What an ass. If there was any possible way I could get out there I wouldn't mind. Actually I've done that kind of thing before randomly when I was younger. Fuck, even stripping would be better than being on the dole. At least people who look down their noses at strippers realise that they take home hundreds of pounds every night. Obviously I can't do that, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at working in a sodding field for a while. Nothing's as degrading as being on the dole.
A lot of people don't find it degrading, they think of it as "Moohahaha look at me taking what I can get from the system" yadda yadda.
I do disagree with you on the stripping front (as it were)... but then I don't think any amount of money would be worth how cheap, tacky and ick it would make me feel.
I wouldn't actually do that myself(it wouldn't make me feel too great either, not to mention the boyfriend factor), but I wouldn't hold it against someone if they decided to do it themselves :)
Really that was just me being angry about people who genuinely want to work and have been unable to find it being viewed as 'scum', as though they were the 'take what I can get from the system' type. Myself and a few people I know have had that experience and it's rather soul destroying :/ People like that guy just reinforce the negative stereotypes.
I'll never understand why anyone would want to live off of the dole forever, though. Working is better than doing nothing, and benefits are nowhere near enough to live off of...
I must admit I kidded myself for ages. I started off not wanting to go for 'crap jobs'. I didn't bother calling the agencies every day, and then moaned about them not finding me anything. I then got depressed and agoraphobic and blamed that.
I blamed all sorts of things but to be honest, I didn't want to work at a crap pointless going-nowehere kind of job. I came out of uni all hopeful and sure of getting one of these advertised 'graduate positions' starting on 25k. Ha.
Sure I would have worked if that magical dream job appeared and I got it with minimum effort and yes I tried in the beginning, but after a while I just sort of settled into it.
And once the job centre stopped looking on their databases every time I signed on I didn't bother to remind them, I just signed on the line and wandered off.
I do feel very sorry for people who are genuinely trying and being labelled despite giving it their all. Good luck with it all and keep at it, I really hope you find something that is right for you. x
Yes, I just stumbled across the documentary those were clips from.
Said youth, after refusing to work for £7 an hour because he'd 'rather be on the dole', proceeded to open a can of Stella outside the job centre, in what appeared to be the middle of the day.
I think that should also be discussed in his restart interview. He shouldn't be able to afford luxuries like beer, leave out Stella...
You should point Mr. Dragons at the article, maybe he can send it in the direction of the Peterborough office...
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I do disagree with you on the stripping front (as it were)... but then I don't think any amount of money would be worth how cheap, tacky and ick it would make me feel.
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Really that was just me being angry about people who genuinely want to work and have been unable to find it being viewed as 'scum', as though they were the 'take what I can get from the system' type. Myself and a few people I know have had that experience and it's rather soul destroying :/ People like that guy just reinforce the negative stereotypes.
I'll never understand why anyone would want to live off of the dole forever, though. Working is better than doing nothing, and benefits are nowhere near enough to live off of...
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I started off not wanting to go for 'crap jobs'. I didn't bother calling the agencies every day, and then moaned about them not finding me anything. I then got depressed and agoraphobic and blamed that.
I blamed all sorts of things but to be honest, I didn't want to work at a crap pointless going-nowehere kind of job. I came out of uni all hopeful and sure of getting one of these advertised 'graduate positions' starting on 25k. Ha.
Sure I would have worked if that magical dream job appeared and I got it with minimum effort and yes I tried in the beginning, but after a while I just sort of settled into it.
And once the job centre stopped looking on their databases every time I signed on I didn't bother to remind them, I just signed on the line and wandered off.
I do feel very sorry for people who are genuinely trying and being labelled despite giving it their all.
Good luck with it all and keep at it, I really hope you find something that is right for you. x
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Said youth, after refusing to work for £7 an hour because he'd 'rather be on the dole', proceeded to open a can of Stella outside the job centre, in what appeared to be the middle of the day.
I think that should also be discussed in his restart interview. He shouldn't be able to afford luxuries like beer, leave out Stella...
You should point Mr. Dragons at the article, maybe he can send it in the direction of the Peterborough office...
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