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Jobcentre harrassment

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  • Vejovis
    Vejovis Posts: 16,858 Forumite
    KiKi wrote: »
    Your first post: "doesn't your wife have spare glasses in case her contacts break, if her eyes are that bad?" was to do with the OP, so I was continuing along the conversation, despite the fact that what I quoted wasn't in a direct response to the OP. But then I'm sure you knew that. :)

    My reply was perfectly polite, so no need to be so defensive. :)
    KiKi

    not being defensive, but the conversation had moved on so there was no need to go backwards with an irrelevant point. the reply you quoted was to a specific post only and nothing else.
    Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.
    Larry Lorenzoni
  • t0rt0ise wrote: »
    I wear glasses and I don't have a spare pair. I also only have one eye and don't have a spare eye. My bad then.

    As you only have one eye, surely it is imperative to have a spare pair of glasses to protect/ maintain the sight that you do have?
  • KiKi
    KiKi Posts: 5,381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Vejovis wrote: »
    not being defensive, but the conversation had moved on so there was no need to go backwards with an irrelevant point. the reply you quoted was to a specific post only and nothing else.

    Just because the conversation had moved on, the question you posed to the OP hadn't (and still hasn't) been answered. I was simply pointing out a reason why she may not have glasses, therefore it wasn't irrelevant to the question you originally asked nor, perhaps, the OP.

    I would also add that just because you might feel it's irrelevant, it doesn't make it irrelevant to others.

    Yes, I only quoted the most recent post in that conversation but I'm sure it was quite clear why I was saying what I did. If it wasn't clear to you, then fair enough. But you seem intelligent enough to have followed that conversation, whether I replied to your first post on that matter or the one that I did.

    KiKi
    ' <-- See that? It's called an apostrophe. It does not mean "hey, look out, here comes an S".
  • Vejovis
    Vejovis Posts: 16,858 Forumite
    KiKi wrote: »
    Just because the conversation had moved on, the question you posed to the OP hadn't (and still hasn't) been answered. I was simply pointing out a reason why she may not have glasses, therefore it wasn't irrelevant to the question you originally asked nor, perhaps, the OP.

    I would also add that just because you might feel it's irrelevant, it doesn't make it irrelevant to others.

    Yes, I only quoted the most recent post in that conversation but I'm sure it was quite clear why I was saying what I did. If it wasn't clear to you, then fair enough. But you seem intelligent enough to have followed that conversation, whether I replied to your first post on that matter or the one that I did.

    KiKi

    the op replied almost straight away. therefore any further mention was irrelevant
    Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.
    Larry Lorenzoni
  • dark_lady
    dark_lady Posts: 961 Forumite
    So claire h if she has to arrange her appointments around the JC then i suppose she should be speaking to the undertaker about changing the time of her aunts funeral and our understaffed overstretched NHS would im sure be only too happy to deal with having to chop and change the hospital appointments of unemployed people to satisfy the whims of JCs and Work programme providers!
  • KiKi
    KiKi Posts: 5,381 Forumite
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    Vejovis wrote: »
    the op replied almost straight away. therefore any further mention was irrelevant

    Ah, apologies, I missed that. :)

    KiKi
    ' <-- See that? It's called an apostrophe. It does not mean "hey, look out, here comes an S".
  • dark_lady
    dark_lady Posts: 961 Forumite
    tremour are you and your wife the ones who did workfare in a pub with the bleach with no gloves or am i mixing you up with someone else.
  • marywooyeah
    marywooyeah Posts: 2,670 Forumite
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    WhiteHorse wrote: »
    They are required by law to supply the information within 40 days.

    See their own website:

    http://www.dwp.gov.uk/privacy-policy/data-protection/

    out of interest, does anyone know what the penalty, if any, there is for not supplying the info in 40 days?
  • dark_lady wrote: »
    tremour are you and your wife the ones who did workfare in a pub with the bleach with no gloves or am i mixing you up with someone else.

    Yup thats us... that was Community Task force with TNG about 6 months ago the Jobcentre just love screwing us about.

    I'm hoping to go Self-employed but the jobcentres advice on that was wait untill i'm 25 for Working tax credit (i'm 23 now)
  • dark_lady
    dark_lady Posts: 961 Forumite
    Sorry but i think you and your wife have been treated !!!!ing appallingly. Excuse the swearing.
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