tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post4394402466238425662..comments2024-03-28T14:01:51.325+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: OxfamYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66549705137193974892014-12-22T11:56:43.838+00:002014-12-22T11:56:43.838+00:00It is very good of you to do this voluntary work. ...It is very good of you to do this voluntary work. My Dad does something similar, only that he - as far as I know - is never asked to man the till. Instead, he mostly unloads and unpacks deliveries (they sell groceries more than anything), stocks shelves, makes sure only a certain number of people and only those who are entitled to this type of benefit come in, and generally keeps things running smoothly. He does that every Monday afternoon and is totally knackered by the time he gets home, but he likes the work and would never skip a shift - in fact, I don't think he's ever missed one, instead he takes over shifts from others who call in sick or don't turn up.<br />I totally agree with your reply to Molly. Someone who dedicates really ALL their working hours to a charity has to be paid accordingly, and has to be competent in what they do.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7892348547645791912014-12-22T10:28:45.773+00:002014-12-22T10:28:45.773+00:00I must say I would much prefer the tin box kind of...I must say I would much prefer the tin box kind of cash register, as long as it was big enough for me to get my banana fingers in.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22587703797774315132014-12-22T10:26:29.817+00:002014-12-22T10:26:29.817+00:00Big and influential charities like Oxfam cannot be...Big and influential charities like Oxfam cannot be run by bumbling amateurs. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys Molly. It amazes me how many cynical reasons people come up with not to support big charities - reasons that are at odds with the facts.Out of every £1 Oxfam receives 9 pence are spent on running costs, 9 pence on fund-raising costs, 44 pence on development work and 32 pence on emergency relief and 6 pence on campaigning for change. This break down has been independently audited.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2247452025627281802014-12-22T10:15:24.719+00:002014-12-22T10:15:24.719+00:00A huge and complex international organisation like...A huge and complex international organisation like Oxfam needs a very capable leader. He is being paid as much as the headteacher of a big comprehensive school or a doctor who is a partner in a big GP practice. I do not think that is at all unreasonable.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33966236456879130162014-12-21T20:21:10.582+00:002014-12-21T20:21:10.582+00:00I'd be like you re the "till", too, ...I'd be like you re the "till", too, I'm sure. When I was helping out at the local RSPCA Op Shop here a few years ago all they used was tin box to hold the takings (and the giving of change). Back in the early 80s when I had my greengrocery/healthfood shop, I used similar....not quite a tin box, but a crude excuse for a till! Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85737943745525720912014-12-21T19:33:57.219+00:002014-12-21T19:33:57.219+00:00Good for you YP! However, I am with Adrian on Oxf...Good for you YP! However, I am with Adrian on Oxfam after seeing a job vacancy advertised about 20 years ago with a salary of £40K. Some kind of management job. It put me off Oxfam. I'd rather give to smaller charities. Molly Printempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677983247237875712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17264894099280270932014-12-21T17:20:29.378+00:002014-12-21T17:20:29.378+00:00Graham, could have been worse he may have decided ...Graham, could have been worse he may have decided on gynaecology.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28724843596174867032014-12-21T16:52:27.741+00:002014-12-21T16:52:27.741+00:00This is admirable.
I'm not taking the piss bu...This is admirable. <br />I'm not taking the piss but does Mark Goldring really need £102k a year and a pension to save Africans without water and patch up holes they have shot or stabbed in each other. Americans are always putting holes in fellow Americans and Oxfam couldn't care less.. He has no end of well paid underlings.<br />I admire your work but think you would be better employed asking for his job and splitting his salary with me. I could become a consumptive. I meant a consultative. Compulsive. Whatever one of those tossers who know nowt but persuade charities to offload half there cash my way. <br />He and his merry band will also have expenses...of course.<br /> I doubt he has an altruistic bone in his body. I think altruistic is what you are. I struggle with big wurds. Consupative. I think he is a greedy sod is that the antonym of altruistic? <br /> I stopped drinking Bells when I found out how little help Help for Heroes got. Have fun in the shop.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-86551605688307725352014-12-21T16:16:55.327+00:002014-12-21T16:16:55.327+00:00We all have challenges to face in this life YP. I...We all have challenges to face in this life YP. I'm sure you'll soon be edificated enough to work the till. As for banana fingers I'm told that one of the best dentists ever to practice and teach in the Edinburgh Dental Faculty was called Banana Fingers because of the size of his digits.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38141561027833173772014-12-21T15:38:57.884+00:002014-12-21T15:38:57.884+00:00I am forwarding this comment to Saint Peter for wh...I am forwarding this comment to Saint Peter for when you finally arrive at them pearly gates Carol. You will have some credit in his little black book.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62771410988739736822014-12-21T15:30:24.057+00:002014-12-21T15:30:24.057+00:00Well done you Sir. I am sure you will master the ...Well done you Sir. I am sure you will master the till in time. For those of us who have never worked in retail, I am sure we would be in the same situation faced with a till and an EFTPOS machine. I visited one of our equivalent charity shops on the weekend to replenish my holiday reading supply. This particular shop has a good supply of both fiction and non-fiction in excellent condition. I limited my purchase and left plenty behind for others.carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.com