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| Somerset company Nippy Bus sacks staff by internal memo | Somerset company Nippy Bus sacks staff by internal memo |
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| Staff at a bus company have been sacked after the boss told them in an internal memo he could not work with them "a moment longer". | Staff at a bus company have been sacked after the boss told them in an internal memo he could not work with them "a moment longer". |
| Employees at Nippy Bus, which operated services across South Somerset, received a message to "consider themselves dismissed/redundant". | Employees at Nippy Bus, which operated services across South Somerset, received a message to "consider themselves dismissed/redundant". |
| The company's customer website said it has ceased operating with immediate effect. | The company's customer website said it has ceased operating with immediate effect. |
| Managing director Sydney Hardy could not be contacted for comment. | |
| Driver Steve Atkins told BBC Somerset that he was "very angry that it was done that way". | Driver Steve Atkins told BBC Somerset that he was "very angry that it was done that way". |
| The internal message, which was sent over the weekend, said the company had "ceased operational activity with immediate effect" from Sunday. | The internal message, which was sent over the weekend, said the company had "ceased operational activity with immediate effect" from Sunday. |
| It added: "I am quitting to pursue my dream of not having to work here. | It added: "I am quitting to pursue my dream of not having to work here. |
| There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough. | There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough. |
| "I have had enough and realise I cannot work with you, the people I employ, a moment longer." | "I have had enough and realise I cannot work with you, the people I employ, a moment longer." |
| The memo also says that "the gates are now closed and will not open so you [staff] can stay in your scratchers Monday and have a lie in". | The memo also says that "the gates are now closed and will not open so you [staff] can stay in your scratchers Monday and have a lie in". |
| Somerset County Council says it is in talks with alternative bus operators to try and restore as many services as possible. | Somerset County Council says it is in talks with alternative bus operators to try and restore as many services as possible. |