Poles

[dedalus]

I did ask this question earlier - but it was in the middle of a rant. A friend stayed in Inverary recently and remarked on the Polish staff at the hotel. I know inverness medical have bi-linual signs in thier factory. And on a recent trip to Edinburgh there was not a brit in sight at the hotel. How far has the polish invasion gone - any in campbeltown yet? Not being racist or anything (remarkably hard working people the poles - helped to win the battle of britain and all that) unless you think calling tuechters lazy is racist.

[Kevin Mc]

I saw three up Beinn Ghuilean back in August! Saw them again later in the town at that coffee shop near the Para Handy.

[Sweltered]

I did ask this question earlier - but it was in the middle of a rant. A friend stayed in Inverary recently and remarked on the Polish staff at the hotel. I know inverness medical have bi-linual signs in thier factory. And on a recent trip to Edinburgh there was not a brit in sight at the hotel. How far has the polish invasion gone - any in campbeltown yet? Not being racist or anything (remarkably hard working people the poles - helped to win the battle of britain and all that) unless you think calling tuechters lazy is racist.

If your comment was racist, it would lead that Teuchter is a race, and since Campbeltown is technically in Teuchter country, I guess that makes you a teuchter Judging by the comedy routines of Black comedians over here, it's not racist to make jokes about your own, so no, it's not racist.

There was a lot of Polish engineers on the larger fishing boats out of PD and BF.

Where would they find work in Kintyre?

[A Horse called Juan Face]

i dont like poles
they always ask stupid questions and u can never give the right answers
its all 'objective'
stupid poles

[Christian]

Well, I've worked at a farm, and the poles there worked so hard, that I could never work as fast as they did. So the boss fired me for not working fast enough Well, it was a shitty job anyway!

[£3.73]

I met this chap at the Olympics. I said to him, "Excuse me but are you a pole vaulter?", he replied,"No, I'm German, but how did you know my name was Walter."

[Christian]

I met this chap at the Olympics. I said to him, "Excuse me but are you a pole vaulter?", he replied,"No, I'm German, but how did you know my name was Walter."

Haha! I've once told a German man I was Dutch, so he said: "me too!" He though I said Deutsch(German in German), instead of Dutch!

[petewick]

Big Polish community up here, mostly very hard working people.
I have friends who are from Poland and they love it here.
My friend Yarek is from Krackov, was at his wedding in June, best night ever, nearest I can describe it is the wedding from The Deer Hunter.


petewick

[general jack o'niell]

[Annie]

There are two Polish fellas working for David in the Corner House. They are very hard working and can turn their hand to just about anything. They are very nice, but do have a hard time with the language barrier, even though they try very hard. It is extremely funny to hear them trying to describe stuff.

[Jonathan]

I dunno what the fuss is about - there has been a well established Polish community in Scotland for years. (Massive influx of Poles after WWII).

Anyway I'd be more scared of the huge shift towards the way the USA survives - most of it's services are manned/womanned by imigrants due to the fact they'd do jobs we "whites" would deem beneath us!!

[Bobbie En Tejas]

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I imagine people get jobs they are qualified to do, based on their education and their ability to speak English. What kind of jobs would an uneducated person who doesn't speak the language get in Scotland? We have many, many, many doctors, male and female, who are not "white," and for whom English is the second language, and also engineers and business people and students from all over the world. They are not relegated to service jobs that "white" people wouldn't do.

[alan k]

All they are fit for is for is for fit females to dance around

[Ship called Dignity]

Where would they find work in Kintyre?

I can't help but think Sweltered when I read your posts that when was the last time you were in Kintyre? (or was it a genuine question?)

There is work in the area - just depends if you really wish to keep to your trade etc Alot of Eastern Europeans, from what I can see, are working in the hotel trade or catering industry - jobs that many turn their noses up at. From what I know there is a large contingent in the town and apparently excellent workers.

[petewick]

Where would they find work in Kintyre?

I can't help but think Sweltered when I read your posts that when was the last time you were in Kintyre? (or was it a genuine question?)

There is work in the area - just depends if you really wish to keep to your trade etc Alot of Eastern Europeans, from what I can see, are working in the hotel trade or catering industry - jobs that many turn their noses up at. From what I know there is a large contingent in the town and apparently excellent workers.

So would you work harder if your weekly wage was more than what you used to earn in a month.

petewick