The Pointless Page

There may be more rewarding jobs around, cariadon, but I'm happy with this job. I like the people that I work with because everyone gets on well with each other and are happy to work as a team and I get to meet the customers too, most of whom are nice.  My biggest problem is the cost of unleaded petrol. It is a problem that I'm getting resolved through the purchase of a car that runs on electric, so I no longer have to buy a fossil fuel that I can no longer afford from my drop money and tips!

Tell me about it! Ever since we first met, my wife and I have had to contend with visa problems. When we were in China, the problem was a Chinese visa for me. Now the problem is a UK visa for my wife!

When we were in China, I was allowed a maximum stay of 180 days. When this expired, I was required to leave China for another country in order to renew. The nearest border was Hong Kong which was a huge, costly journey from Wuhan to Shenzhen. There are 3 border crossings from Shenzhen into Hong Kong, all of which have hordes of people queueing to get across. Amazingly, many of the them were school children whose parents obviously believed could get a better education in Hong Kong than China. It seems they would cross the border daily to commute to and from Hong Kong.

The best time to cross the border was between midnight and 2 a.m. when there were less people, so much quicker!

Often enough, the visa application, even using the fast process and paying the additional fee would take more than a day, necessitating an overnight stay in a hotel in Hong Kong, at £100 per night.

How do you know why a thread is closed,  you assume it's because people wanted it closed when it could be because everything that could be said had been said.

For you discussing washing and ironing is mundane, others might find discussing eating, shopping, commuting, loyalty points  children, grandchildren a pointless and mundane. We are all different in what we enjoy.

Many people are finding it hard to travel to work whether by train, bus or car and are not able to change the situation as you are able,  So you are not alone with lengthy, costly traveling cost.

More and more banks are closing, so for us it means a 30 mile round trip is we want to pay in money, only to find the bank full of machines not cashiers. Pointless complain because it's profit before customer service.

Thank you, R2B! 

Yes but the biggest issue, as far as I'm concerned is cost. I have worked a solution to that. By changing to an electric car, I can substantially reduce my costs.

Every business has to look at costs to see if there is a lower cost way. Income doesn't just come from customers, it can be increased by reduction in costs. My biggest overhead was fuel, an overhead that can be eliminated through a change to electric.

It stands to reason that if I am paying over £2500 a year on fuel, I would be £2500 a year better off with an electric car. That's like increasing my pay from £7.50 an hour to £10.83 per hour due to the drop money and tips being added to my overall pay instead of being spent on petrol!

Unfortunately, cariadon, the drop money doesn't go up everytime the price of petrol goes up, so that causes a shortfall. To stay afloat, it is essential to address this issue. Many businesses go bankrupt in situations where their outgoings exceed their incomings. It's like CY quoted about Mr. Macawber!

It stands to reason that if I am paying over £2500 a year on fuel, I would be £2500 a year better off with an electric car. That's like increasing my pay from £7.50 an hour to £10.83 per hour due to the drop money and tips being added to my overall pay instead of being spent on petrol!

Only to be spent on the extra cost of buying the car, over and above keeping the present, one. It is not even benefiting the environment that much, as much  of your fuel will still be derived from fossil fuels,

Pointless!!!

"Every business has to look at costs to see if there is a lower cost way. Income doesn't just come from customers, it can be increased by reduction in costs. My biggest overhead was fuel, an overhead that can be eliminated through a change to electric."

But Malc , you want other people to pay for the "fuel" for your EV, is that fair ??????

I have to agree Steve. Take a hit on trading in present car having paid VAT and suffered the highest bits of depreciation. Buy a new car that does not have suitable range for proposed winter usage with a gas guzzler as a second car, pay for extra gas over winter months. 

I hardly see the situation as win - win.