i don.t understead

caroleak123

i go to collage two days aweek

thistledome

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is fed up with these benefit question threads degenerating into a flame against the hapless OP. kb92830 seems to have nipped this one in the bud, so good for her/him.

I agree with Shiloe's post. Don't spend that money unless you really need to and keep receipts. It won't be regarded as deprivation (deliberate spending of money to qualify for benefits) if it's for essentials. Don't bother trying to hide it either, that only works for the rich. You might really need that lump sum one day and at least you'll be claiming what you're entitled to in the mean time.

There is a link somewhere on here that contains guidance notes to DWP staff to help them decide what's deprivation and what isn't. I'll see if I can find it (or if someone else can, feel free to post it).

bobajob_1966

thistledome wrote: »

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is fed up with these benefit question threads degenerating into a flame against the hapless OP. kb92830 seems to have nipped this one in the bud, so good for her/him.

Brilliant, in your attempt to defend the OP you call them hapless! :T

skibadee

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/43212400#Comment_43212400

So is this you or your friend????...seems your both in the same situation!!!!!

clemmatis

bobajob_1966 wrote: »

Brilliant, in your attempt to defend the OP you call them hapless! :T

Hapless seems appropriate:

hapless, adj.: lacking hap, "good fortune, luck"; unfortunate; luckless.

thistledome

bobajob_1966 wrote: »

Brilliant, in your attempt to defend the OP you call them hapless! :T

I was talking about these threads in general and their respective OP's, not necessarily this particular one.

Hapless just means lacking in luck, so you could argue that anybody who is searching for help with a problem on here and gets flamed is indeed lacking in luck.

It is quite funny though :rotfl:

bobajob_1966

clemmatis wrote: »

Hapless seems appropriate:

hapless, adj.: lacking hap, "good fortune, luck"; unfortunate; luckless.

Hapless is a pretty derogatory term, and as the OP does not appear to have had bad luck (having £16,000 in the bank?) I would assume it was used in its colloquial sense, the meaning of which I do not need to give.

bobajob_1966

thistledome wrote: »

I was talking about these threads in general and their respective OP's, not necessarily this particular one.

Hapless just means lacking in luck, so you could argue that anybody who is searching for help with a problem on here and gets flamed is indeed lacking in luck.

It is quite funny though :rotfl:

Good backtracking there ... Pretty clear what you really meant though!

thistledome

Sorry bobajob, you've lost me there....:huh:

clemmatis

bobajob_1966 wrote: »

Hapless is a pretty derogatory term, and as the OP does not appear to have had bad luck (having £16,000 in the bank?) I would assume it was used in its colloquial sense, the meaning of which I do not need to give.

To me, "hapless" is not derogatory. My reading of its use here, incidentally, was that the OP had been unlucky to encounter suggestions that she should not claim benefits given her bank balance.

and as the OP does not appear to have had bad luck (having £16,000 in the bank?

to one of your limited horizons, perhaps.