yeah there is plenty of banter, no real hostilty as such (on the whole). Having never worked in Liverpool i didnt realise this thing went both ways, and that Mancs were taking scousers jobs too. I used to really like scousers, but there was an absolute cunt of a scouser in my last workplace, the type of person who would facebook friend people and then print out any negative posts they made about work and show them to management and HR. An absolute wanker, i know i shouldnt let 1 knob head make me hate a whole cities citizens.
As for the work ethic, i think its safe to say that some people tend to try to find out how little they can get away with doing, or not doing.