Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain

Re:Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain by mschuster91 on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:24AM (#28670994)

Well... looks like the UK are the next in line to discover that paying people in essential industries shit wages leads to said shit outcomes.

Over many decades, employees in easy-to-learn and especially easy-to-outsource jobs were treated as disposable cogs, and now after Corona and other crisis crunches the whole house of cards comes crushing down.

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Re:Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain by bayesian_horse on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:27AM (#28671027)

They would still be in the UK doing their shit jobs for shit wages, if they had a better visa situation...

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Re:Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain by callamdelaney on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:36AM (#28671129)

There is a massive shortage of HGV drivers across Europe and has been for years. 'It should be noted first and foremost that Britain’s driver shortage is not a new phenomenon. Even in the heady days before Covid or Brexit, the UK was already lacking around 76,000 drivers, according to Logistics UK.'[1]

[1] https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/supply-chain/the-real-causes-of-...

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Re:Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain by bellyfullofbac on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:53AM (#28672238)

Well, aren't we all in the West (if I may assume where you live) guilty of that? 55 inch TVs are $500 nowadays, mangoes flown from South America are less than $2 in my local supermarket, we like to fly to Thailand because vacationing is "dirt cheap" there...

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