tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914013211159822274.post9162092909253254693..comments2015-08-25T21:50:36.503+01:00Comments on Violetta Crisis: I'd have run out of breath anyway.Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713978747815185893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914013211159822274.post-31320891855971977192010-12-08T18:05:54.666+00:002010-12-08T18:05:54.666+00:00I can surely empathise. To borrow from David Harve...I can surely empathise. To borrow from David Harvey, people often think they have a moral responsibility to their friends and neighbours, but rarely ask themselves what their responsibility is to all the people that put breakfast on their table.<br /><br />Or somethng. http://davidharvey.org/2008/06/marxs-capital-class-02/Christie Malryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13513272135254808915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914013211159822274.post-13025940277740135742010-12-08T11:11:25.719+00:002010-12-08T11:11:25.719+00:00I've always thought that "I pay your wage...I've always thought that "I pay your wages" is an unspeakably vulgar thing to say to someone. <br /><br />It's almost an implicit claim of ownership, in a way, I suppose - certainly a sign of a belief that somehow money trumps everything else, including common decency.<br /><br />On a wider scale (people moaning about the BBC, say) it also betrays a certain self-centredness, where people assume that a whole organisation must bend to their will, conveniently ignoring everyone else who pays.<br /><br />As far as I'm concerned, anyone who uses this as a way to address another person diminishes themselves.nwhitfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083553567099773832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914013211159822274.post-85717342529273218082010-12-08T10:33:44.624+00:002010-12-08T10:33:44.624+00:00"So who do you work for? Really? Wow, I pay y..."So who do <i>you</i> work for? Really? Wow, I pay your wages too! BFF?"Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288284218700038061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914013211159822274.post-39170509374276177892010-12-08T10:25:10.806+00:002010-12-08T10:25:10.806+00:00I work for a publicly traded company. Every so oft...I work for a publicly traded company. Every so often people say to me, mid whinge: "I'm a shareholder in your company" - Ironic thing is, we were all given shares when the company floated.Chris Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508993826519615717noreply@blogger.com