Comment on "No eating for free allowed! You must only watch it rot on the beach!"
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 17 hours agoMembers of the British government have been calling for strong efforts to ensure the shipping company and its insurers will pay the costs of the cleanup. Seatrade, which operates the vessel, said its insurers are fully engaged in the process…
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Oh goodie, the insurers are fully engaged! I’m sure they will help clear the quickly rotting food off the beach just as much as the volunteers who are physically there doing actual work.
God I hate pencil-pusher culture, it’s so weird 😂
mech@feddit.org 15 hours ago
I am now imagining an insurance office where suddenly an alarm goes off:
The lights turn red, a siren howls, and everyone jumps up from their seats and runs to a garage where black vans are wating with the engines running.
They drive to the beach and frantically start picking up bananas, in a race against time and decomposition.
Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I was thinking some sort of boardroom with a big screen on one wall, showing a beach covered in bananas, with some bald fella, who is unmistakably French, looking on, then waving his hand and saying “Engage.”
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
But alas instead it’s a board of lawyers that are engaged in a race to find a loophole to get out of this without spending anything cleaning.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 11 hours ago
In my area there are independent contractors who listen in on their police scanners. When there is a fire or a break in these contractors show up in a van filled with plywood. As soon as the authorities allow them in they seal the building so no one can get inside. When the insurance company rep shows up they are happy to pay off the contractor because sealing the place prevents further damage.
mech@feddit.org 11 hours ago
I bet that van often happens to be parked right around the corner when a building catches fire.