How do you know if someone works in the job centre lives near you?

missapril75

dippy3103 wrote: »

...if you look real close you'll notice we don't have shadows...

Or reflections

Pollycat

This is not really an appropriate thread for this board.

I always find that if you read the first post in a thread and think 'What??? How strange!, it helps to read other threads started by that same poster.

applepicker

This mate of mine wondered as he doesn't want to be recognised in the job centre, I guess just sign on with a baseball cap and possibly sunglasses. Also, perhaps choose a small job centre place far away from where you live to reduce the chances of recognition.

kingfisherblue

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

She would probably pass the case to a colleague to deal with, to ensure impartiality and confidentiality

I assume she would, as that would be the professional way to deal with it. I'm not sure of her exact role, as she doesn't discuss it. She might be a data entry clerk for all I know

torbrex

applepicker wrote: »

This mate of mine wondered as he doesn't want to be recognised in the job centre, I guess just sign on with a baseball cap and possibly sunglasses. Also, perhaps choose a small job centre place far away from where you live to reduce the chances of recognition.

What is it that he has to hide?

TELLIT01

dippy3103 wrote: »

Only if they happened to deal with the claim. I have no idea which of my neighbours claim benefits or not.

Anybody working within DWP might spot somebody signing on who they have suspicions about also working, not just the person dealing with the claim. As an example, I was walking back in to work one lunchtime when a bloke I used to see regularly in our local pub coming out. I'd never had any dealings with him, but had seen him regularly in that pub in work gear.
Maybe he was trying it on, maybe not, but I never saw him in work gear in the pub again. I didn't raise any concerns at the time. If the situation had been different, e.g. seen at the JC again and seen in the pub in work gear I would have.

dippy3103

applepicker wrote: »

This mate of mine wondered as he doesn't want to be recognised in the job centre, I guess just sign on with a baseball cap and possibly sunglasses. Also, perhaps choose a small job centre place far away from where you live to reduce the chances of recognition.

You don't choose your jobcentre. It's postcode.

nannytone_2

missapril75 wrote: »

Or reflections

i thought id lost my reflection !
i was in a clothes shop and didn't see myself when i walked past a full length mirror!

was slightly freaked until someone pointed out that there was no mirror and just a gap

i am registered blind though, so can be excused

NYM

:rotfl: Some of the replies on this thread have made me laugh out loud!

Housing_Benefit_Officer

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Anybody working within DWP might spot somebody signing on who they have suspicions about also working, not just the person dealing with the claim. As an example, I was walking back in to work one lunchtime when a bloke I used to see regularly in our local pub coming out. I'd never had any dealings with him, but had seen him regularly in that pub in work gear.
Maybe he was trying it on, maybe not, but I never saw him in work gear in the pub again. I didn't raise any concerns at the time. If the situation had been different, e.g. seen at the JC again and seen in the pub in work gear I would have.

The best ones are the DWP Christmas Dinners where half the serving staff and bar staff are recognised claimants who sign on or are too ill to work

DWP staff also go shopping and a number of claimants are caught working when they serve a DWP staff member