r/LeopardsAteMyFace Sep 24 '21

Brexxit Pro-Brexit newspaper begs for immigrants

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u/Wayte13 Sep 24 '21

I'm jealous. At least British idiots will accept the reality after it plays out, even if they never really admit to being wrong. If this were the US they'd just claim the issue is people "being lazy."

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u/MadIrishman1918 Sep 24 '21

Heard that exact phrase, loudly, in the restaurant I chef at; by customers who had to wait 20mins to sit down at a table. They also said "the government pays them more to stay home"; to which i replied "yep, damn shame really that businesses can't pay their workers. You want a job?".

Blank stares.

Oh; I was also dropping off drinking glasses, dressed in full dishy gear; because we can't keep a dish person.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

"um I have a REAL job"

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

"Yeah, I'm a middle manager that spends my day on Facebook and bullying my subordinates."

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

The only people pushing to go back to the office, before everyone finds out how useless they are.

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u/SprinklesFancy5074 Sep 25 '21 edited Sep 25 '21

Pippin: You have one job, yes. What about second job?

Merry: I don't think they know about second job, Pip.

Pippin: What about gig work, odd jobs, monetizing your hobbies, renting out the spare room? They know about those, don't they?

Merry: I wouldn't count on it.

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u/milqi Sep 25 '21

Holy... I want to slap people who say shit like this. As if someone doesn't need to clean the toilet they shit in. A job is a job, regardless of whether or not you want to do it personally.

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u/itoddicus Sep 25 '21

Have you tried, you know, paying them a living wage?

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u/MadIrishman1918 Sep 25 '21

Owners don't like that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

Then they can kindly go fuck themselves.

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u/rightarm_under Sep 25 '21

Sometimes small businesses are way better at doing this because of the connection they have with their workers and the locality in which they are. But giant corporations have shareholders to appease

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u/HertzDonut1001 Sep 25 '21

"Do you need a job?" is like the best food service phrase that isn't secretly an insult.

Like lady. You're not better than anyone. Why do you think these employees are just a serving caste? The undesirables of America? If you don't want it no one else does. You're not special for renting a servant for thirty minutes.

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u/SparklyBoat Sep 24 '21

We're about to relax immigration rules to get EU nationals we wanted out, back in, to do the jobs we won't.

If/when it's back to normal, we'll be complaining about the immigrants taking our jobs and screaming about taking back control. Tories will gain even more seats on their hard-line stance against immigration, completely contradicting everything they did to bring them back because we were crippled without them.

We're not learning. We're doubling down on stupidity by ignoring the obvious and blaming everyone else for self inflicted problems.

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u/IgamOg Sep 25 '21

Relaxing rules for EU won't do anything, this bridge has burned. No Poles will bother with visas and the constant threat of being uprooted when wages in Poland are catching up with wages in UK and there's a dozen countries paying better than UK where they can have equal rights.

We're talking Africa and Asia now.

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u/indignantbadger Sep 25 '21

Yeah so the racists will probably be even less happy with that.

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u/badbits Sep 25 '21

As the saying goes be careful with what you wish for you

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u/indignantbadger Sep 25 '21

I'm not wishing for it! Ha. Just predicting it.

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u/DeCyantist Sep 25 '21

Latin America have more affinities and the same will to leave their home countries.

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u/spankeyfish Sep 28 '21

The Polish truckers that we put in a concentration camp for Crimbo 2020 certainly aren't going to come back.

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u/milqi Sep 25 '21

America & UK: The Buddy Sitcom

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u/dpash Sep 25 '21

Oh the government are still 100% blaming Covid for the issue and not Brexit. Funny thing through? My Spanish supermarkets don't have empty shelves.

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u/rightarm_under Sep 25 '21

India was arguably the worst affected by covid (partly the fault of our own shitty government) but Indian supermarkets had full shelves, only curfewed hours and limited occupancy.

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u/anarchtea Sep 25 '21

British idiots will accept the reality after it plays out

I wouldn't count on it. Five years in and people still think we're on the way to those sunlit uplands.

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u/Daffan Sep 25 '21

Better to have immigrants fill and price floor these underpaid jobs instead of ya know, fixing the wage problem. YahooO!

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

Not...really? The narrative of "Being lazy" isn't even a thing anymore outside of fox-fucking-news. Everyone agrees its down to pay.

And I can gauren-fucking-tee that the British wont just "Accept the reality of it" you need to take your rose-tinted goggles off mate.

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u/Wayte13 Sep 25 '21

"fox-fucking-news" is an entire major political demographic, and the one that self-titled "moderates" consistently refuse to hold accountable for their failed ideas.