Study / British Council CELTA in Krakow, how would you rate it? [60]


Mmm - I happened to find certain bodies in "The Council" unbearingly smug jon. Glad to hear your experience is more positive than mine was:)

News / Poland's Party of Law and Justice (PiS) reconstruction [38]

Gerrymandering, and pontificating to the EU. Simple as that. The whole shower need to be bang to rights, and that includes Duda.

Life / Driving Offences in Poland - How Fast can you go without being arrested? ;) [56]


This happened to me in Bedford, England yesterday. I said to the wife "******* Eastern Europeans.." A British driver would never contemplate doing that. A sure fire one year ban for overtaking on or near a pedestrian crossing, and possible dangerous driving court action.

Suddenly in the UK driving is not safe anymore. Eastern European drivers are obviously to blame.
Research is needed, but I reckon the falling standards of driving in the UK are down to the above. Ban them.

Life / English family in Wroclaw! [70]


I appreciate that English is your second language Dom, and most wonderful and eloquent it is too. However I must object, your honour, on the grounds that the word "most" refers to the majority, and could well be taken by insinuation, to mistakingly refer to my client, by his peers - if he were, although he at the present time does not, to live in Wroclaw:))

Life / English family in Wroclaw! [70]


I refer the right honourable member to the below quote, where you clearly infer that if one does not belong to the corporate culture, or are not putting out fires as some technical chappie, then you are a layabout.

Life / English family in Wroclaw! [70]


DominicB in his usual patronising mode again:)) I thought this was New Year, new start? Wots the difference Dom between flotsam and jetsam?


So the "type" of people she's obviously looking for are corporates only, right? That's fine, if you want garden parties and tedious conversation about "We........" Horses for courses, I guess.....

Life / Health system in Poland one of the worst in Europe: report [78]


Thanks for clearing that up for me Jardinero. So the hospital system is actually run for the benefit of the staff?
Amazing, and a wonderful excuse on behalf of the state and hospital admin to avoid paying their people properly.


Your cool and detailed comments suggest that the word here is not "reform" but regulation and enforcement - you make it sound like the wild west, where senior staff run the place as their own personal fiefdom.

Slap them with regulations, and if they don't conform, then apply the misdemeanours and the sack for a final solution if need be. Then bring Asian doctors in, who are actually very good at team playing.

Life / Health system in Poland one of the worst in Europe: report [78]


Really?

Life / Health system in Poland one of the worst in Europe: report [78]


So would you care to comment on the beds for cash scandal then Jardinero? Nobody has taken me up on the debate yet. This is the archaic system where patients are deliberately admitted to hospital for tests just to fill the beds, and not because of the seriousness of their condition, so that the NFZ can claim for costs.

Life / Health system in Poland one of the worst in Europe: report [78]


Nope. Some of us are paying too much already for what we are getting. I draw your attention to the other thread on the "health service". Fund the system from central government to 11 percent of GDP, to pay for the new wave of alchoholics that will arise from the 500 plus great giveaway.

Travel / Help with a travel plan to Poland [72]


That's Krakow for you.... depressing.

If the OP likes towns so much, shouldn't he be visiting the towns/cities with old towns still standing/ rebuilt to some extent (Torun/Gdansk etc.)? And what about out east (Zamość...)? Old spas like Krynica, rather than Zakopane, aka Polonia in the mountains.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


Don't have to. The Alexander is my old local, in the centre of Wimbledon next to the station. It has Union Jacks to illustrate its' history as mock Victoriana. Excellent Youngs beer, a bit "Jack the lad", but very friendly to all, whatever creed and colour. Just like everywhere in fact. The secret is in the name - "Public House."

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

I think you are having an argument with yourself here Bieganski. Most strange. There is no story (apart from decent folk doing the decent thing, and not stealing this man's money).

As for the pay packet, I worked in construction at a time in the past, and I was simply reminding you how subbing works. If you don't want to listen to facts, that's not my problem:)

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


As I already explained, if the man is a sub-contractor - thus working for himself - there are no deductions payable. This is the legality of it. He is responsible for his own tax returns and insurance payments - the second of which are not mandatory. Thus there is nothing for anybody to expose re: that pay envelope.

Britain is like that you see. A free economy. Happy to help with any information you require about my country - seeing as you know sweet F.A.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


You obviously know nothing about sub-contracting. The man will be responsible for his own books. There are no deductions made at source.

And as before, you are only interested in your silly theories of "Polonophobia." Admit that you are wrong and we can move on to more important matters.


What a ridiculous remark. You are alright, aren't you Bieganski?

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]


No, they don't. The subject was ZUS though, and how it is all so unnecessary; nobody is prepared to face up the reality of the situation, but actually we are making it worse. And small private enterprise has to carry the can. Glad that my stint is almost over.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


While you were surfing for stories about Poles and their horrible lives in a racist UK, you seem to have somehow missed this one. My local pub when I lived in London:)

telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/28/twitter-appeal-reunites-polish-builder-christmas-pay-packet

Methinks you are only interested in the worst in people though.

