A VIRTUAL ghost town! That is what has happened to an office on the Harbour Road.

Gone are the many people whom Government pumped so much money into for training.

Now everyone is waiting to see what will happen. Will Government tell the overseas investors goodbye and take over? That's something everyone is hoping will happen.

It seems that Bajans are no longer willing to work for next kin to nothing, especially in these hard economic times.

UNTOUCHABLE?

A CERTAIN EMPLOYEE seems to be untouchable, as he likes to brag. If he was not, then why is he still working after all the infractions against him?

For instance, he was arrested for stealing a bottle of rum from one supermarket and a bottle of brandy from another. Then he drove away the company car on one of his drunken stupors, only to return it hours later.

Then he failed the sobriety test given by his superiors. He could not even walk the straight line but was bopping and weaving all over the place.

But worst of all when he was sent for a medical check-up one day when he was suspected of going on a drinking binge, the medical report stated in bold letters "Under the Influence".

So why is this man still on the job? He tells everyone that he has a godfather and godmother in the public service. No one knows if he was sober when he made the statement but everyone is saying it must be true because he is still there.

WARNING FOR LITTLE MISS MUFFET

THE LITTLE RED SPIDER has spun her web once more.

She wants the woman who lives in the welfare house and who is trying to get her man, to know that she is irreplaceable.

Her advice to Little Miss Muffet, find your own man!

GOSSIP FOLK TOO BUSY TO WORK

THE CONSTANT GOSSIPING and whispering between a maid, the receptionist and the guard at a certain business place is getting on the nerves of other workers.

These three peas in a pod spend several hours a day talking everybody's name in the office before they get down to doing what they are paid to do.

Workers want the maid to pay more attention to the half-cleaned washrooms and offices before she dirties everybody's business.

They want the receptionist to stop eavesdropping on conversations and for the guard they just believe he is beyond help and that he should interpret the words of the Bible that he is always carrying under his arm instead of bad-mouthing the staff.

BOSS ENDANGERING HER STAFF

A SUB-CONTRACTOR who was hired by a prominent West Coast hotel to oversee its gardening needs has been giving her staff a bad deal.

She is refusing to provide workers with the necessary safety equipment. The staff are being forced to work on the garden and golf course without masks, overalls, gloves or respirators, and when they asked her for the equipment she told them she was not the one to provide for them.

However, when staff checked with the hotel they were shown that her contract states specifically that it was her responsibility.

The staff knew that they may be on shaky ground, but they were planning to take the matter to the union if this woman does not honour her contract.