Parking spot tantrums at work

Punto kid...... God that idiot car crusher is hard work. I don't know how you put up with the prat. I think he/she/it should be a government spin doctor. They are also good at talking total bollocks and convincing themselves that they are right!
Ignore the twat!

Which is a shame, as Milk Floats are electric and even you cant say they are bad for the enviorment! Thanks for the debate, best of luck with your eco crusading..

The last word

Punto, watch your back! There's an end to the milkround.

Car Crusher,

Well done for reading this months copy of PC Pro, yes VPN and Remote desktop are truly great inventions however they require a great amount of infastructure and resources to set up. Not all areas of the Uk have access to the resources (as in the have no internet connection in their area). It would initally run into millions to get this up and running (which if course the tax payer would have to foot the bill, and current budget restraints would not allow it) and at the present time is not practical. I can see your point that you insist on making (even though this grip was originally about something completely different) however it is just not possible for everyone to adopt this green work place ethic. Maybe if you feel so passionatley about it you should lobby your local MP. As for me Im earning a living supporting my family and and dealing with lifes hassles like everyone else. Face it your argument is a sound one but its just not going to happen. Why dont you worry about something worth while rather than how I get to work and the troubles I have parking my car. (the orignal gripe)
I doubt you will, I expect you to write a reply to this in which you tell me how I should do my job or that it will be offshored to india or some other ill informed interpretaion of something you read on the internet or in a magazine.
So Car Crusher to sum up in the words of Catherine Tate "am I Bovered?"
Your probably a last word freak anyway....I look forward to your usual ramblings

Punto, your argument falls down flat. All software can be delivered remotely.

Ever heard of VPN and Remote Desktop?

The basic setup for a user's machine can be furnished once, the rest they can download.

If the Government's software doesn't do this, what decade do they imagine they are living in? They still think in terms of what they had to do 25 years ago.

Printers/Faxes can all be handled by a Fulfillment Centre.

You're still on the milkround, bottle-boy. Maybe they should buy you a horse.

Car Crusher - you are an idiot!

So if all the users worked from home I would then have to go to each bloody persons house every time something needs relpacing or setting up! It would mean they would need to employ more people to do my job which would result in more people travelling around the country with their cars/bikes stinking up the place. Rather than having all the IT equipment and users in one place so I only need to make one journey. Get real, your arguments are so good and right on arent they? So why arent we already doing this then you idiot? shall I tell you? Because it would cost too much, the tax payer would have to foot the bill. Oh and the lack of network resources available to actually set it up! Remember the Gripe, car parking tantrums at work?
So you dont work and dont have a car, so whats your point then?

So are you fixing computers used directly by people, PCs, Macs, Terminals etc.?

Why aren't these people working from home?

Why isn't the Government buying more reliable computers, and getting rid of maintenance costs?

Or do you fix major servers? Unix boxes/mainframes etc..

The size of all these machines has reduced 20 fold in the last 20 years.

When the Government decided to place its services in remote regions of the Home and adjacent counties 25 years ago, it was because Computer Centres required large airconditioned buildings. They don't anymore. The times they have changed. The Servers could be in Timbuctoo, or Bangalore, or Hyderabad, and in small buildings. Or anywhere in fact, accessible by people who can use light personal or public transport.

Mr Punto, you and your work is obsolete. It costs more to keep you than the computer is worth. And I am including your dirty environmental costs.

Car Crusher,

I fix broken IT kit on site, so how could I work from home! Your argument is therfore invalid.

You are sad individual determined to prove your argument is right no matter what!

Remember what the original gripe was?

Car parking tantrums at work!

Answer these questions

1. Is 65% of your work performed on a computer?

2. Could 65% of your work be performed on a computer?

If your answer was yes to either of these questions, in the long run you will probably lose your job to an offshore centre.

In the meantime you could theoretically work 3 days a week at home, remotely. Government departments included. The Government, whatever colour, will be looking for ways to cut spending, especially in the Civil Service. Getting some or the majority of their staff working from home may be key to this saving.

Car Crusher,

You are a fool if you think I can persuade the GOVERNMENT (I am a civil servant) to change their working conditions to suit me. Do you even have a job or is it just being a Full time prat?

Get real and environmental yourself. Rather persuade the firm/organisation you work for to get up to date with its employment practices. If we can have call centres in India, you can just as easily work from home, just 50 miles away.

Car crusher is a fool that lives in a world adjacent to utopia where girls dance around maypoles ladies smile adoringly and gentlemen drink brandy and smoke cigars after dinner.
GET REAL! You are some kind of idiot. Do you really think that if we all use the bus the prices will go down? Do you really think that they will lay on more services to rural areas? No they won't. They will pack us in like cattle and charge the same then announce record profits the next year.
Be serious for gods sake.
Yes there are many people that over rely on their cars but there are a great deal of people that cannot get to work without them.