Thursday, January 13, 2005
Some things here need to change. It may be a federal thing in some cases, in others it may be a provincial or even just a general cultural thing, but certain pre-established norms must change.
For example - if I want to buy a case of beer, a bottle of wine, and some coffee, I need to visit three shops. In the UK I could get the whole lot by visiting Tesco or Sainsburys, so this needs to change. There are talks at the moment of relaxing the current government monopoly on the "off-sales" of alcohol, but these talks have to turn into something that makes the life of general public that much easier, and not be another pipe dream. Why can't it be possible to buy a case of beer and some wine at the local supermarket?
Next, why only 2 weeks vacation per year? Is 4 weeks excessive? Are the Europeans so third-worldly because they allow their workers twice the amount of vacation time that Canadians have? I don't think so! Why not give four weeks basic vacation per year instead of two? We have the number of national holidays - the UK and Ontario both rack up 8 statutory days each year. People will be much happier. Trust me.
Dates. Come on Canada. Pick a format and stand behind it. Is it 1/12/05 or is it 12/1/05? And does January 10 mean five years from now or two days ago? You're stuck between two worlds, one of which is a single nation just to the south of you, the other is ONLY THE REST OF THE PLANET. "Yeah, but January 5 means the date and January 05 means the year ..." Whoop-di-effin-do, this argument doesn't hold water for dates from 2010 to 2030. And it starts in five years time, folks. The kids in school right now will be running the world while you're in the retirement home, so aren't you kinda worried that they won't be able to communicate the simplest of dates between themselves? For two decades there'll be a larger possibility of mis-communication, and I can't see a reason to stick with mm/dd/yy. Either way, Canada, pick a format and run with it. Please.
Gas prices. (Petrol ...) Pin them, for heaven's sake. Stop all this jumping around, and outlaw the gouging of the public by fuel companies. 60 cents? 80 cents? No, wait, 70 cents, hang on, 85 cents - STOP, it's 65 cents now, wait, hang on, it's moved again. Why put up with this? It's insane, and I'm not the only one who's unhappy about it.
Can you hear me, Martin and McGuinty? Your citizens are less happy than they could be, but they don't know it yet.
(page count = 4434)
For example - if I want to buy a case of beer, a bottle of wine, and some coffee, I need to visit three shops. In the UK I could get the whole lot by visiting Tesco or Sainsburys, so this needs to change. There are talks at the moment of relaxing the current government monopoly on the "off-sales" of alcohol, but these talks have to turn into something that makes the life of general public that much easier, and not be another pipe dream. Why can't it be possible to buy a case of beer and some wine at the local supermarket?
Next, why only 2 weeks vacation per year? Is 4 weeks excessive? Are the Europeans so third-worldly because they allow their workers twice the amount of vacation time that Canadians have? I don't think so! Why not give four weeks basic vacation per year instead of two? We have the number of national holidays - the UK and Ontario both rack up 8 statutory days each year. People will be much happier. Trust me.
Dates. Come on Canada. Pick a format and stand behind it. Is it 1/12/05 or is it 12/1/05? And does January 10 mean five years from now or two days ago? You're stuck between two worlds, one of which is a single nation just to the south of you, the other is ONLY THE REST OF THE PLANET. "Yeah, but January 5 means the date and January 05 means the year ..." Whoop-di-effin-do, this argument doesn't hold water for dates from 2010 to 2030. And it starts in five years time, folks. The kids in school right now will be running the world while you're in the retirement home, so aren't you kinda worried that they won't be able to communicate the simplest of dates between themselves? For two decades there'll be a larger possibility of mis-communication, and I can't see a reason to stick with mm/dd/yy. Either way, Canada, pick a format and run with it. Please.
Gas prices. (Petrol ...) Pin them, for heaven's sake. Stop all this jumping around, and outlaw the gouging of the public by fuel companies. 60 cents? 80 cents? No, wait, 70 cents, hang on, 85 cents - STOP, it's 65 cents now, wait, hang on, it's moved again. Why put up with this? It's insane, and I'm not the only one who's unhappy about it.
Can you hear me, Martin and McGuinty? Your citizens are less happy than they could be, but they don't know it yet.
(page count = 4434)
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]