depends what mood i'm in
sometimes i think "if you choose to have children, you shouldn't get any benefits, why should anyone else help you out, don't have them if you can't afford them" and other times i think "every child should have an equal start in life, so let's make sure every family has the same amount to spend per child".

it's a bit echoey inside my head sometimes. it does irritate me though, when my friend who is a health visitor tells me stories about how she pushes for grants so that families with babies crawling on bare floorboards can get carpets - and they blue the lot on a massive plasma screen tv. or the woman who spent £3k which was meant for a new kitchen on designer baby clothes. the intention was so good. the brain was so dead.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:09, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sorry I didn't reply in the last thread went to get lunch
They've got an office in MK with a job I might apply for. Are they overpaid expensive consultant bastards only after money?
If so I'm going to apply.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:11, Reply)

ha, well, it depends which bit of them
but regardless i say go for it, definitely. it's an amazing name to have on your cv, they have offices all over the world, they'd pay much better than most employers, much better benefits etc.

if you want me to ask my friends about anything to do with the application/interview process, let me know.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

I don't know if I'm going to apply at all,
I'm pretty offended they have milton keynes as part of London.
Edit: They also have Bath as part of london ffs.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

not as offended as london is

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

You're just a suburb of Greater MK
get over it.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Fucking hell you can "like" the job descriptions on facebook.
They sound like 2.0 twats.

still money is nice.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

It certainly is, from what I can remember.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:24, Reply)

2.2 times more than I'm getting at the moment
but still half an hour walking commute.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

i had to go to a meeting in milton keynes recently
is there anything there which isn't square and concrete?

money is important if you're going to be working your arse off for it, but actually i would say it's the career prospects of working for a firm like that which are the main thing - you could go anywhere with them, or anywhere from them.

edit - take the 2.2 salary rise and buy a car.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:26, Reply)

Chompy's head is square and made of concrete.
Just the other day he was laying in his bed when his flatmate came in and yelled "OH GOD, SOMEONE HAS CAVED IN CHOMPY'S HEAD WITH A PAVING SLAB", but then chompy woke up and his flatmate could tell that chompy's head wasn't a perfectly square concrete paving slab, but a head. he could tell by the way it blinked.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)

i would love to live in your world
just for one day
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:37, Reply)

I like my little bubble world, it's great, I got a jacuzzi in there that I can use when the dark things go away.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:50, Reply)

ey too gonzo?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Do you know what would make your head look less like a perfectly square slab of concrete?
Having an N14 post code.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 14:02, Reply)

Yes, the roundabouts are strangely round.
I don't want a car.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:37, Reply)

i don't think i saw any roundabouts
i've got to entertain them in london in a couple of weeks, am wondering whether i should just book the nearest slug and lettuce so they don't feel overwhelmed.

well, it's your 2.2 salary jump! spend it on whatever you want, holiday, designer clothes, deposit on a flat, massive drugz, penis enlargement...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:41, Reply)

I haven't got the job yet by the way.
And no, just find a place in london with reasonable service, reasonable prices decent food which isn't filled with cunts and it'll be fine.

Good luck with that.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:50, Reply)

you're so literal
since when was getting the job an obstacle to spending the money?

there are millions of amazing bars and restaurants around here. although we might not share the same definition of "reasonable".

(mind you if everybody did, i would be out of a job, it must be the word i use/come across in the context of a dispute more often than anything. i think i type or dictate it about 50 times a day.)
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:55, Reply)

I can list half a dozen restaurants like that without even thinking

(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:57, Reply)

Tayyab's has excellent food, great prices, and no cunts
When Chompy's not in there.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 14:06, Reply)

When you write things like "blue the lot"
I worry about the state of our legal system
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

ha
if you have any illusions left, you should try going to court one day and seeing what goes on.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

She'd either see red or be pretty browned off about the whole thing, I expect.
I blame the blacks.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

it amazes me that people don't realise they are entitled to go into the RCJ
and watch trials. ok so most of it's pretty dull, but everyone should have a vague understanding of how a claim works and how a courtroom operates.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:28, Reply)

The sollution to that would be to give the money directly to retail, but then you'll get companies undercutting for guarntied sales and producing poor results.
As much as how bad what you said is, I think it's disgusting that Tower Hamlets spent something like £42k last year on celebraty appearances for staff events =S Their morel high ground is about 2cm up from the rest, except they're in a possiton of trust.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)