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quiet today, are we all doing actual work? Talking of w***, what's the longest you've been between jobs for?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:17, 207 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
1 month paid

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:17, Reply)
Not bad.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:20, Reply)
what can I say, I'm not some kind of useless cunt

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:23, Reply)
What about your gapyar?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:31, Reply)
I wasn't counting before Uni
anyway I worked hard for and during my gapyar
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:37, Reply)
i am, totally exhausted after back to back 1am finishes, stupid job
never. my dad made me work for him from 14-18, then i worked holidays through university from 18-21, went full-time from 21-23, worked holidays there whilst doing law degree, joined law firm at 25, never had more than 2 days between jobs since.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:21, Reply)
you have maternity leave to look forward to though

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:23, Reply)
Great, nice to know the broodiness has been sated:)

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:26, Reply)
fuck that shit
nobody with nieces and nephews would fuck their life up like that.

frog and i have 8 between us.

that's 8 warnings to use 8 condoms every time.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:27, Reply)
^ broody

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:29, Reply)
The clock ticking is palpable in almost every post

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:30, Reply)
tick followed tock followed tick followed tock

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:32, Reply)
she ovulates
it's what she does
and I'll tell you what
tick followed tock followed tick followed tock followed tick
Frogs says I don't care who you are
here's to our dream
the old spinsters return to the bar
HERE'S TO YOU SWIPEY
and the fat b3tan spanked his cock with all his heart

here's to waiting
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:43, Reply)
Moby Prick

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:44, Reply)
chicken fucker

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:46, Reply)
That made me cry :'(((

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:46, Reply)
are you on your period?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:46, Reply)
I'm feeling very needy too.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:47, Reply)
^ has to buy second hamsters to feel the touch of another living being ^

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:41, Reply)
He has Mrs Dozer.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:42, Reply)
haven't we all

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:44, Reply)
hey, I have a cat as well

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:43, Reply)
Get him to have the snip.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:30, Reply)
you can do that for him
we'll come to the pub for lunch
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:42, Reply)
I can suggest a good vet?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:44, Reply)
i don't want to neuter lemmy
he's a very handsome little recessive pied
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:57, Reply)
How is lemmy?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:09, Reply)
he's so cute
he came out and sat on top of the boxing tube this morning, singing away. he likes it up there. how are jenny and jimmy?
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:30, Reply)
The what?
Boxing tube? Oh, punching bag.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:42, Reply)
^ 'Immerses herself in her career' to try to keep the broody voices at bay ^

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:05, Reply)
Women need to breed to be whole, this is medical fact.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:10, Reply)
You're the doc, Doc.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:16, Reply)
A lot of the time though when they breed it ruins their hole

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:16, Reply)
Not that I have much time for Robbie Williams
but I did appreciate his comment about "it felt like watching my favourite pub burn down".
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:21, Reply)
Caesarian innit.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:23, Reply)
Sunroof

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:24, Reply)
^ has to pretend to love his kids because he has fucked up by not sheathing up ^

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:30, Reply)
^ Dead inside ^

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 13:39, Reply)
I've been mega-busy with work for the last 2 months and I fecking hate it.
Never really been between jobs at all.

Left school and had a job before starting uni. When I was at uni I had a job during the Christmas and Summer holidays.

Was out of work for maybe 2 months between graduating and starting my first job. Was there a few years and then finished there on the Friday and started here on the Monday. Been here nearly 20 years now.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:24, Reply)
seven years :'(

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:26, Reply)
Really
that's fucking shit
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:10, Reply)
Was that a lot of restructioning going on

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:11, Reply)
no, just havin a lol

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:16, Reply)
I've worked since I was 17 without a single day between jobs

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:26, Reply)
How many hours have you spent on b3ta?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:31, Reply)
Far too many

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:44, Reply)
Never mind all that, where's my cup of tea?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:31, Reply)
It's ok, I've got it now
Could do with a snack as well though
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:48, Reply)
i have some choclate digestives

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:50, Reply)
I want some samosas or summat like that

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:52, Reply)
I have crusty batches, pastrami and three types of tomatoes

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:55, Reply)
captain placid likes pastrami, tomatoes, ham, cheese.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:08, Reply)
Damn!
I should have thought of that!!
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:15, Reply)
I've pretty much always worked, got a job within months of leaving school at 16 and worked pretty much since, 'cept when super sick, like, with operations and shit.
Even when I was about 10 I worked in my Dad's shops on a saturday 'cus paying me is cheaper than a babysitter; plus, I enjoyed it.

