Get a certificate for catching the bus!

[Steeps]

920 people were on this scheme and still only 300 got certificates. Does that mean 2 in 3 kids have no idea how to catch a bus?

 

[platinum87]

You think people just come up with these schemes on a wing and a prayer for £100? That's quite naive...

if it does cost £20,000 it is because people decided to steal it and put it down as expenses if they are all honest, it wouldnt cost more than a couple hundred

 

[Vonhelmet]

if it does cost £20,000 it is because people decided to steal it and put it down as expenses if they are all honest, it wouldnt cost more than a couple hundred

A couple of hundred would barely pay the wages and overheads for 2 people sitting in a local government office for one day.

 

[knowlesy]

requests face palm image !

 

[Sash]

requests face palm image !

 

[rsatd]

I cant believe they spent £20,000 of coucil money on this scheme. It truly amazes me during a recession...

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article...hing_a_bus&in_article_id=720027&in_page_id=34

Love it

Alas, his brother, 13-year-old Joe, failed.

 

[willhub]

I deserve a degree in getting the bus I think if that's what he got.

 

[platinum87]

A couple of hundred would barely pay the wages and overheads for 2 people sitting in a local government office for one day.

they are working anyway, whether they do that or drink coffee expenses will be exactly the same

 

[knowlesy]

i think this image needs to be quoted as two facepalms may even not be enough for this haha

 

[Defcon5]

I am going to hazard a guess this is aimed at special needs pupils

 

[Vonhelmet]

they are working anyway, whether they do that or drink coffee expenses will be exactly the same

What the hell are you talking about? The time they spend working and any costs they incur will be charged against the budget assigned to the project. The budget will work on the principle of a given number of people working for a given number of time incurring certain expenses. 20k was, apparently, the budget for this project.

You say the people would have been working anyway, but that's the point. 20k of local government staff time has been spent dreaming up and implementing exam style certificates for catching the bus.

And to repeat what I said earlier, this sort of thing doesn't just cost a couple of hundred quid. You seem to underestimate the number of people and the amount of time involved.

 

[D D Danneh]

they should have to go to remedial classes for handing their addresses and details out to random ****ers on the bus.

Um, from the school?