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]


I'm with Ironside on this one. ZUS is a scourge on our society and a lot of those offices, which are there in most large towns, need to be closed, when national insurance administration ought to be centralised, to save hundreds of millions from the budget.

You exaggerated with the "hundreds of thousands" quote, but surely over the years, construction of, and running of these offices does run into the hundreds of millions of zlotys. Incredible, and if I was a journalist I would run with that story, Obviously people love having their money wasted, or perpetuating a system where they can be bullied and ordered to their local ZUS office to explain some imagined mis-demeanour, or, perhaps more logically, they feel it's a very convenient situation because they don't have far to go to their local ZUS office?

I can count on the fingers of one hand the numbers of times I was called into a government office in the UK to explain my tax returns or national insurance payments. All of this supposed need for local offices is a bureaucratic nonsense, which could mostly be done on the telephone, belongs to a communist "stamp-issuing" culture, and wastes huge money.

It is also a job creation scheme, as we all know. I am amazed that you would still support that facet after 28 years of a market orientated economy.

You are right about economic growth cmc, half of the Katowice countryside, where I am at the present, is covered with new logistics centres and light manufacturing plants, and the employment situation and future opportunity is being rapidly transformed. It's good news.

What is not good news in the increased ridiculousness of this government, with its' "They wont get away with it" paranoia, which clearly means there are going to be more government jobs and more senseless bureaucracy - which, no matter how busy the staff seem - does not produce material benefit apart from the legal necessities and collection/allocation of monies due, and which could so obviously be automated to a large degree. Those jobs don't exist in the UK, and I'm pretty sure, in other real democracies either.

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]


Do I understand you right cms? That the state owes these people a job so slings them in ZUS offices and the like? And the rest of us pay for them to employed in these spanking new offices, because otherwise Ogrodzieniec and the like would have 15 percent unemployment? Please tell me that you are having a laugh, and that I took the bait.

If there are no jobs in your locality for your skills, you up sticks and go where the work is (slaps-head). Pity there are no emotions on this forum. I need a double blink symbol.

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]


Surely Ironside is talking about the above. It's the healthcare system that is the major bone of contention here. As for the others, of course one can't expect a statutory pension fund to provide for more than the bare minimum, but the freedom to opt out needs to be enshrined in law, and all of these small town ZUS "employees" that jon lauds need to be given their marching orders.

The rest of us are sick of paying for their needless employment.

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]


Surely you jest jon? This is a serious matter, and as Ironside says, they are crooks.

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]

And why is there a ZUS office in every town? In the UK there is one (Newcastle Upon Tyne) and has been since the 1970s. And why are there holiday hotels for ZUS employees, such as the one on Wolin Island in Swinoujscie?

In Britain we had class war, and by the same token these ZUS buildings should be seized by the mob.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


Yes yes, we know that people have been taking fish. So, if you have a fishery, you keep an eye on things, or appoint someone who will. All you need is a geezer with a good pair of binos. And if this owner was really bothered he could employ a Pole to explain the rules. As it is, peer pressure means that anglers don't go willy-nilly flouting the rules. On canals and river banks maybe, but not at fisheries. It would all kick off.

There is no excuse for the bloke, as he will find out when he's summoned.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


Let's get this straight. You live in America, yet you have the temerity to accuse the British of racial intolerance?
Lol. Our police don't often shoot a man in the back simply because they don't like the colour of his skin. When you've actually been to the UK and lived there like Wulkan and the rest, then you can comment. Now run along, there's a good chap.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


Drunks unfortunately will fight. It's still less dangerous than the victims' home town, because Poles traditionally have the disgusting habit of getting leathered on the street and on waste ground.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

In my area Polish schoolkids are only allowed in 1-2 at a time. That's fair enough, same rule for all, irrespective of creed. Just because you were clearly brought up to differentiate between peoples, doesn't mean the rest of us should put up with it.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

Anyway, we shouldn't take America as a veritable example. Who wants a hate filled society like theirs'? Kaczynski maybe..
We all know about the Stevie Wonder song based on his experience, about being refused rental because of his colour. Well, that's scum America for you. Some conservative couple in Britain turned a gay couple away from their hotel, because they wanted to share a room just like any couple. The hotel owners were busted for that, and by the same token somebody was busted for telling a gypsy to leave his shop because he wasn't serving him.

Notices are especially vile, and are a breach of the peace if nothing else, which can also be applied under UK law.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


Not in Britain Dirk. Business can't discriminate and if it persists, it pays. Please give it a rest acting like SmartAlec one hundred percent of the bleedin' time. You are the acknowledged forum expert on all things Stateside and Wroclaw, but seemingly know sweet FA about UK law:))

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


Yes - they think Perch is the Polis "sandacz" - same genus, different species. Uneatable muck.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

if it's a private property they have a right to not allow Poles or any other people from entering in my opinion

Not in Britain. We have anti-discrimination laws for that sort of nonsense. The Polish guy simply needs to make a formal complaint to Old Bill. Licensed premises - yes, they can serve who they want. Hotels, or fishing lakes in this case - no.

Discrimination. But if the article is in that scum Daily Mail then we don't know the full story.