Signing On

Oldernotwiser

ghost_whistler wrote: »

that's your prerogative. My time is precious and not for the government to fritter away just because.

No it isn't. There's nothing particularly precious about time spent watching daytime TV when it could be spent in the library or making face to face contact with employers.

Blobby8_2

ghost_whistler wrote: »

I object to having my time wasted, yes
Don't you?

Do tell us what you would be doing in this time, please. As we are are paying you for it

ghost_whistler

dookar wrote: »

Nothing, I dismissed the notion that postal signing doesn't exist with the words 'terrible inaccuracy'. I then moved on to the initial subject for which you were seeking help and gave you not just factual information but the legal reference you need.

You're welcome

Charming.

Your post wasn't clear; seeking a clarification doesn't give the right to be obnoxious.

ghost_whistler

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I'm not unemployed.

Even if I were, I wouldn't object to spending a couple of hours in town every fortnight if I lived in the sticks.

Depends on the town.

And whether or not you are unemployed has nothing to do with wanting to have your time wasted. Why are you so keen on treating the unemployed as second class citizens? Would you tolerate that if you lost your job?

ghost_whistler

tcr wrote: »

Um, postal signing is still used in rural areas & has been since day dot. It most certainly wasn't scrapped on the introduction of JSA.

How do you expect people living in the middle of nowhere to sign on ? Like, 50-70 miles from the nearest Job Centre ? Helicopter ?

I didn't express any expectation, I simply said that, as far as I know, postal signing was stopped.

I also don't live 50 miles from the jobcentre.

skintbint wrote: »

mmm just as well the better weather will be here when you have to sign on weekly at week 13+ of your claim then!

I'm well aware that you have to attend weekly after a certain period of time. I've never really understood how that's supposed to benefit you. Just a waste of time.

ghost_whistler

Mollycat13 wrote: »

I've just re-read the OP.

Is the job centre which is 8 miles away actually the closest job centre to you?

It's just you've asked if they can make you sign at another office, is there another office that they may think would be more suitable?

By a couple of miles, yes.

The other office is rough as f... and i've no wish to be attacked.

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

No it isn't. There's nothing particularly precious about time spent watching daytime TV when it could be spent in the library or making face to face contact with employers.

The library that, as i said to you, isn't open.

You demand other people do what you say, you criticise the unemployed - in this thread and all over thios forum with an appalling degree of prejudice - and yet when i gave you the exact quote to answer your question you can't even disply the slightest courtesey to even read it. You demand respect from others, like the rest of the benefit bashers here, yet make no attempt to reciprocate.

I don't watch daytime TV. I've no interest in tv gossip, home makeovershows or unpleasant talk shows. My time is my own to use in ways that will benefit me. Not to be spent idling in the centre of town staring at the pigeons just to appease the right wing. I need neither your approval nor your permission to spend my time doing whatever I choose, whether that time is spent on my own pc looking at the DWP's hopeless jobsearch site, or visiting corporate websites, or managing my own health issues, which do not disappear just because I have to claim JSA.

Perhaps we should ask you to justify how you spend your time?

And 'working' isn't an answer. Plenty of people work and contribute nothing - most of them sit in the houses of parliament at considerably more public expense than any single JSA claimant.

Anacrusis

Maybe you could do some voluntary work that day while you're in town. That will look good on your CV too.

ghost_whistler

Anacrusis wrote: »

Maybe you could do some voluntary work that day while you're in town. That will look good on your CV too.

Depends what time they give me to sign on.

If there's worthwhile voluntary work to be done then I'm all for it, ppl should get their benefits for free if they work as volunteers.

But I don't do things just beause they look good on a piece of paper.

Fridge3

ghost_whistler wrote: »

I object to having my time wasted, yes.

Don't you?

ghost_whistler wrote: »

that's your prerogative. My time is precious and not for the government to fritter away just because.

If you feel it's a waste of time why don't you just not go? It is your prerogative after all.

dmg24

Anacrusis wrote: »

Maybe you could do some voluntary work that day while you're in town. That will look good on your CV too.

Excellent idea - I am sure there is a charity shop nearby that will welcome the OP's services for a few hours. Indeed, they would probably allow him to work the whole day and nip out to sign on at the relevant time!

Fridge3 wrote: »

If you feel it's a waste of time why don't you just not go? It is your prerogative after all.

Even better idea - the OP does seem a tad too precious to visit the JCP at all!