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Post by J Esaj PRA on Nov 21, 2008 12:50:03 GMT
I'll have a pint of something real and ale-like, if you're buying!
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 21, 2008 13:49:22 GMT
I might be in about 3 or 4 months' time when I've paid back the hundreds of pounds I've had to borrow recently due to the government not paying me benefits for 2 months because of "staff shortage"
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Nov 21, 2008 21:18:07 GMT
Do you want me to hazard a guess as to why this is sweetheart?? Hmm? I can't think of any other "business" for we are taught to believe that we are in the business of offering assistance to the needy; those seeking employment and financial maintenance (in a modest manner of course) while between placements. There are budgets, targets, buzz phrases, acronyms - and HM Treasury! Back in the last century, as Jobcentre Plus was conceived, penned to paper, and implemented, promises abounded regarding premises, facilities yadda yadda ! The one thing which, for political reasons, was not considered even within general contingency, was the possibility that the number of people seeking to access these services may increase to any real degree! No, never. Footfall was destined to reduce through the use of esclalatory non-perabulatory methods - 13 ways of interacting with our services without actually entering the buildings. Let me offer the example of my current humble abode; Klattering Jobcentre. Designed and laid out to offer a service to some 900 customers, currently has a register of more than 1,500 - believe me; those working to process claims for benefits are working their collective arses off! It's not funny - trust me it's not. These offices simply have no extra physical space in which to put extra desks - ergo recruiting extra staff is a tad tricksy in terms of where the buggers sit! Amber says she was told the delay was due to training needs - my arse! Most training has been abandoned or contracted to the point of being pointless due to the need to get things done. There are more people demanding the service than the administration would admit may need it. Simple, yet sad. We could train all of you - but there's no fecking space for you to work in!
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 22, 2008 0:51:16 GMT
Well that's done me a lot fo sodding good. The local council are even worse. I applied for housing benefit on October 8; they say I shall have it on December 15. How exactly they expect me to get the thousand pounds I need for rent between those two dates is beyond me. I mean, why do they think I applied in the first place?
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Nov 25, 2008 19:43:46 GMT
Well done Amber! ;D
(sorry I'm late)
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Post by frankiegth on Nov 25, 2008 19:55:06 GMT
Bit late in making my contribution to this thread but here goes anyway. A few months ago I got injured at work and had to visit hospital. On my arrival at A&E when the secretary was filling out my details it got to job title, for a laugh I said, Aero-engine detail manufacturing and assembly fitter extrordenaire "A frames" and support struts a speciality. ;D She replied in all seriousness, "that won't fit in the box". "Just put fitter" I said.
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 26, 2008 0:42:02 GMT
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Post by bh on Nov 26, 2008 20:41:49 GMT
Well done m8!!
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Post by ojiveojive on Dec 2, 2008 19:14:17 GMT
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It's an effing eyebrow you calculator ;D
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Post by robotsmfc on Dec 2, 2008 23:30:14 GMT
I thought as much.
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Post by ambersalamander on Dec 5, 2008 0:35:39 GMT
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Post by ojiveojive on Dec 6, 2008 21:11:39 GMT
!!!!! ~ ~ @@ (--) vvv Existentialism: I am, therefore I think I think I am.
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Post by ambersalamander on Dec 7, 2008 15:18:52 GMT
Yours is scary.
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Post by J esaj PRA on Dec 8, 2008 17:56:27 GMT
\m/(><)\m/
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Post by ojiveojive on Dec 8, 2008 18:27:59 GMT
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