Polling booth staff

[Hampster Gull]

I almost lost an eye at the booth today

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Black Lace! Are you still going on....

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Is it a criteria that they must be over 65 miserable &humourless.
Ever since I've been voting every bunch have been boring old fu@kers.

The seasons finished so as [MENTION=26444]Wrong Direction[/MENTION] said they have gone on to bore more members of the public

I initially said beat up

 

[Cian]

Its a hideous job, polling hours here are usually 0700-2300 or 0000 even. If I was working for 17 hours/knew I had a load of hours left, I'd probably want to kill someone towards the end of it!

 

[Garage_Doors]

Its a hideous job, polling hours here are usually 0700-2300 or 0000 even. If I was working for 17 hours/knew I had a load of hours left, I'd probably want to kill someone towards the end of it!

Don't they have a team that do it in shifts?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I love that whole Polling booth thing. It's so low-key and seemingly-ramshackle you'd think we were voting for the next local parish council rather than the future of a major industrialised nation, what with all the stubby pencils on a bit of string, the battered old tin ballot boxes and the voting booths knocked up with a couple of bits of plywood. Bless.

 

[Garage_Doors]

Could have fooled me
regards
DR

We are not the same age !

 

[Felpham Seagull]

Is it a criteria that they must be over 65 miserable &humourless.
Ever since I've been voting every bunch have been boring old fu@kers.

did you want them to sing and dance ?

 

[maltaseagull]

Is it a criteria that they must be over 65 miserable &humourless.
Ever since I've been voting every bunch have been boring old fu@kers.

?

Looking forward to meeting you in 2018 or maybe 2015?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

We are not the same age !

I know ,you're 65
regards
DR

 

[Mackenzie]

Is it possible for a 'Lady' to 'man' something?

I hope so, but I'm not really sure.

These two were really chatty, I guess they were making the most of human presence given that only about 400 were registered to vote at our polling station. Apparently 60 odd of the 400 registered were doing postal votes and 5 by proxy.

I think they were bored.

 

[Giraffe]

Just went to one in Worthing and the bloke was clearly Mr Public Sector. Complete with four or five piercings.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I hope so, but I'm not really sure.

These two were really chatty, I guess they were making the most of human presence given that only about 400 were registered to vote at our polling station. Apparently 60 odd of the 400 registered were doing postal votes and 5 by proxy.

I think they were bored.

should have asked them to sharpen your pencil for you
regards
DR

 

[Cian]

Don't they have a team that do it in shifts?

Bigger stations possibly. My partner's mother has done it a few times and its full day for them in the sticks.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I love that whole Polling booth thing. It's so low-key and seemingly-ramshackle you'd think we were voting for the next local parish council rather than the future of a major industrialised nation, what with all the stubby pencils on a bit of string, the battered old tin ballot boxes and the voting booths knocked up with a couple of bits of plywood. Bless.

You don't even need ID. I could have turned up this morning and spied an address with a male (as you could clearly see the list - engage a little chat whilst picking an address) and then turned up this evening and voted for me.

 

[Notters]

Have to say one of our ones fitted your description. "Get to the back of the queue" she said as we walked up to the desk.

That would've been fine but there wasn't a queue! !!

 

[Puppet Master]

Yes, they are.

But then my polling station is Rottingdean Village Hall.

 

[Dandyman]

The Polling Station staff I experienced this morning were charming and professional.

Having done the job myself a couple of times, it tends to be a 0630 to 1030 day for the basic Poll Clerks and a longer one for more senior staff. The pay is ok but fairly modest.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I hope so, but I'm not really sure.

These two were really chatty, I guess they were making the most of human presence given that only about 400 were registered to vote at our polling station. Apparently 60 odd of the 400 registered were doing postal votes and 5 by proxy.

I think they were bored.

should have asked them to sharpen your pencil for you
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Yes, they are.

But then my polling station is Rottingdean Village Hall.

were you sitting in the public toilet
regards
DR