I was being interviewed for dole having gotten sacked and waited the proscribed
period before being allowed to become dolescum.

The whippersnapper Job Centre person asked if I had looked on the electronic boards and I explained there was nothing suitable and that I was making alternative arrangements to get employment.

She was quite adamant I look and a bit stroppy at my resistance and said she wasn't sure if she could proceed with the payment of dole to me.

I remonstrated with her saying she was "taking the piss" and that I used to "pay more in tax a month than you take home".

Needless to say, it was plain sailing after that.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 16:12, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Hah, dear god I remember the dole.
Never again. Never ever. By the end of long term unemployment, I signed myself off as I was sick of being fucked about. I quoted 'sheer incompetence' and 'I'd rather take my chances' as my reasoning. This was read aloud in front of me by an otherwise innocent dole worker lady, and I almost felt guilty. Almost.

I did go check the boards today, found nothing and was hit full in the face by the misery that the jobcentre harbours. It's like it seeps into the soft furnishings.
( Bats, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Just got to keep plugging away.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 16:20, Reply)