At last! A real Brexit bonus...

Well! I wondered why I have failed to get a gardener/landscaper to do some work in my tiny garden over the last 2years! I just wanted an old buried stump dug/grinded out, some membrane then gravel laying (approx 5sq.yards area) and about 4flags set in gravel. .....quotes? £4550-no thanks shut gate on yer way out/£800and didn't turn up then Said had bad back/£2k and said would dispose of spoil In. Back of his van(!)hmm. All in all-NOBODY wants to do these "no job too small" small jobs! In my youth I would have eaten the jobs myself but arthritis and other issues prevent me! What is WRONG with everyone nowadays? All want to be millionaires without doing a lick of decent hard work!

Really humorous thread.

you can`t edit posts here... cos I also want to add..

now if we can get ourselves from under the yoke of the Chinese, yes, I agree before someone comes at me,, self imposed,, we thought we were so clever sending all our dirty manufacturing overseas.. now.....

and then read about plastic,, we send our plastic refuse to Italy , etc. and now they are refusing to take it!

good grief... the so called rich are not the only ones spoilt...

we English/British.. are...

sorry to burst the happy bubble gals..

you pipped me to the post Katie9

shortage of drivers, so costs up, and no deliveries, therefore shortages. take heed, not just the so called rich.

but there, I still believe in Brexit, free from the yoke of foreigners.. see I`m not scared to use that word!

Nannies wanting some weekends off! Never heard the like.

And this is why Gransnet is so worth being a member of! Thank you for the laughs!

Yay!!! Good on the workers!!!

Brilliant thread today, I chuckled the whole way through. Thank you gransnet people!?

Can I advertise on here for a second footman please.
One that does a good pedicure and foot massage?

Don’t joke about labour shortages, it’s us that are going to pay the higher costs in what we buy, many of us are on fixed incomes. Don’t expect standards or services to improve because there is only a very limited number of workers willing to replace the migrant workforce.

As second scullery maid I will demand to have two hour lunch breaks, 25% rise in pay and 6 weeks holiday each year. I will also expect a Christmas bonus.

Can I advertise on here for a second footman please.

I agree vq up the workers !!!

grumppa

“My old banger” is no way to refer to your DH, callistemon, but perhaps your housekeeper would be interested!

Very norty, grumppa
Not like you, you're always such a gentleman - at least, that's what your staff told me!

Oh you just can’t get good staff these days. Some of them are absolutely frightful and they expect to be paid.

I think I’ll write an updated version of ‘The Diary of a Provincial Lady’. Chapter One - The Servants are Revolting.

“My old banger” is no way to refer to your DH, callistemon, but perhaps your housekeeper would be interested!

Oops left off *happy at the end.

Over the last 37 years we have had nannies, one au-pair (extremely unsuccessful), cleaners (good and bad, current one has been with us for 5 years) and a gardener (current).

We have come to the conclusion that like everything in life if you treat people fairly and respectfully along with paying them a decent wage they and us are/were

Just on my way to my new home. My new DH Maxim says our housekeeper Mrs Danvers is very good. I cant wait to meet her she sounds like an angel.

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Seeing as the 'very' wealthy consist of lots non British (confused about using the word foreign) born (so no voting rights). I shouldnt think they know or even care about Brexit.

But 'up the workers' who ever they are, good luck to them.
BTW we have a gardener handyman at £20ph who is really thoughtful.

Damn! My housekeeper just read this during her coffee break (I had to start letting her have a coffee break as it's against her human rights not to let her have a break - who knew?).

Now she's saying she wants a pay rise, Sundays off and three weeks leave a year.
This is devastating news. How will I manage?

Oopsadasiy1 GIVE HIM BACK!!!!!!

Dryginger I’ve got him, he’s in our Summer Cottage, taking a well earned break.

Its my gamekeeper Mellors I cant get hold of.