I do. I had one tonight. I had to deal with someone shouting at me because I'd made a mistake with a bill that he had been given by I. He was annoyed. What he had forgotten was that if I had charged him at the proper rate the bill would have been five times as much.
I could, I suppose, have my revenge; next year I could charge him what he owes. I could be like him and stand on my principles. But he's an OBE and will get away with whatever he wants vis-a-vie me, the universal peon. He gets to shout, I get to listen. In the end I have to do what he wants, for he has more friends, in higher places, than I do.
This type of pressure is fairly standard. So when you hear people say that Cyril Smith couldn't have got off with what he was supposed to have done, I'd say that was a lie. I'd also point out that given his prominence it wasn't in anybodies interest to stick up for the poor wee boys.
He may not have done it but there was a will to look away. After all who cares about poor wee boys.
I hate myself for being part of this.
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I would say 'Fuck Them', but I also understand that when you are in a 'position' it's easier to say than to do.
I did say 'Fuck Them'. I will never work again. This is the reward for sticking up for yourself. I found out the hard way. I can only sympathise. I know you will tempted to do as I did. This is only natural.
In the end it comes down to hard lines. I chewed on the rope of constraint. I became an outcast.
You deserve better Neil. Don't let people shit on you. I know it's hard but legally we all have the same rights. I know that sounds hollow. Only the rich have rights. Still, we can insist and keep on. It all depends on stamina.
Take care.
Matt.
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Sorry to hear about shouty person. Some people are just jerks I work in a shop so I get a bit of that and have to put up with it, up to a point, although I have got narky back when I feel there is no justification for them being like that.