Care home staff deserve discount too

Martin

I HAVE heard recently that certain supermarkets are giving discounts to teaching staff.

It is a very generous gesture and the supermarkets are to be commended for doing their best to mitigate some of the difficulties forced on us by this dreadful virus.

I am, however, not sure who this generous gesture is supposed to help. If teachers and their colleagues are to be helped, even though they have one of the most powerful unions to represent them, then surely the very low paid staff at care homes should be included too.

It is all too evident that they are caring for people who seem to be dispensable to the “powers that be”. I know that there seems to be a never ending list of people who are deserving but there seems to be fewer appeals for the old.

May I say that I have no vested interest in this appeal. Although I am not young myself, I am, so far, one of the fortunate ones.

From: David Christie, Aberdeen Street, Hull.

INTERESTING to note that Morrisons are one of several “big names” to offer thousands of jobs through “virtual hiring” ( The Yorkshire Post, November 7).

It may be good news for many, but possibly not for those who happen to live close to one of their stores. Here in east Hull their store is in an area classified as residential by the local council, which restricts deliveries to the store during the hours from 8pm to 8am.

This has been ignored by Morrisons over the last few months with deliveries taking place in the very early hours, seven days a week, with extra staff working through the night.

The result being disturbed sleep for those of us living next to their store. It’s quite ironic that a sign at the entrance to the store asks customers to have “consideration” for other shoppers. Some consideration from Morrisons to their customers living in the immediate area would not go amiss.