Bleating on about a snowman so they have their sad face family photo in the papers screams chav to me.
Sacked for kicking the head off a snowman...
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It just seems typical of the Sun. If it had happened to me I would have called the council and asked for action to be taken and left it at that. It is hardly worth getting involved with the newspaper.
A bin man smashed the lid off my dry waste bin last year without even leaving a note. Did I call the local press? No I just rang the council and demanded a new one.
Can’t argue with that one lolHe had snowballs
Maybe just cry baby attention seekers? Still don’t think it’s enough to brand them chavs. For all we know they could be mortified at how the sun has portrayed them.
Funny people saying this is a case of bin men being victimised or treated badly. If a senior council worker turned up at your house and did the same thing they could expect the same consequences. It's not a question of criminal damage or whatever people want to argue about a snowman being a temporary thing, it's a case of conduct and this guy acted like a tool and won't even apologise.
Further, he's an agency worker and not an employee. So he hasn't even been 'fired', he's been told his services won't be required any more. You can say that's harsh as well, but the fact is that if you know you don't have employee's rights, you should probably be even more careful about not behaving like a moron.
All that being said, if it was my decision the guy would just have a stern warning rather than actually being let go.
Further, he's an agency worker and not an employee. So he hasn't even been 'fired', he's been told his services won't be required any more. You can say that's harsh as well, but the fact is that if you know you don't have employee's rights, you should probably be even more careful about not behaving like a moron.
All that being said, if it was my decision the guy would just have a stern warning rather than actually being let go.
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Truly the work of a disturbed individual. Kicking the head of a snowman is just how it starts. Next it will be animals, then move on to humans.
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Have you watched the video? He 'kung fu' kicked a bloody snowman
If any manager under my leadership even wasted my time with such nonsense, they would get a warning.
Probably fired more for his attitude than the act itself, most people would just say sorry and move on. Even if he just apologies for doing it while at work in uniform, though if the previous violent stories about him are true then guy is a ******* anyway.
So you don’t see any issue with his behaviour?Have you watched the video? He 'kung fu' kicked a bloody snowman
If any manager under my leadership even wasted my time with such nonsense, they would get a warning.
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Sacked for kicking water that a grown man placed there.
What always amuses me about some of the binmen is that they clearly hate their job and take it out on my bins, expending more energy in the process.
What always amuses me about some of the binmen is that they clearly hate their job and take it out on my bins, expending more energy in the process.
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Presumably the people in this thread moaning about this chaps past are the ones who also advocate retraining prisoners etc. This chap isn't a role model for society but putting his hands down his pants is hardly the reason to erase his prospects moving forwards.
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Jokingly kung fu kicking a melting snow man as you graft is not a reason to have your future prospects in life erased. It is not a gateway drug to murder.
He seems to be working in reverse order:
'Last July he was slapped with a 12-month community order, 120 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £250 for attacking a barman and headbutting two police officers in a drunken rage.'
He's just another scumbag loser with no idea of right and wrong who thinks he can do whatever he likes.
Yeah exactly - his response to it doesn't sound too great and frankly it isn't really the point that it is just a snowman it is more his general attitude on the job, an indication of how he treats things etc.. it was just a purely spiteful act and didn't look good at all for his employer. If he's worked there for years then perhaps a warning but if he is in his probation period then it's a red flag and frankly they're right to get rid.
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I laugh at some of the comments on here, some of you people are so disconnected from reality it's unreal
The kid kicked a snowman. Boo hoo, he didn't kick a dog or anything, I'm sure we've all done stupid stuff like this. This is a 17 year old lad who's clearly from a more "common" background yet there he is, earning his bread. Criminal record? Means very little doesn't it? He certainly seems like the kind to get in to a bar fight, which is probably what it was. That restricts his job options so he's not exactly gonna be a hedge fund manager, is he?
Get a grip some of you, your overreaction to such a stupid little thing is hilarious
And the family need to work on their compo face, it's too "I want free stuff" still, they need to try get a bit more sincerity in there.
The kid kicked a snowman. Boo hoo, he didn't kick a dog or anything, I'm sure we've all done stupid stuff like this. This is a 17 year old lad who's clearly from a more "common" background yet there he is, earning his bread. Criminal record? Means very little doesn't it? He certainly seems like the kind to get in to a bar fight, which is probably what it was. That restricts his job options so he's not exactly gonna be a hedge fund manager, is he?
Get a grip some of you, your overreaction to such a stupid little thing is hilarious
And the family need to work on their compo face, it's too "I want free stuff" still, they need to try get a bit more sincerity in there.
Looks like she's eaten all the pasties.
That’s not what I asked nor what I suggested.
I can't tell what your point or position is on this from what you've written..Have you watched the video? He 'kung fu' kicked a bloody snowman
If any manager under my leadership even wasted my time with such nonsense, they would get a warning.
Yeah but the totalitarians can't create their Borg-like culture of everybody being the same as everybody else if they don't attack individualism and punish people for doing things they don't approve of. How else are they going to get people to conform with being a robot?
I always thought Terminator was a message about the dangers of AI but it seems to have a deeper message about keeping your humanity and not becoming programmed robots dogmatic to ideology and rules (programming) like people today are becoming. Who is going to kick the head off a snowman now that the programmers have made clear it's a sackable offence? You will be assimilated into the collective!
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Have you watched the video? You'll realise you have wasted far too much time on your post once you have. Or, you have a problem against people of lesser standing than yourself empty your bins.