An aggrieved billionaire this week lamented that workers had grown lazy and “arrogant” during the coronavirus pandemic and that many of them needed to be made unemployed for the situation to improve.The Australian Financial Review reports that Tim Gurner, the founder and CEO of the Gurner Group, exp…

  • athos77
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    121 year ago

    Seems to me that they’re forgetting that there will come a time when we stop asking politely.

    • @TheYear2525
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      1 year ago

      They just need to delay that until all communications, financial transactions, and travel can be tracked and fed into rebellion-predicting algorithms. And they’re so close. Encryption and cash are still legal, but at least they’re stigmatized.

    • skellener
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      11 year ago

      You couldn’t be more right. They don’t see it. It will come as no shock to anyone but them.

  • The Pantser
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    101 year ago

    A billionaire said something that proves they are out of touch with society, seems to be the common headline lately.

  • ArugulaZ
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    51 year ago

    Wait wait wait. Did I actually read the term “aggrieved billionaire?” What, did his butler buy the wrong brand of caviar? Did the yacht inside his yacht sink? Or is he just pissy that he has to hire workers who expect to be treated with respect, instead of owning slaves?