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  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    I have no sympathy for anyone that turns down work whilst claiming benefits, whichever end of the scale they think they are. Not whilst others are being taxed whilst earning NMW.
    Can I ask what you do for work?
  • gettingready
    gettingready Posts: 11,330 Forumite
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    edited 18 February 2012 at 11:06PM
    To ILW - Let's agree to disagree here.

    I feel no sympathy for people who say they are not in position to apply for better paid jobs, especially people who lived all their life in UK, English is their own language etc.

    I came here at the age of 22 with a 1 yo child and my English was far from being perfect. It took me time (years) , effort (study and building up my qualifications), time away from my daughter when she was a child and a good few very low paid jobs (sometimes more than one at a time) to get to where I was in my last job.

    It is not lack of opportunieties in UK that stops people applying for better paid jobs. They make their own choices - I have made mine. I am not going back to where I was 21 years ago.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    edited 19 February 2012 at 12:00AM
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    Can I ask what you do for work?

    Self employed.

    Guess it gives you a different perspective.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Self employed.

    Guess it gives you a different perspective.
    doing what?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    doing what?

    Selling stuff to other businesses. Office equip, stationary etc.
  • gettingready
    gettingready Posts: 11,330 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ILW wrote: »
    Selling stuff to other businesses. Office equip, stationary etc.

    I sometimes wonder.....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationery

    Not to be confused with Stationary
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    gettingready wrote: »
    I sometimes wonder.....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationery

    It is getting late.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Selling stuff to other businesses. Office equip, stationary etc.
    just a salesman then, oh. Viking Direct are good for that :)
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    just a salesman then, oh. Viking Direct are good for that :)

    Yep, just a salesman. Better than signing on though. (Some may disagree).
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Yep, just a salesman. Better than signing on though. (Some may disagree).
    so you have poeple working for you?
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