Fucking disgusting

[Fred Elliot]

It is stupidly low, but people still enlist and that's why it's not any higher.

Actually there is a 3.1 % shortfall year on year on the enlistment figures.

Although I think that that has more to do with the following over the last 10 years ;

Iraq 1
Iraq 2
Bosnia
Afghanistan

The war against terrorism in general

[herthab]

Brave=Paid more? Don't think so. The 'grunts' who do all the hard work are, in the most part, not skilled enough to get a job in a call centre. The Army gives them far more than £18k - they get a career for life, training to a very high degree, self control and discipline, self-respect and pride, and a number of hugely portable skills (like the ability to come quickly over a biscuit and to racially abuse corner-shop owners at will).

Not skilled enough for a call centre?

Do me a favour. Next time you post, read what you've written first, then ask yourself: "Do I know what the fuck I'm talking about?". If the answers no, like in this instance, don't post it.

How much training is involved in working in a call centre?

[axs]

judging by how helpful BT were yesterday not very. I nearly cried when the man asked me if my landline phone was 'turned on'. thought it might have been watching some phone porn or something.

[dell boy]

Six of sons mates are serving in Iraq and Afgan at the moment, one went out to Afghanistan last month, he worked in the bank as a personal assistant until two months ago and has gone out after being calledl up (he is in the TA, two others also called up from joining the TA, which they all joined initially to keep themselves fit and knew this might happen one day) every time we hear news of more British deaths whilst serving with the British or Nato Forces it sends a chill down my spine.

[Fred Elliot]

I know that feeling well Dell

Here's hoping for safe returns for all

[Miss Angry]

Here's hoping for safe returns for all

Indeed!

My friend is back from afghan for a couple of weeks soon, She has had to leave her 10 month old here with her mum cos she had to go for 6 months.

I have some American Airforce friends they get so much more than our lot. It's not right.

[red macca]

Brave=Paid more? Don't think so. The 'grunts' who do all the hard work are, in the most part, not skilled enough to get a job in a call centre. The Army gives them far more than £18k - they get a career for life, training to a very high degree, self control and discipline, self-respect and pride, and a number of hugely portable skills (like the ability to come quickly over a biscuit and to racially abuse corner-shop owners at will).

with comments like that mate can you kindly fuck off.

How offensive do you want to be

[millom red]

They don't need an awful lot of skill to earn £18k though, do they?

Im hoping that was tongue in cheek....if not, you sir, are a cunt.

Prick.


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[Simon Pieman]

If it was tongue in cheek then it's no worse than anything else anybody has ever posted on the TEF.

[millom red]

Hippy

[flammableBen]

I've certainly posted worse. Both tongue in cheek and other times when I've just been plain offensive and people have presumed I was joking.

hahaha you fools.

[millom red]

Ben...Go play with your manatee floppy.

[Arriba]

people that join the forces do so volountarily.yeah the pay isn't great but nobody makes them do it.
glad they do though as we'd be fucked without them.
incidently the yanks get paid highly in the army,but i think and ours puts theirs to shame.just goes to show how great our forces are really

[ron dodgers]

don't they get all food,clothes,laundry bills, ski holidays and school fees or is that just officers?

[hansgruber]

Apologies to all offended by my comments above. It was a terribly weak attempt to crowbar in a joke about wanking over biscuits. No offence intended.