People on the dole

dazco

Cannot be bothered reading all the thread so sorry if someone has mentioned it before.

Join one of the forces.


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Carmina_Piranha_3

lol! i remember working in KFC when i was vegan. having to squish bloodied bits out of defrosted chicken pieces with my thumb was pretty horrific :eek::rotfl:

my favourite casual job was promoting a new shop, i was dressed in a mouse costume, like a disney character. on the hottest day i fainted and landed on a customer

i've had lots of minimum wage jobs like that, but i live in a town with plenty of work less than an hour's walk/cycle/bus away. nothing much for graduates but plenty of work, nobody 'needs' to be on the dole in my town. it must be harder in a rural area though. getting a car sounds like your lifeline though, good luck with that.

bookemdano

No car, no bus no problem

TurkishDelight

dazco wrote: »

Cannot be bothered reading all the thread so sorry if someone has mentioned it before.

Join one of the forces.


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Do they take people who are horribly unfit? And I am a pacifist. Oh god I sound like such a wishy-washy little !!!!! don't I :eek:

bookemdano

TurkishDelight wrote: »

Do they take people who are horribly unfit? And I am a pacifist. Oh god I sound like such a wishy-washy little !!!!! don't I :eek:

Yes they do....the army took me

Iom-rf

Another thing thats a struggle for young people (seeing as i'm one I know!) is just to understand it doesn't matter what job you do, whether thats Macdonalds, KFC, Tescos or any basic jobs that always tend to be around, if people or friends say "only thickos work in those jobs" or "its crap I won't work there", those people aren't worth bothering with and are the exact type that'll drag you down, any job is better than no job, any decent people will tell you that.

TurkishDelight

Iom-rf wrote: »

Another thing thats a struggle for young people (seeing as i'm one I know!) is just to understand it doesn't matter what job you do, whether thats Macdonalds, KFC, Tescos or any basic jobs that always tend to be around, if people or friends say "only thickos work in those jobs" or "its crap I won't work there", those people aren't worth bothering with and are the exact type that'll drag you down, any job is better than no job, any decent people will tell you that.

Not something I worry about, but it's a good point.

Iom-rf

TurkishDelight wrote: »

there is work but I can't get to it-

How far is "I can't get to it"?......

If its anything under 5 miles then a bicycle solves that problem.

dazco

TurkishDelight wrote: »

Do they take people who are horribly unfit? And I am a pacifist. Oh god I sound like such a wishy-washy little !!!!! don't I :eek:

You get yourself fit, what else are you doing?

As for being a pacifist, this little glitch will soon pass when a Kalishnikov round nearly deafens you by whizzing passed your ear.:rotfl:

TurkishDelight

bookemdano wrote: »

Yes they do....the army took me

Well that's okay then I still don't think it's for me though, but maybe, i'll have a look I suppose.
See, you go in the jocentre and they point you at a computer, but you go on the computer and they point you at a job Fab.