"You cannot succeed, and each time the painful consequences will inevitably be repeated."

The family now fully understands what a mistake it made not holding management's feet to the fire - and the likely, painful consequence.

"If they don't listen to the voice of reason," he wrote, "events could have painful consequences for everybody."

They acted of their own free will, and we have to accept the consequences, however painful.

The painful social consequences of the crisis are being increasingly felt in all Member States.

The workers now understand from bitter experience the painful consequences that the charge by monopoly business groups into road transport will have on their lives.

War is, of course, a difficult thing, which always brings painful consequences.

"The failure to seal an ambitious deal will have painful consequences for poor people around the world," she said.

The painful consequences are still playing out today - for the couple, the mother and a lost little girl.

On the tape, a man read his list of painful consequences: "I almost lost my job."