Cops

 The headline: 

One in four Kiwis don’t trust cops

I'm guessing the "Kiwis" they refer to are New Zealanders, most of the birds are too shy to be interviewed or fill in questionnaires.

As always I am in the minority.

After 25 years of relative peace and quiet I endured another 25 years of regularly dealing with NZ Police personnel - my business, not theirs, most of the time.

I can not group the people I dealt with under one umbrella: The older men who had risen through the ranks were always impressive, always engendered respect and, largely, were damned good men to chat with.

Likewise those involved with fire-arms: Always impressive in their professionalism but never in any way threatening. Likewise, while not NZ Police, the Ocker cops in Christchurch after the big shake were never anything other than brilliant at a very hard time for Cantabrians.

Unfortunately there it stops.

I didn't meet every Christchurch based cop, not even the majority of them but the front-line police people I came into contact with were often (not always) lazy, ill-disciplined bully-boys with no ability to think, let alone act, without orders and I never, over 25 years, met a sheila cop who wasn't utter scum, disgracing the uniform at every opportunity.

Strangely the unsworn Police people I met, male and female, were all bloody good people.

3 out of 4, given those observations, is almost a win. 

 

 

Gone, 60%, Just Like That!

 The headline: 

Three out of five members of government retail crime advisory group resign

Tragedy! 

Tragedy of the highest order.

How are shoplifters going to thieve without a Government advisory group telling them how to do it? 

CVs

 Job seekers: Are they?

NewstalkZB (so I assume the Herald) has a headline up:

 Expert issues warning as more job hunters use AI to craft CVs

 The "expert" is, as always, a "CEO" of something I've never heard of and, also as always, a fucking sheila.

When was the last time you heard of a proper CEO perusing CVs?

This shows because once again the CEO, if you believe the NZ Herald/NewstalkZB on the source, has got it wrong.

As an ex-employer, unless I was looking for a minimum wage, low IQ fuckwit with some internet ability, I can assure you an obviously AI produced CV would instantly go in the "Don't-Waste-Your-Time pile" - and all AI produced bullshit is obvious. 

AI produces thoughtless, uninteresting and brainless bullshit that reproduces the mistakes and prejudices of the original writers, magnified many times. The spelling and grammar is usually painfully correct and the "points" repeated endlessly until the word quota is met.

The last thing any manager wants is an employee unable to think or solve basic problems and one who is also dishonest is a must to avoid for any job requiring a CV. In CVs AI = dishonesty and laziness.

Individual CVs may contain as big a load of bullshit as a combined Labour/Greens convention but at least they demonstrate imagination and an actual desire to be considered for the position.

NewstalkZB/NZH must do better! 

 

Reviews

 

 The headline: 

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• Tainui leader gives scathing review of Govt and ‘fractured’ relationship with Māori

Tainui leader gives scathing review of Govt and ‘fractured’ relationship with Māori

 I await the Govt. review of the Tainui fraudster.

I especially await NewstalkZB slime scum highlighting that review. 

 

ACC

 

I refer you to this headline on NewstalkZB:

"Already paying off": ACC confident it can dig itself out of its fiscal hole

 I'm sure that ACC are confident. They'll simply stop honoring their insurance to people they are sure they can shaft.

People such as the self-employed, the sole-traders and the small-businessmen: people they know do not have the time or (in many cases) means to take on ACC.

They've done it before; They'll do it again.

That means, of course,  they'll be able to continue to force compensation on the fraudsters and layabouts, just as they've always done.

As an aside: Megan Main ACC CEO? When was the last time a major business or tax-payer funded organisation even held it's own, let alone succeeded with a sheila in charge?

A quick perusal of AD doesn't throw up any outstanding examples. 

 

Theft not "Leak"

 There was recently a well publicised theft of medical information, much of it (from reports) historical.

In an age where mental health problems and addiction are worn publicly as a badge of honour and regularly used to explain bad and unacceptable behaviour, I'm struggling to understand the outrage.

Who cares if I had a boil on my arse lanced 23 years ago? 

Its not just that the information was stolen either but that the holder of that information was both victim and at fault.

Combined with the distinct impression that it was the holder rather than the thief who was to blame, the entire affair appears to be more modern, leftist fuckwittery than actual injury or inconvenience to those who had information shared. 

Summer

 

My mind is regressing at an alarming rate.

My body continues the equally alarming rate of painful descent it started before I retired (for health reasons) just before my 70^th birthday about three years past but my mind is off on a tangent (if a tangent can reverse it’s flow).

I haven’t got to the masturbation at the sight of a skirt part yet (I look forward to that bit) but going backward it certainly is.

The day outside is warm and sunny with a hint of conservatism but I waited until this afternoon to indulge.

The morning was spent on thinking about going out, preparing to go out, writing a list of things I should go out for and then deciding to prepare lunch instead.

Lunch was a success. It consisted of a plate of green beans while preparing dinner. Lunch came from my garden. My garden was unamused.

Immediately after lunch I retrieved my car keys, put on my hat, made sure my wallet was in my shorts pocket and decided to go out on the morrow.

A bottle of a gentle white was eased out of the refrigerator, some nuts and roasted pumpkin seeds made accessible for my easy chair, a good book opened and sleep was achieved.

Some time later, upon awakening and once more half compus-mentus, I wandered out into the sunshine, deposited myself in the old wooden arm-chair (quite the most comfortable chair I have ever owned) and found sleep again.

I dreamed of pleasant pastures and woke to see my very healthy tomatoes and chillies also basking in the sun.

Not being completely awake I wandered halfway around my house, checking my flowers and front garden and then wandered back to my armchair, wondering all the way if this was, indeed, nirvana?

I suspect it is.