It’s actually a protest.
Some visited a Turkish barber and tried to pay by card and asked for a VAT receipt…
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I find articles like this hilarious. They're written as though there's this thing happening that we can't explain.
Look at the data... quiet quitting is particularly pronounced among Gen Z and younger millennials.
Then look at the backdrop to their careers. These people have watched their futures being spent on bailouts, lockdowns and furlough.
Even if you work extremely hard and earn promotions (which is far from guaranteed), wages in the UK are so crap, and the cost of living so high, that the rewards often amount to very little.
The extra pay can be negligible. The extra effort and responsibility are not.
And if you've worked hard, trained and made your way up the greasy corporate pole, there's a good chance you've watched entry-level wages creep ever closer to yours. You might reasonably be asking yourself why you bothered in the first place.
Since the pandemic began, the National Living Wage has increased by nearly 55%. If you're someone with years of experience, training, progression and hard work under your belt, and your wages haven't kept pace, why wouldn't you question the value of all that effort?
The incentive has been inverted.
This is wage compression, and we're now witnessing the second- and third-order effects governments seem so oblivious to. When the financial reward for taking on more responsibility diminishes, so does the incentive to do it.
And this is what's happening. People are moving the dial they actually have control over… how much they give a shit about their job. And I don't blame them.
I think people are also starting to realise that much of the reward for their hard work is swallowed up by the ever-growing, increasingly wasteful blob that is the British state.
It's like having someone sitting on your shoulders, stealing half your food, getting heavier by the day, and repeatedly slapping you around the face as you try to go about your life.
'Quiet quitting' could be hitting the economy - here's why bbc.in/4ijTORZ
Whist that Erasure song sounds pretty good from a crowd - hearing thousands of fans murder those high notes makes me teeth itch 😳
Jcaird retweeted
❤️ My beautiful boy deserves to be remembered with love, not hate. ❤️
Yesterday, a Coventry fan used a photograph of Bradley to taunt Sunderland supporters.
As Bradley’s mam, this is heartbreaking, especially as it’s one of my favourite photographs of him. Just look at that smile.
I remember that day like it was yesterday. He was so happy, having so much fun. Those moments were precious because they were few and far between. So much of Bradley’s short life was spent battling cancer and enduring treatments no child should ever face.
To see such a beautiful memory used in such a cruel way really does make my heart hurt. 💔
We are a football-loving family who follow Sunderland home and away. I’m all for football banter, but surely mocking a child who died from cancer is not banter?
I hope the club takes appropriate action and the young lad’s family help him understand how hurtful his actions were. I don’t want hatred directed towards him, so please please don't, just for him to learn from this.
Behind that photograph is a little boy who was loved beyond measure and a family who miss him every day.
Thank you to everyone who has defended Bradley and shown us so much love. It means more than you know. ❤️
What some people don’t realise is that Bradley’s story didn’t end when his life did.
Because of Bradley, children’s lives are being saved, hundreds of families have received vital support, and children facing unimaginable battles are being given hope.
Through Super Brad’s Pad, families can escape hospital life, spend precious time together and make memories that last forever.
That is Bradley’s legacy. The difference my little boy continues to make in this world. No amount of cruelty will ever take that away.
So rather than let this photograph be remembered for hatred, I want it remembered for what it truly represents.
My beautiful little boy, enjoying one of the happiest days of his life, with the biggest smile on his face. 💙
That is how I want the world to remember him.
#CancerHasNoColours ❤️💙🤍💚🩷🖤🧡
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This post copies Bradley Lowery's mother Gemma's statement, originally from the Bradley Lowery Foundation. This account is not her.
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Been scammed for 2 tickets for tomorrow from @RFCbenJohn7 “guy he referred me to”
Just to let people know to watch out
