Re: Privatised Government?

["David & Jan Winter" <winterd@icenet.com.au>]

Interesting Note:

Perth's buses, now run by several private companies (e.g. sWAn Transit, PATH
transit, etc), retain government plates. It seems the private companies are
just labour agencies intended to frustrate union power. However, the strike
affecting northern suburbs a few days back, over the colour of a driver's
shoes (brown not black) signals that management stupidity and employee "blow
the customers" attitudes are still alive and well in the private sector -
what a surprise!

DW

David McLoughlin wrote in message <36e2fa4a.13508139@news.iprolink.co.nz>...
> Laurel Blume  wrote:
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>>Travelling home late one night last week, I noticed what think was a VT
>>Commodore with a small sticker on the front doors with `Swanston Trams'.
>>
>>Nothing unusual in that, of course, except that the car was carrying red
>>government number plates.
>>
>>If the system has been privatised, why retain the govt plates?
>
>It hasn't been privatised yet. They are still going through the
>tendering process.
>
>David McLoughlin
>Auckland New Zealand
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> Bill Clinton and Al Gore go into a local diner for lunch, As they
>read  the menu, the waitress comes over and asks Clinton, "You ready
>to order?"
>"Yes," Clinton replies, "I'd like a quickie."
>"A quickie?" the waitress replies. "Sir, given the current situation
>of your personal life, I don't think that is a good idea. I'll come
>back when you are ready to order from the menu." She walks away.
>Al Gore leans over to Clinton and says, "It's pronounced "Quiche"
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