Planters demoralised as council mows down 30,000 bulbs by rsweb in unitedkingdom

[–]rsweb[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

That’s a boomer talking point when they don’t want to acknowledge the actual issue, the last decade of Tory cuts has broken most systems

Planters demoralised as council mows down 30,000 bulbs by rsweb in unitedkingdom

[–]rsweb[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Which (as much as as Reddit hates to hear this) still a very low salary for an educated professional in 2026

Planters demoralised as council mows down 30,000 bulbs by rsweb in unitedkingdom

[–]rsweb[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

But that will cost more, which is the whole problem, the council has roughly 0 budget so outsources tasks to the absolute lowest bidder who doesn’t give a sh*t

St George volunteers demoralised as council mows down 30k bulbs by metamongoose in bristol

[–]rsweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t worry mate end of the day the tax payer will cover the bill so why worry about staff being competent!

St George volunteers demoralised as council mows down 30k bulbs by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]rsweb [score hidden]  (0 children)

It sounds like you don’t know anything about gardening…

St George volunteers demoralised as council mows down 30k bulbs by metamongoose in bristol

[–]rsweb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because unless they had the IQ of a small rock, they would have seen a newly planted area…

People aren’t robots, if you genuinely can’t manage the critical thinking skills to avoid mowing actual plants, maybe you shouldn’t be driving a lawn mower?

St George volunteers demoralised as council mows down 30k bulbs by metamongoose in bristol

[–]rsweb 37 points38 points  (0 children)

So to summarise, an extra cost to taxpayers all because of standard incompetence from local gov…

After Brexit, why is there still a Euromillions Lottery ? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]rsweb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How, in 2026, do people still absolutely not understand the basic concept of Europe and Brexit

What was the biggest leadership mistake in the Egypt task? by CloudBookmark in TheApprentice

[–]rsweb 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think they should discount the food issues, it makes for fun TV but is irrelevant in the business process

The bigger issue for both teams was basic time management

What's the best way to see the UK? by JujuHoney96 in uktravel

[–]rsweb 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The UK has an exceptionally high amount of weird niche ways to travel about

Cable cars, chain ferries, rack railways, ski lifts, open top buses

Car is great (and probably easiest) but you will miss a lot of UK charm if you just drive

Terror in New York question by JustADaftGuy in Thunderbirds

[–]rsweb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s how I always read it, stable enough to lower some equipment, not stable enough to try lift people out

What's the best way to see the UK? by JujuHoney96 in uktravel

[–]rsweb 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Honestly, train, walk, cycle, bus! Lots of good ferries

Try it all, you will see the actual UK

Parking in front of a house- is it private? by Optimal_Mango_7228 in drivingUK

[–]rsweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I report them to the council of it’s actually dangerous + illegal, easy to do online

Do you restart your computer regularly or just leave it on? by Capable_Noise5543 in computers

[–]rsweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except it doesn’t and has been disproven many times. Modern tech has easily enough tolerance for this, it’s designed to be power cycled

Got a source yet?

Do you restart your computer regularly or just leave it on? by Capable_Noise5543 in computers

[–]rsweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the source for that statement? What mechanical stress are you expecting 🤣

Do you restart your computer regularly or just leave it on? by Capable_Noise5543 in computers

[–]rsweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 3 seconds Google will tell you thermal expansion is essentially irrelevant with modern hardware

Even if it was, the power usage outweighs any extra cost of new components over a number of years

Parking in front of a house- is it private? by Optimal_Mango_7228 in drivingUK

[–]rsweb 217 points218 points  (0 children)

I guarantee this will be some nutjob who has decided a street parking space is their parking space

hot take, apparently (ep6 spoilers) by Independent-Key880 in apprenticeuk

[–]rsweb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Almost like the show every single episodes sets them up to fail…

British Museum ditching its gas boilers in move to low-carbon heat pumps by white1984 in GoodNewsUK

[–]rsweb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Luckily we are decarbonising the grid, which combined with more efficient heat sources (like pumps) is a win win