taxman Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Oh dear. Foreign athletes competing in London 2012 are being advised to leave now to avoid missing their events. I wonder if cuts to staffing levels have had any effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Oh dear. Foreign athletes competing in London 2012 are being advised to leave now to avoid missing their events. I wonder if cuts to staffing levels have had any effect? Or those militantly unionised staff working slow on purpose. A union boss did come out and say recently that there should be disobedience during the olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Or those militantly unionised staff working slow on purpose. Can I combat this view and blame Thatcher for hiding in the baggage system and swapping labels on suitcases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I wonder if cuts to staffing levels have had any effect?Try work-to-rule/go-slow Sorry Chris, but I have to vindicate Hots On here. Experienced it first hand on 29 April 2012. Took the Customs desk jockey at East Mids 10 minutes to process me (yes, I counted them), including asking me for a second piece of ID (lucky I had one, even though out of date) and lecturing me about my 'old' French passport showing 'damage' adjacent the photo area. I get customs-checked and passport-examined at least 20 times time a year, every year, intra- and outra-EU, and my 6-year old passport (which shows absolutely no marks or defects what-so-ever near the photo area, even under magnifying glass) had not ever once raised an eyebrow or elicited any query until then. Oh, btw - the fast-process 'booths' (for UK passport holders with chips/biometrics thingies) were all shut as well. I'll let you know how I get on when I get back from the US next week. Might have to post from France (or wherever) if they don't let me back in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Oh dear. Foreign athletes competing in London 2012 are being advised to leave now to avoid missing their events. I wonder if cuts to staffing levels have had any effect? I thought part of the wider plan for the Olympics was to give visitors an experience of British culture. Isn't this just part of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Massive queues at Heathrow - bodes well for olympics Yes- someone's for the high jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Massive queues at Heathrow - bodes well for olympics Yes- someone's for the high jump. hey hey...Steady on...Don't cross the line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Luckily for the athletes / coaches / media coming in for the Olympics, they'll be passing through their own special area. And since the accreditations (passes) are linked to passports, it's a relatively quick scanning job and you're through. That is, provided, they haven't altered your accredditation and removed the one you're holding in your hand from their systems and therefore have no idea who you are or what to do with you. Although my new pass did come with a ∞ symbol, so all was well in the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 We have thousands of troops engaged in expeditionary warfare but we can't even control our own borders effectively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 hey hey...Steady on...Don't cross the line! It's OK- the staff are coming down from Manchester in relays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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