New Posts For Thread: 50,000 brits signed up to be fruit pickers ...112 turned up for workhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-worklolBBC News just reported on this c 18:20 - "Land Army" of ski-instructors taking readily to cutting asparagus.As a piece of Orwellian propaganda, well worth watching on iplayer.BBC clearly on a "war footing." Ie whatever Govt want them to say.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559258441#559258441BBC News just reported on this c 18:20 - "Land Army" of ski-instructors taking readily to cutting asparagus.As a piece of Orwellian propaganda, well worth watching on iplayer.BBC clearly on a "war footing." Ie whatever Govt want them to say.Fri, 01 May 2020 12:29:16 -0500I'm all for working in fields but the weather is all against it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559251723#559251723I'm all for working in fields but the weather is all against it.Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:55:10 -0500wetherspoons open in june may halt the brave and noble 112https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559249349#559249349wetherspoons open in june may halt the brave and noble 112Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:18:43 -0500Fruit picking isn't rocket science, so why bother with any form of interview. Just feck turn up and pick and get paid in cash. Did that in my younger days before all this equality nonsense and minimum wage nonsense.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559249249#559249249Fruit picking isn't rocket science, so why bother with any form of interview. Just feck turn up and pick and get paid in cash. Did that in my younger days before all this equality nonsense and minimum wage nonsense.Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:56:56 -0500youisavinalff. you might think the benefits system was designed to keep people from working. explain how paying an able-bodied male 265 a week is going to make him get a job Does that include housing benefit and council tax?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559249097#559249097youisavinalff. you might think the benefits system was designed to keep people from working. explain how paying an able-bodied male 265 a week is going to make him get a job Does that include housing benefit and council tax?Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:22:49 -0500How many of the 112 will survive a week of rain, they will be off to benidormYou do keep some benefits when you workhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559248275#559248275How many of the 112 will survive a week of rain, they will be off to benidormYou do keep some benefits when you workWed, 29 Apr 2020 09:07:20 -0500Still an illiterate idiothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559248257#559248257Still an illiterate idiotWed, 29 Apr 2020 09:03:01 -0500PSi,m still a no, ,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559248141#559248141PSi,m still a no, ,Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:43:14 -0500Absolutely. We need the fruit and veg, that seems a very sensible suggestion. What options do we have?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559248107#559248107Absolutely. We need the fruit and veg, that seems a very sensible suggestion. What options do we have?Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:34:57 -0500^ Sensible post of the month.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31644447/50000-brits-signed-up-to-be-fruit-pickers-112-turned-up-for-work?post_id=559248013#559248013^ Sensible post of the month.Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:14:06 -0500