How can this be news?
I moved to Porty about 3/4 years ago and these little stickers have been inside drivers cabs as long ago as that. They are usually on the dashboard or next to the door open buttons.
Id have thought most regular bus users will have noticed them at one time or another.....
Things that make it into the Evening News
Don't know what happened thereMarya wrote:You're being very open about your working hours Michael .....
I was responding to this post....
Michael Traill wrote: In the Evening News today:
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A lothian police constable is on course to pick up £27,000 in overtime payments during the current financial year. He is one of at least ten officers who have earned more than £11,000 in the past eight months by putting in hundreds of extra hours.
Who says crime doesnt pay? It certainly does for the cops getting overtime. Last financial year I earned a little more than [admin: edited].... in overtime payments. If the public agency needs staff to work and it has an overtime budgect then why shouldnt officers work it and get the cash.
By November I had earned what my entie salary for the financial year should be, anything I make between now and April will be a bonus, helped along by Treble time for 4 days at xmas & New Year.
Im not the only one, thats how it works. People are always getting dissed at the Council for working so much overtime, and now the Polis are in the firing line. Jeezo. (End of pointless post.)
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Thats why I deleted the post just prior to your comment, being a bit to open about my overtime payments on second thoughts.Marya wrote:You're being very open about your working hours Michael, considering this is a public forum. Here's hoping that no one from the council decides to compare your internet use/posting times with your hours of employment
However, the Council are more than welcome to compare my posting times.
Yeah I deleted it, must have deleted it as you were writing your post. I decided it was a bit open about how much overtime I got. Dont want everyone knowing my salary figures. But thats kinda out the window now since you quoted it, but not to worry.Marya wrote:Don't know what happened thereMarya wrote:You're being very open about your working hours Michael .....
I was responding to this post....
Michael Traill wrote: In the Evening News today:
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A lothian police constable is on course to pick up £27,000 in overtime payments during the current financial year. He is one of at least ten officers who have earned more than £11,000 in the past eight months by putting in hundreds of extra hours.
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Another pointless story in the Evening News today.
This has been common knowledge since early 2008 but has made the first few pages of the news today, but with even less detail than the original.
City job cut fears as firms invited to bid for contracts.
The original plan had been for the Councils that make up the Lothian & Borders area to share a central call centre run by a private company, looks like its been watered down somewhat to just a private call centre to serve the City of Edinburgh Council.
This has been common knowledge since early 2008 but has made the first few pages of the news today, but with even less detail than the original.
City job cut fears as firms invited to bid for contracts.
The original plan had been for the Councils that make up the Lothian & Borders area to share a central call centre run by a private company, looks like its been watered down somewhat to just a private call centre to serve the City of Edinburgh Council.
Why on earth has this made it into the evening news?
The Council takes action for people causing a noise nuisance all the time and it hardly ever makes the news.
The Council always take a tough line on anti social behaiour when the neighbours complain. I cant believe the people who are causing the anti social behaviour are moaning about it.
The Council takes action for people causing a noise nuisance all the time and it hardly ever makes the news.
The Council always take a tough line on anti social behaiour when the neighbours complain. I cant believe the people who are causing the anti social behaviour are moaning about it.
I like this quote from Ms LeesArticle from Scotsman website wrote:IT is not the kind of advice you expect from a city council officer.
Louise Lee was already mortified to find neighbours had complained about her noisy sex life in her Little France flat.
But she claims she was left speechless when the "helpful" official suggested she "chew toffees" to keep the noise down during lovemaking.
Ms Lee, 28, told the Evening News: "I don't know if she was trying to be funny, but it was absolutely ridiculous."
Ms Lee and her boyfriend Les Bateson, 23, said that officials warned they faced being hit with an antisocial behaviour order if there are any more complaints.
The pair deny being a nuisance and say they have been humiliated by the experience, which has now affected their sex life.
Ms Lee, an administrator, was called in to speak with an antisocial behaviour officer two weeks ago and was mortified to discover the nature of the complaints.
She had received a letter days before advising her of the meeting, and was convinced it related to noise when she had friends round the previous week.
She said: "I had a few glasses of wine that night and was concerned that perhaps there had been noise. So I was expecting to go in and explain myself over that.
"It would have been better if the concierge had explained over the phone, but instead I had to see this officer face-to-face. She seemed to love that I was squirming."
Ms Lee has lived in her fifth-floor property for three-and-a-half years without any complaints from residents. Her boyfriend moved in last November and she was told that three complaints about the noise of their lovemaking were made the week before the meeting.
The couple say they are at a loss to suggest who may be making the allegations, but are furious that the council failed to approach them about any complaints before Ms Lee was forced to discuss her sex life with a stranger.
She said: "At one point she said that perhaps I should chew toffees while I have sex. It was ridiculous.
"I was told that if anyone complains about us within 28 days, the council will start legal proceedings for an Asbo."
She added: "When did making love become antisocial?
"I am certainly not the quietest of people, but to be antisocial you have to be over so many decibels and I am definitely not that."
Mr Bateson, a university student, said: "It is ridiculous it has been brought to this stage."
A city council spokeswoman confirmed the noise complaints were being investigated and that while formal action may follow, there had not yet been any mention of an Asbo. She also denied that the official made any reference to chewing toffees.
She said: "We take all complaints of excessive noise and antisocial behaviour very seriously. We had received a number of complaints against Ms Lee and regardless of what the cause of the disturbance is, her neighbours are entitled to peace and quiet. We refute claims our officer was inappropriate in handling this case."
I dont think for one minute any person involved in dealing with ASB at the Council would class people making love in their own home as anti social, I think the problem is the excessive noise being made. In the same way that playing music in ones home isnt anti social, unless the noise level is excessive.Ms Lees wrote: When did making love become antisocial?
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