Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder. In an email, the video rental firm has ordered managers to place a sign on its store counters advertising job vacancies and make it clear to employees that if they underperform they will be quickly replaced. The memo, sent by district manager Kevin Morley, reads: "Let there be no misunderstanding here, it's 100 per cent, or you're not working for this company - understood?" An angry employee at one of the chain's North West stores was shown the email and passed it to the media, saying the company was run by "clowns in isolation from the real world." The message makes reference to the regular mystery shoppers the company uses to assess its store's customer service performance. Each visit is marked on three points - or steps.
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
