everything you have, except your job.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.com