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I understand all of it mate, I just think that it's a little rich treating us this way after what has/is been going on in the company.

It's the world cup!! I for one will be going into work drapped in an England Flag

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The company has rules - you were made aware of them when you took up employment.

And if that is against company policy then you can expect to be dealt with accordingly.

Not everyone is as hot as you about the World Cup remember ;)

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It doesn't mention i can't wear a flag. I'm office based anyway, the place is decorated with England flags. :)

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In that case fill your boots :D

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The original plan was to wear just the flag, but then I think I would definetly get sacked :D

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We are meant to be decorating our workplace for the world cup - but then we're not customer facing, i can see how onsite engineers have to stick to the dress code.

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Does anyone know why ntl sponsored both Celtic AND Rangers?

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For a laugh to see what happens when they play against eachother? Plus aren't they both the most watched teams?

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I s'pose it's because it would maximise the potential number of customers (I am, of course, assuming that Celtic and Rangers have the largest number of supporters in Scotland). When you couple that with the fact that, until this season, they were always the 2 Scottish teams in Europe, then it kind of makes sense.

Don't forget - at the same time, they were also sponsoring Newcastle and Villa (dunno why though, they weren't going to get any European coverage there :disturbd: )

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Both teams were sponsored due to political reasons.

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Both wrong - but thanks for responding.

TBH I can't remember which team ntl sponsored originally, but for the sake of it, we'll say Rangers.

ntl signed a sponsorship deal with Rangers, so Rangers start wearing ntl footie shirts. ntl then, over the next few months, receive and incredible amount of cancellation requests - from Celtic fans who are also customers, and furious customers at that. So furious, that they will not pay money for services from a company that supports their arch rivals.....

ntl could not back out of the Rangers deal (all signed and sealed), so what could they do to save their customer base from taking a fairly decent whack? Sponsor Celtic too. I swear, this is all true.

So my theory about the flags is that maybe ntl don't wan't a mass exodus like that again, and also don'twant to **** any customers off that don't support England. :shrug:

Plus they do look a bit twatty. My other half has them for his car which I refuse to be seen in unless he removes the flags before hand. I love England and will be wearing my t-shirt on match days, and hopefully drinking too. But there really is no need for the flags and stuff on your work vehicles IMO. :shrug:

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Thanks for that OB - I've actually learnt something today :D

Oh, and can I just say that I agree with you about the flags as well :)

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hmm, actually
Asian = a person born in asia, that could be black, white, red, yellow, infact any shade of human this world comes in.

i havent read this full thread yet, but it seems many people are quite willing to talk about the cost to NTL but refuse to admit that any company (with sensible restrictions such as fitters comeing to the door to install etc), might find far better production per worker, per hour if people are allowed display and within reason participate in the pride and excitment around the WC in working hours, many english people do assume that its a BRITISH thing rather than a english thing, after all many people switch to other british teams as others fall, whoever that might be.

theres far more to loose in production time/cost if your baned from participating british sports fun than any miniscule fleet wide fual costs, your average agreeved driver will hammer the van in response for instance.

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i dont know what the UK based call centers are laying on, but a while ago there was a (i think) a 'back to the floor' program all about how a CEO went to their outsourced call center in other country, and it appears that there, at least, the call centers lay on monthly 'fun days' with fancy dress and everything, including raffles for BIG TV's, fridges, motor bikes and evry concevable applience, purely to keep ,moral as high possible and keep their highly prized workers putting in the effort to increase company profits.

wonder if the UK will ever get a clue and see the benifits.

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they got a good rate on the advertising space?

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Both deals done on the same date by the looks of things

http://www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp?id=261

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I don't think thats the case. I remember it being a joint deal.

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