I tried like 3 times to claim sick-pay, but I always ended up giving up 'cus the system is too complicated for me.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:36, Reply)
do you mean benefits?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:37, Reply)
yah

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:38, Reply)
not sick pay then

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:42, Reply)
Well, no, the payment you get for being sick, rather than for job seekers.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:46, Reply)
incapacity benefit?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:51, Reply)
Yah', something like that.
They need to do some kind of half-way one, if they don't already, donno... like for those who can do part-time or whatever.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:58, Reply)
The benefit system is a nightmare.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:41, Reply)
YOUR FACE is a nightmare

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:43, Reply)
Shut up frog.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:46, Reply)
well we hardly want to make it easy for the feckless pricks

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:47, Reply)
Do you write for the Mail?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:49, Reply)
nah

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:50, Reply)

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/06/benefits-corporate-welfare-research-public-money-businesses?CMP=twt_gu
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:53, Reply)
tl:dr

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:00, Reply)
but you receive child benefit

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:53, Reply)
no, my kids do
either way it's just them giving me some of my money back
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:55, Reply)
no, you do, it is paid to parents.
It's a state benefit.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:01, Reply)
on behalf of my kids
I'd happily receive a tax cut equivalent to the value of the benefit. Far more efficient
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:04, Reply)
not for parents at the bottom of the scale
And not for HMRC either.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:06, Reply)
why should I pay for some povvo's ghastly crotch fruit who will most likely grow up to be
track suit wearing, chain smoking drains on society?
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:08, Reply)
because you live in the UK and that's what happens

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:09, Reply)
i didn't vote for it

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:10, Reply)
tough shit
Welcome to democracy.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:14, Reply)
sounds like I'm being forced into something i don't wanna do
sounds a bit like a dictatorship
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:17, Reply)
nah m8, parliamentary democracy innit

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:21, Reply)
I'd love that.
Currently I just pay the tax and the ex-wife gets the benefit.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:06, Reply)
it makes sense to remove benefits for more affluent people and tax them less

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:08, Reply)
no, it doesn't

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:08, Reply)
yes it does, it'll remove the adminstration costs involved in collecting the money, processing it and then giving it back
simplify maaan
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:10, Reply)
no, it really doesn't

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:14, Reply)
yes it does

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:18, Reply)
no, it doesn't.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:20, Reply)
i can get on board with this

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:28, Reply)
Seems to me, and this might be a bit Daily Mail, but the only way into the system is if you're dishonest.
But on the other hand I was watching this "Benefits House: 26 kids" thing the other day, and that life ain't or me. I like my luxouries.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:48, Reply)
I am, had the boss chatting about some upcoming work and then blooblooing about his current stuff
Jobless: 8 or 9 weeks - after getting the heave-ho as a consultant as I didn't want to take contracts in Liverpool or Glasgow, I sat about for a month revelling in the not-work-ness. Then it took me about a month to find a new job after that.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:40, Reply)
3 weeks
That was after moving to Cheshire, never been without one since, even if a couple were a bit shit.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:41, Reply)
Twice in my life, for a couple months each time
You cant live on dole money
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:56, Reply)
your parents managed it

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 10:59, Reply)
My Dad worked all his life, you monger.
My Mam has severe epilepsy so can't work. But thanks for your inpur
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:18, Reply)
At least you ended up normal despite having disabled parents.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:19, Reply)
a minimum wage binman dad and a foam helmet eppy mum, and they get a homo cretin for a son.
God really is a prick, innee?
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:23, Reply)
In relative terms he's the success story of his North East Council estate

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:24, Reply)
it's why he got headhunted for his team leader job at ppiclaimz4u

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:26, Reply)
My dad worked for the DSS. If he was still there I would have got him to up your tax, Stilton.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:28, Reply)
yeah, he couldn't have done that, potatoface

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:29, Reply)
True, he only did high profile accounts

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:31, Reply)
high profile in the benefits office?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:32, Reply)
but enough about you

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:28, Reply)
hey, I'm not a cretin

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:29, Reply)
LIES ON THE INTERNET!!!

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:30, Reply)
^ cretin on the internet

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:31, Reply)
Im more popular than you, Plummy

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:34, Reply)
You're one of the best here

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:36, Reply)
not exactly a claim to fame, is it, tattyheid?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:38, Reply)
^ less popular than a fat gay potato prole
Ever thought about going into politics?
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:42, Reply)
oh lol
it thinks it's people
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:31, Reply)
battered is your mum lol#

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:23, Reply)
bit harsh, friend

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:24, Reply)
Just had my first instant stepping! Is there some sort of medal or something?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:25, Reply)
you still seem to be here though

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:26, Reply)
A red page came up, saying I'd be allowed back in0seconds, I had to click I'm very sorry. I clicked, and ended up in /talk. I feel dirty.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:30, Reply)
what reason were you given?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:31, Reply)
Real names thingie.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:32, Reply)
Yeah Dave don't like being called Dave, mate, you should know that.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:34, Reply)
I've had a gaz message from the forum moderators about his threatening behavior, troo story

