A Letter From Andy and a Career Change

Hi Everyone

If you could not resist reading this Rubbish about three weeks ago, you will know that I wrote a letter to our new friendly Prime Minister, Andy, who is trying to make our lives a little more comfortable, regarding the government sponsored solar panel scheme. Well, this week I received a reply, not from Andy himself, of course, as he was in New York, busy trying to cope with the ramblings of their President. Instead, my letter was referred to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. Firstly, I was pleased to receive a reply in a reasonable time and that the reply ran into two pages and did not appear to be AI generated. The letter obviously detailed the government's policies in place to help with high energy costs, but it also noted my concerns and possible changes. These concerns and possible changes have now been referred to the “relevant policy teams” for their consideration. I am not going to change the world, but it is good to know that correspondence is read and that someone takes the time to offer a detailed reply rather than dispatch it to the nearest bin. 

There was one point in my working career that I thought of going in a different direction. One career change that I considered was becoming a driving instructor. Having spent many years being my own boss, it would fit into my continued ambition to be self employed. Ultimately, my career took me back into the construction industry, but the time I spent considering this new venture, I learned an important lesson which could also apply to many others jobs. Being a driving instructor no doubt will give you a living wage, but the person teaching someone to be a successful driving instructor is the real winner. Their earning potential is much greater without the need to battle our busy roads with a rookie driver where avoiding potholes is now an art form. So there you have it, and don’t forget you got it from this Rubbish, don’t be the lackey, be the person who teaches the lackey.

As someone approaching middle age, one of our first memories would be the British Broadcasting Corporation or the BBC as we knew. It. It was nearly the only service on the radio and the only channel when television arrived here in the early 1950s, BBC1 was the only channel. Now with almost hundreds of channels to choose from it has to somehow adapt. This week it is planning to cancel some programmes, and to maybe close some channels and local radio stations. For me and I think many of us of a certain age do not find much of the content of much interest, particularly so called humour, game shows and reality programmes. Many of us however still watch the BBC as we watch those classic series that are now anything from twenty to forty years old 

Just a Thought:

A government worker is someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you cannot understand.

What should you do with people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work? Kick them out of Parliament. 

Being a UK driving instructor means getting paid to age ten years every forty-five minutes while pressing an imaginary brake pedal into the floorboards.

Brian