I have in the past employed a number of people that would ordinarily be referred to by others, and themselves, as "pikeys". On the whole I found them to be hard-workiing, conscientious, reliable, trustworthy and honourable employees. I imagine that if instead of employing them, I had simply told them to "f**k off" as soon as they looked in my direction, then my thoughts on their worth as human beings would be quite different. Funnily enough, I have had similar experiences with people from Poland and Romania. I suspect I got it wrong somewhere along the line. Maybe instead of employing them I should have just read the Daily Mail.