Three cheers for Deva Kumarasiri, the Sri Lankan-born Post Office worker who refused to serve customers who had not bothered to learn English, saying that they were wasting his time and annoying the rest of the queue.
And which other party dares point out on the stump that Councillor Kumarasiri has been expelled from the Lib Dems?
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Thanks David I hadn't realised that.
ReplyDeleteThe guy who proposed my expulsion from the party has recently said online that I wasn't expelled from the LudDims for being an economic liberal - that was merely the official cover story.
The real reason was that I was against illegal wars, genocide & child sex slavery.
Says it all.
Our not overly gentle discussion which I will probably put up an edited version of http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/aberdeenshire-and-the-executive-committee/
Ah rather three cheers for the Postamster who told the agency he did not want this lunatic in his post office.
ReplyDeleteThere might well be a place for makin political points but someone elses business premises is hardly the point.
This lunatic drives around in a van decorated with British flags.
Curious reminder of the Michael Bates character in "It Aint half Hot Mum".
A certainty to be elected on to his local council.
Amd probably invites to appear on Jon Gaunts radio show.
But not martyr material, I fear.
"A certainty to be elected on to his local council"
ReplyDeleteAlready on it.
But no longer as a Lib Dem.
Are you really saying that only people who can speak half a dozen languages should be employable even as counter staff in Post Offices?
No of course Im not saying that.
ReplyDeleteWhat I saying is that basic courtesy IS already a desirable quality in working for the Post Office. And rather like the Postmaster who employed the worker thru an agency, I would insist that anyone working in my premises observes my rules.
"My gaff...my rules"
I am sure you actually agree with that point.
My name above the door.and if the worker attracts bad publicity or even unwelcome publicity to my name...he/she is "on their bike".
I am sure like me you deplore the way shop staff no longer employ basic courtesy.
When I go abroad armed with little more than GCE French and a cheap phrase book and am required to buya deux timbres a la bureau de post or possibly some francobollis (sp), I usually identify myself by my nationality and do the "je ne parle pas francais tres bien" or "non parlo italiano" and I am immediately get unfailing courtesy.
Sadly I have heard that of our fellow Anglo-phones think that the best approach in Ibiza and Lanzorotte is to speak rather loudly and wave their arms about.
Already on the council eh?
Nationwide publicity is always a big boost for a local councillor.