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Thinking of giving up work to go on benefits

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  • I have found ways here and there to earn some extra cash on the net.
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Alpha7 = a real troll!

    Numpty.
    Gone ... or have I?
  • netty6787
    netty6787 Posts: 41 Forumite
    I think hes taking the p..!!! and has just posted this question to wind every honest worker up on here.

    I also think hes just sitting back and waiting for replys to see who is getting the most wound up.
    He is more than likely sitting on his lazy backside sucking the state dry claiming every benifit under the sun and we are here to amuse him

    I do appoigise if im wrong and this is your situation but if you do pack your job in and live off the state without a genuine reason (because you miss your wife) and you do decide to work on the side WELL I HOPE YOU GET CAUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:
  • Wow, lots of people can't recognise a troll when they see one

    I do think the current financial climate is very tough; our household income is about £60k a year, yet we never feel 'minted' .. i guess that's the joy of a £180k mortgage to go with it (which only got us a 2 bed terrace)
  • emsywoo123
    emsywoo123 Posts: 5,440 Forumite
    This thread is 4 months old.....I wonder what the OP decided to do?
  • Sagaris
    Sagaris Posts: 1,852 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Well, if he did give up his job and sign on, hopefully he got rumbled and is now awaiting his punishment!
    We can but hope. ;)
    :j Almost 2 stones gone! :j
    :heart2: RIP Clio 1.9.93 - 7.4.10 :heart2:
    :p I WILL be tidy, I WILL be tidy! :p
  • LittleTinker
    LittleTinker Posts: 2,841 Forumite
    Why on earth would someone start this thread off again after 4 months? Is the restarter.....the original OP in disguise? lol
  • chrissie55
    chrissie55 Posts: 102 Forumite
    I'm asking meself is it moral to work till u get ill/stressed out/suicidal? With Gordon taking his pound of flesh for a war in our name? & the richest people paying low tax? I can see the logic of wanting out of the rat-race. Cd u try part-time work till kids are bigger?
    I prefer to work, but don't believe that 'hard work never hurt any1' - after 35+ years of work in electronics & disability care (& good wages in my later career), disability & chronic pain stop me getting a 'real' job - yet I feel a need to be useful, so I do voluntary & community work, where I'm not obliged to go like hell or meet quotas. Still I feel an inner pressure not to let any1 down, & hafta keep remembering to ration my effort! My best friend ignored symptoms & worked himself literally sick - he got ME & came close to suicide a few times. Smile anyway, it releases endorphins!;)
  • You are such a troll.
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