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:38, Reply)
This runs deeper than I'd ever possibly imagined.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:41, Reply)
I've had to 2.0 him, sad times, these threats and trolling are too much for me :(
As teh modz say:
I'm sure they thought it was a trivial thing, but using someone's name like that is threatening as it means they've gone looking for something to use.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:44, Reply)
You've affected him for sure.
It's all a bit stalky if you ask me.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:48, Reply)
he's a dangerous mental case m8, keep clear.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:49, Reply)
why aren't you dead?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:27, Reply)
How if you are still here?
Im sure you had one or 2 as Bear Pookie.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:29, Reply)
ffs, I was Rory, I think.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:31, Reply)
You don't ave the finesse to be rory

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:32, Reply)
About 4 months.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:34, Reply)
You still doing the pac testing?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:35, Reply)
pthc testing more like!

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:38, Reply)
pact coffee testing more like

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:40, Reply)
This is why I keep getting Nakers and Dozer confused
i.imgur.com/XFFAIo3.jpg
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:42, Reply)
i dont get it

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:43, Reply)
Clown feet and pastel colours

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:44, Reply)
I saw a cracking dozer/nakers hybrid on the tube yesterday
Turquoise polo shirt, popped collars; lilac, v-necked jumper; dark purple trousers, flat cap.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:49, Reply)
Sounds like a right cunt.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:53, Reply)
flat cap and aviators is one of my signature looks

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:59, Reply)
i did tell frog to stay in the flat

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:01, Reply)
just booked this place with a client (their choice) but looks rather nice and i don't even eat chicken
whyteandbrown.com/
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:55, Reply)
I don't like the decor

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:56, Reply)
don't you? i quite like that big airy window thing

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:59, Reply)
Ahh not postmodern bedsit enough for you eh

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:59, Reply)
get your own jokes, Al. You never even spoke to me before your shit rory persona.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:09, Reply)

eat fuck
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:58, Reply)
well, who does?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:58, Reply)
hi!

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:02, Reply)
I have also once eaten out with people related to my work.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:58, Reply)
yeah right
like anybody would let you near a client. you are incapable of saying anything interesting.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:59, Reply)
he means, CEOP intercepted him in a branch of Burger King

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:01, Reply)
and 7-zark-7 made the arrest?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:31, Reply)

with
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:03, Reply)
Christ on a bike
Wooden platters ffs! How very 1975
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:59, Reply)
it's nice to find a client who doesn't go, woohoo they're paying, let's spend a fortune

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:00, Reply)
Lucky you

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:05, Reply)
what would you know?
you have a shit job and a shit life, soz.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:12, Reply)
nandos is better

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:00, Reply)
Nandos is shit
the first time i went we sat there for 20 minutes wondering why no one was conming to take an order
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:03, Reply)
flidiot^

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:03, Reply)
i dunno, it's a "restaurant" i expect table service

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:05, Reply)
It's chicken and chips for a fiver or whatever, what did you expect you fucking great twit?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:03, Reply)
it was my first time

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:05, Reply)
I've been twice!!! I think it's good for what it is.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:06, Reply)
^ this ^
i had tasty salad with feta cheese and ratatouille and some spicy chips. it was quick and easy and cheap. fuck chicken though. who wants that shit?
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:06, Reply)
CHICKEN STARTER AND CHICKEN MAIN FTW

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:07, Reply)
THIS^

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:13, Reply)
Nandos is for pikeys and asians.
Which are you?
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:05, Reply)
and blacks

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:05, Reply)
Fuck off you boring fat chode.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:05, Reply)
^ upset

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:06, Reply)
You're not very good at this m8

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:07, Reply)
neither are you

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:08, Reply)
k

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:09, Reply)

chode racist
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:07, Reply)
The jerk burger sounds nice.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:01, Reply)
Are you calling Dave a jerk?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:02, Reply)
Better gaz my mod pals again, he hasn't learnt his lesson

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:02, Reply)
Better screenie before he deletes mate

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:03, Reply)
I don't know where he got my surname from, that's the weird bit.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:04, Reply)
gigalos4u

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:08, Reply)
I use a stage name on that though.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:09, Reply)
Dave Tinycock isn't your real name?

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:13, Reply)
IT'S 'IRONIC'

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:13, Reply)
Knifey Spoons

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:14, Reply)
His real name's Dave Hamstercock

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:15, Reply)
MODS!!!

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:15, Reply)
All the beer over a fiver, chicken burger £11
Sounds like your kind of place.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:03, Reply)
it's on carnaby street
that's cheep for lunch out around there (see what i did there)
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:08, Reply)
Beers over a fiver!
For 'wheelnut and pomegranate-infused wheat beer with a hint of international date line'.
(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:15, Reply)
I have worked without any gaps since I got my first paper round.

(, Wed 8 Oct 2014, 12:23, Reply)

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