workless household......

Originally Posted by zsv650

ought that pays why should we subsidise someone who cant be arsed to pull their own weight sorry but it's the truth.

Why should you? because one day it may be your turn, for whatever reason, to be subsidised.

I wonder if they would have the same attitude if the government weren't handing out cash and free accomodation?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

My favorite comment out of all of that was the guy saying
'getting a job isn't as easy as you think, you have to write out a CV and hand it in to places.'
Errrrm What??? Yes thats normally how you get offered a Job. You apply for one!!!
They just don't call you up. Unless Tesco started cold calling:
Hi, Tesco here...Would you like a Job?

Lazyness Utter Lazyness

Made me chuckle to, everyone wants it handed on a plate to them. We install alot of heating for housing associations and we see these sort of people everyday.

They want more and more all the time, they think they are owed something. They pay their rent, max £100 a month for 3 bed semi and get heating, plumbing, electrics, kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors ect fitted maintained and still they moan.

We as a contractor are at the end of our tether, we are running around like prats to fit heating for these people when all they do is sit on their arses and complain when we are doing it because it upsets their lives for a few days.

This everything for nothing attitude is really getting to me, its a real pleasure to work for genuine tax paying/private customers (like those of the org).

Originally Posted by hovis

rubbish

what part of my post was rubbish?

All my pals are looking for work as well. But it's not that easy to get a job straightaway, you've got to write out your CV and everything and then hand it in to places."

She's a bright one.

We as a society and the government are to blame. We have let this happen. The government should have 'created' jobs for people like these. Jobs with a fair wage for the hours worked. There will always be work that needs doing no matter how many unemployed there are. Towns flood because drainage ditches are clogged, our countryside is being overun by foreign plants, our streets are strewn with litter. all these could easily be remedied by the creation of 'public work teams'

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Why should you? because one day it may be your turn, for whatever reason, to be subsidised.

never i work for everything ive got getting money for nothing would just seem too morally wrong for me

Originally Posted by zsv650

never i work for everything ive got getting money for nothing would just seem too morally wrong for me

Is your job secure? What happens if you get ill and cant work? Would you refuse the benefits and just starve on a park bench?

Is it any wonder that people like this lack self-confidence when there are so many willing to condemn?

What are your plans to bring this family back to productive work?

The fact is that you can complain and whine all you like about people 'sitting on their backsides' but unless you do something to help them - and this thread is woefully short on constructive suggestions - then they won't even get out the door, let alone into a job.

nope but if i lose it ill get another loads of jobs it's just people expect top whack per hour and it doesnt work like that.