Re: I did not cost the council one penny
Everyone comments about how much it costs the tax payer, and they're right but its not going to make a difference that sort of culture seems endemic in councils.
I've worked in a few and it always seems to me that a large percentage of the wastage money wise with a council is because its not earned just given so no one is as accountable. If you went to your boss in a private company and had to explain how you were pissing money up the wall because of x,y,z and that you wasn't doing anything about it, how long do you reckon you'd last?
Yet I have worked for council departments who don't even bother finding out the x,y,z let alone try and fix it or have to explain it.
Working for the council really made me resent paying my council tax - not because I don't think we should contribute to society I do, but because if I do I don't want it being sodding wasted by idiots.*
*Apparently commenting this to your boss whilst working for the council shows a bad attitude.