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Hi Julia

Great catching up with you the other day

It's an interesting topic as i hadn't even given this a thought from a company point of view.

I/we sometimes have to travel to Edinburgh for the sister company and with the potential of a very long day i usually just accept it as part of the job.

Of course i/we take breaks, eat & drink etc, so hadn't even thought of it of having a "travel policy" as i would have thought common sense would prevail?

We actually drove up last time, shared the driving, took a meal break etc, so would we have to document this to say we had discussed plans etc. What would have happened if we had an accident and none of this was captured?

Was reading the news earlier that Sir Cliff Richard has added his weight behind a campaign to give anonymity to those being accused of sexual crimes. 

This has now been slammed by a woman's rights group claiming it will do significant harm to the legal system. Err why?

Sexual crime is horrific and i cannot begin to imagine the harm it has on its victims. Once proven guilty in a Court of Law as far as i am concerned, hang the perpetrator by his b***s, cut them off even!

There have been numerous cases of alleged offences levelled at not only high profile "celebs" but "normal everyday people, and their lives have been destroyed by malicious allegations and their good names dragged through the press before their trial. Some have even gone on to kill themselves due to malicious and unfair accusations, even after being found not guilty. This is unfair and unacceptable.

I am 100% in favour of anonymity in all cases, not just sexual crime, where ANYONE is accused of a crime. Let the case go to Court, unreported, once guilt is PROVEN then report away.

Trial by media and the public is not a fair trial, IMHO

Dare I admit, loving Robbie Williams Party Like Russian - never really been a fan but this one is great

Originally Posted by Barney

“.... The reason I lost one was because the judge turned around and said I was not allowed to charge my customers a mark up on the goods I sold.... I'm still trying to get my head around that 15 years later..... ”

Does that mean i can take Tesco's to Court for doubling (at least) the cost of everything on their shelves 

That's a valid question ! Some are insurance backed so that will be irrespective, assuming of course you can track the insurer down.

Ours are quoted as: - "for as long as the mylocalservices.co.uk website remains online or Lowi Ltd remains in business."

Not sure if this fits the o/p but along the vain of the reception comment, what about tattoos?

Would you employ someone and give them a customer facing role if they were covered in tattoos? 

Being honest i am not sure i would want this type of thing on my reception desk.

Love it camp !!!

Idea for a future Poll I think 

What i don't understand in this whole debate is that Marmite is a by product of the beer industry, here in the good ol' UK.

Why is a UK produced product subject to price change due to the financial markets? Are we expected to subsidise our soon to be European neighbours product when the price differs in the EU Economy?

Do you think they care what they wear as long as they take home a wedge of cash at the end of the day?

I get the there is sexism out there and it is wrong but if these woman are prepared to wear precious little whilst lying over the bonnet of the latest Ferrari in a Motorshow, as long as they are not forced to do the job, why do car companies do it then?

Back to the o/p - as i have already said, in the "office" environment you cannot dictate to any employee what they wear, with the exception of uniforms. That opens up a different can of worms! 

Seems his path has seen a few bumps lately with woman now coming forward allegedly accusing him of "groping" them.

Its unclear to the validity of these claims but he does seem to be making a few enemies along the way and he does shoot his mouth off.

Not sure I feel safe with his finger potentially on the trigger !