ATOS are fucking fucking fucking (is that enough?) cunts
They called in a mate on chemo. He couldn't come in as one sneeze would kill him. His consultant had to threaten them with judicial review to keep his benefits.

They called me in, with my leg in plaster. How did they assess my fitness? By dropping a £10 note on the floor and telling me I could keep it if I could reach it.

The called in another mate with MND. His carer dealt with it by "accidentally" emptying his catheter bag on the floor.

Apologies for volume of flying saliva.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 23:47, 1 reply)

Ugh.
Just... ugh.

It's demeaning, dehumanising and an immense abuse of power for people to act like that. The fact that it's somehow condoned by the system is just disgusting. If someone's not able to work for reasons acknowledged by professionals, why do these people think that they're a better judge?

FFS.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 0:40, closed)

Professionals
Ask a GP which they prefer:

1. Talking to skiving mouthy cnut coming in every week (or more) with endless list of excuses for sick note.
2. Making up something fictitious for a sick note so said skiving cnut doesn't darken your door for another 3 months.

I once had a landlady whose sole occupation in life was benefit fraud. Her back prevented her from working, poor thing, although not from going running. Or eating my food. Witch.

I'm not saying ATOS are nice people, I'm just saying lots of their "customers" aren't either :-|
(steer, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 1:03, closed)