Giving Up!

PMed hopefully with some decent advice.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Berlin

This afternoon, I gave up. I made a coffee, put my feet up and Gave Up

There's nothing left in Peters account to pay Paul.

After 9 years in business, working my butt off up to 18 hours a day 7 days a week, I'm giving in.

Admittedly, for the last three years I've not so much been in business but servicing the debt from being screwed by a supplier.

But no more. Yesterday the bank added £1018 of charges to my account and today, they couldn't take the payment for my company credit card because the account is now overdrawn (due to the above charges). And ironically, charged me £35 because I couldn't afford to pay it. So how do they expect me to pay the £35, or indeed the £1018?

I've already sold just about everything I personally own to service the dedt already. There's nothing left. and I'm a Sole trader so no Limited liability.

It's actually bizarly liberating. Yes, I'm going to go (personally) bankrupt and they are going to take every single posession I've acrewed over a 22 year career. But then I'll be completely bare. Unencumered by anything material.

As for getting a job, I've now sent off over 300 CV's and I've not had a single interview. It turns out at 39, as a chemical engineer /sales manager that can turn his hand to anything, worked in 62 countries, is the world fly casting champion and can strip down an engine and have it back in the bike in a couple of hours, and has more energy and drive than is really healthy, I'm unemployable... Too qualified. I even tried a "Dumbed down" Cv and that didn't work either. Past it at 39

So if anyone knows of a job going near Ripon, I'm interested. I'm even thinking of learning polish so I can pretend to be foreign!

Bankruptcy advise very welcome

I'm going to have a cigarette whilst I still can.

Carl

****e mate, atleast you seem to be staying upbeat about it (keep that). I don't know much about bankruptsy (to the extent I can't spell it) but just try think of it as a fresh start if you can. Don't give up on the job front one'll come along even if it means you have to apply for everrything and then atleast once you've got something coming in you have more time to gets a better job.

Thanks for all the replies.

I'm not at all disheartened. I'm a pretty resilient character.

I'll find something to do even if it's stacking shelves in ASDA.

... I don't do Unemployment

And if no one recognises my experience and tallents, I'll start another bloody company and do it all again... as soon as I can pay the bills

C

Originally Posted by Berlin

I'm not at all disheartened. I'm a pretty resilient character.

Good to hear

[punyXpress]

Have a look at " oh to be that copper "
There may be a shofer's job going.