Forced to apply for job too far away?

Skinto_7

tescobabe69 wrote: »

Thats the trouble with the unemployed, no imagination.

When he finishes work at night order a curry/chinese take away from a supplier local to his home, when it arrives at his workplace tell the delivery driver you left your wallet at home, magically you have a lift home.

Good shout Tescobabe,

I did that on a night out once when i couldnt get a taxi home, the delivery driver wasnt too chuffed but 20 minutes into the journey he began to see the funny side of it :rotfl:

Derivative

melx wrote: »

How is he meant to afford these taxis and at the same time save for a moped? Maybe the job centre will give him the cash advance until he gets paid?...Get in the real world!!

He could however share lifts, use other means of public transport or get a bike all more realistic than this ridiculous post.

Again, my post was made before the mention of a train came into it.

I made the assumption that '1 hour by public transport' got you about as far as the city centre - that's what it is here if you live on the outskirts.

Taxi for the same journey would be £10, and you wouldn't have to get a taxi every day, just those when you felt knackered and weren't up to walking/cycling home.

Basically, a flippant post, because on the details given, getting home from work seemed pretty trivial to me. A 1 hour commute, to me, just seems normal, the majority of working people I know commute roughly that much. I don't know anyone that lives less than half an hour from work.

Once it was stated that it's 1 hour by train - well, that all went out of the window, obviously.

baza52

Round here a £10 cab fare will get you about 3 miles.
If the bus takes an hour to travel 3 miles you must be pushing it.

Now we know 45 mins of the journey are by rail its safe to assume the job is at least 15 miles away.

Derivative

baza52 wrote: »

Round here a £10 cab fare will get you about 3 miles.
If the bus takes an hour to travel 3 miles you must be pushing it.

Now we know 45 mins of the journey are by rail its safe to assume the job is at least 15 miles away.

15 mins of waiting at the bus stop, 45 mins on the bus gets me from outside my house to the city centre - 5 miles. It goes around housing estates, windy route, that's what buses do.

Our city council sets the taxi rate at £3.55 first mile, £1.35 after, so £10 is about the 5 miles mentioned.

I agree that with the train journey, it's a complete waste of time/money to pursue. Probably more than 15 miles even, unless this is some inner city train.

I'm not trying to be argumentative for the sake of it, the fact 'public transport' might include a train journey wasn't really apparent to me, I guess that's an artifact of living in the middle of bloody nowhere.

Vincent_Buenisedes

baza52 wrote: »

Round here a £10 cab fare will get you about 3 miles.
If the bus takes an hour to travel 3 miles you must be pushing it.

Now we know 45 mins of the journey are by rail its safe to assume the job is at least 15 miles away.

Public transport is not cheap either, certainly outside of London. Where I live, a bus journey to the next big town takes about 45mins and costs £6.70 for a return journey. Do this 5 times a week it adds up to a pretty penny, especially if on minimum wage. You can get a monthly mega pass which costs £80 upfront, but as the bus service stops after 10pm, you would have to get a taxi home which negate the savings of a monthly bus pass.

Boots888

It used to take me 2.5 hours each way to get to and from my YTS scheme. It was 15 minutes by car but I didn't have one.

I earnt £25 hours a week for often up to 70 hours work and spent at least £15 of that on travel.

I stuck it out but once I got my poxy qualifications, I swore never to be so foolish as to commit to such commuting again.

earthbound_misfit

Mara69 wrote: »

Not at all. It's tickled me that the OP has mentioned at least twice that his friend is ex-army - and then says he is under 21. If he joined up at 16 and left at 20, he's only done 4 years! Or course, he could have joined up at 18 and left at 19.....

ETA Ah, I see it was a mere 2 years.

Why has it tickled you? I only mentioned it because I was listing the reasons he was likely to get the job, and as a civvy with no other friends in the forces/ex-forces it has really struck me how much respect it gives him in certain circles (which I'm hoping will lead to a job!)
I mentioned it the second time with regards PTSD as I was outraged he is being labelled a scrounger by some despite him trying his hardest in difficult circumstances!
FYI, he joined at 17, and it was the RAF, not Army. It may be 'a mere two years' but having been air crew and won 2 medals for bravery doing search-and-rescue, not to mention seeing his closest friend blown up a few feet away (Afghanistan), I think he's fitted plenty in in that time.

Apologies if I've taken too much offence !

(ps. Incidentally, I'm female, but no offence at assumption :-p )

Boots888

You're right to mention he was enlisted. Good man Himself! In certain circles it will gain him respect as I hope it will when trying to come to an agreement as to his expectations down the Job Centre.

I'd be surprised if half of them down there realise there's a war going on at all and has been for the last decade, so I'd seek help from Armed Forces and also request an advisor who is, at least 50 years old.

pixiechick_2

earthbound_misfit wrote: »

Apologies if I've taken too much offence !

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I don't think you've taken too much offence at all!

Could your friend phone the pizza place and explain the situation regarding transport home and see if they can alter the shift so that he can finish earlier?


I hope he finds something soon as all members of the armed forces have my greatest respect for the difficult job they do. It's obvious he isn't a scrounger as some of the posters on here seem to be making out.

earthbound_misfit

Derivative wrote: »

Once you get down to the £8000 cap at which you can claim full benefits, I see no reason why you would have to dip into savings.

You can't 'claim full benefits' if you earn £8000! Earnings are taken off from your benefits. Also, the under 25 JSA and under 35 housing benefit rules mean that the maximum eligible amount for a young person in this area is around £6000/year.

I do agree with your general stance on saving as I do this myself, however there is a point at which there really isn't enough money.

With regards "if the choice is between no job, and taking a bus, I know I'd rather have the job", did you know the OP was about there being no public transport after the shift, not about travelling time? (Not sure if you were just answering another comment!)