Lazy People

allanb49

I'm getting sick of lazy pricks who do nothing but play video games, eat junk food and claim on the dole,

I know two people who have been to college have computer degrees and just sit on their hole all day playing games or on the internet.

It's depressing that i'm in work all day up at 5.30 and home at 7.

And they won't have moved all day. I have gone out and cut the grass done the back garden cleaned my room on the weekends and they haven't budged an inch.

The thing is i wouldn't have a problem with this if they had looked for work but they haven't.

I have vancancys in my place and they won't give me a CV for it. But yeah I know i'm ranting but is there any one else like this please say i'm not alone.

So AH, What advise could you give for me in this situation

The_Kew_Tour

Report it to Social Welfare ftw

starbelgrade

Pick one option;

Don't be jealous / go on the dole / move house.

bonerm

Playing video games > working a McJob.

Dravokivich

2 out of 3 aint bad... just not on the dole myself!

Celly Smunt

chill maaaan don't be such a slave to the wage maaaan

Gaunty

Tis none of your business what those two guys do with their lives. If they want to waste it, so be it.

alwaysadub

Wow a dole haters thread. Haven't had one of them in, oh, must be a full week or so..

Donkey Oaty

OP, to give your claims more credibility you need to add "Joe" to the end of each sentence.

Stench Blossoms

If you have a computer degree then playing games is research.

allanb49

As i said don't care there on the dole, it's the pure laziness of not bothering to look for a job that gets to me

Kold

Laziness is an affliction you insensitive bastard You think I like that I've just woken up and can't afford to do sh*t?

muckwarrior

Gaunty wrote: »

Tis none of your business what those two guys do with their lives. If they want to waste it, so be it.

It is if his taxes are paying their dole.

Standard Toaster

allanb49 wrote: »

It's depressing that i'm in work all day up at 5.30 and home at 7.

You get up at 5:30 and get home 1h 30mins later.
WTF are you moaning about??

You people make me sick.

RobbieTheRobber

muckwarrior wrote: »

It is if his taxes are paying their dole.

His taxes pay for the whole dole? :eek:

Woah he must earn a lot!

Fighting Irish

Gaunty wrote: »

Tis none of your business what those two guys do with their lives. If they want to waste it, so be it.

I totally agree, you have to work 9 to 5 to live your life. If you don't have a job, you are wasting your life

lol @ sheep

SoupyNorman

allanb49 wrote: »

So AH, What advise could you give for me in this situation

Cut the grass at the weekend?

stovelid

allanb49 wrote: »

It's depressing that i'm in work all day up at 5.30 and home at 7.

It's terrible to hear that a 70 year-old woman has to work those hours?

starbelgrade

allanb49 wrote: »

It's depressing that i'm in work all day

So AH, What advise could you give for me in this situation

You're complaining because, basically, in the middle of a recession, with a 14% unemployment rate, that you actually HAVE a job?

I've heard it all now.

Celly Smunt

and it begins,24 hour battle of workers and dolers.

Nulty

Do you want my CV OP?

starbelgrade

pmcmahon wrote: »

and it begins,24 hour battle of workers and dolers.

Not exactly. The workers only post here during office hours, when they are "working" & the doleites only post from 7/8pm till around 5am (ie., the hours when they are not actively seeking employment), so there's a gap of about 5 hours out of the 24.

Your Airbag

Dolers, at least there always at home when you call in.

Celly Smunt

starbelgrade wrote: »

Not exactly. The workers only post here during office hours, when they are "working" & the doleites only post from 7/8pm till around 5am (ie., the hours when they are not actively seeking employment), so there's a gap of about 5 hours out of the 24.

so we'll say 19?

Lando Griffin

allanb49 wrote: »

I'm getting sick of lazy pricks who do nothing but play video games, eat junk food and claim on the dole,

Some even go to the pub and drink and have a good time there during the day, more prefer the bookies,shopping or leisurely strolls.
Heck I met a family of dole people on holidays in Spain for a week.
And, there is a family nearby with 2 cars, yes 2 cars; what do you need 2 cars for when your on the dole?

starbelgrade

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall,
All you gotta do is call,
And I'll be there, yes I will,
I'm on the dole.

Fighting Irish

pmcmahon wrote: »

and it begins,24 hour battle of workers and dolers.

or people who just aren't working at the mo, no dole

pitkan

muckwarrior wrote: »

It is if his taxes are paying their dole.

Everyone pays taxes. Workers and idlers alike. BTW,are these two brothers of grumpy?

Meh, I've done both.. Prefer working but understand how ya can became lethargic on the dole cause it happened me. Doing the 9-5 for two years now and I still appreciate it after my time on the dole..

The easy way to think of it Op is that yes, part of our our wages go into a big pot for all to take but what we are surrounded by; infrastructure, police, education etc. is a still a pretty good deal for what we pay in taxes each month.

Snowie

awesome im playing call of duty right now got a kill streak of 24 one shy of of an end game newq

when i get a newq I look for a job I swear..

op man serously, get of your ****ing high horse... If youve spent any time on the dole you'd know the above.....

its ****. You have nothing to look forward to.
when that happens you stop giving a fvck while some people can counteract this others can't. They just accept it as the way it is... or lack the a bility/vision to see were they wanna be in life.

Ive got 8 days left till i know weather the mature student lotterey is coming for me. if not im into fass so i can teach again.! but thats the way it is for me.

raah!

If everyone just worked less and shared the jobs out there'd be jobs for everyone. No point in pretending that it takes so much skill to do your job, or that there aren't equally skilled people. Some people can make these claims, but not you, average person.

Trashbat

Lando Griffin wrote: »

what do you need 2 cars for when your on the dole?

Be fair, If your also collecting under your maiden name, you can hardly turn up in the same car when pretending to be someone else, they might cop on and cut you off. :pac:

gingerGiant

allanb49 wrote: »

I have vancancys in my place and they won't give me a CV for it.
So AH, What advise could you give for me in this situation

Tell us the approximate location of you workplace and the duties involved in these vacancies, then if the job suits them people who are seeking work and see this thread can send you a C.V.

fonecrusher1

starbelgrade wrote: »

You're complaining because, basically, in the middle of a recession, with a 14% unemployment rate, that you actually HAVE a job?

I've heard it all now.

+1,000,000

You have a job OP. Try to see how silly your whinge is.

Pauleta

Ive been on the dole since last Monday and have drank everyday bar 1. When somebody tells you its horrible being on the dole, they are just bull****ting you. I will fully agree that the system is wrong but dont hate the playa, hate the game.

InkSlinger67

Use all your annual leave to stand in front of the TV all day so they can't see it. They'll soon get bored and look for jobs.

Problem solved!

Red Hand

raah! wrote: »

If everyone just worked less and shared the jobs out there'd be jobs for everyone. No point in pretending that it takes so much skill to do your job, or that there aren't equally skilled people. Some people can make these claims, but not you, average person.

Why are you singling out me?:(

Ridley

Pauleta wrote: »

Ive been on the dole since last Monday and have drank everyday bar 1. When somebody tells you its horrible being on the dole, they are just bull****ting you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4da5IptaZE4

ElaElaElano

Try experiencing the mind numbing monotony of being unemployed- being unable to see a future for yourself, worrying yourself sick about how you and your family will survive, and all the while listening to a vocal minority telling you you're this, that and the other when maybe/most probably none of it's true.

You can't possibly know what someone's mentality is unless you've been somewhere close to where they are. There may well have been justification for looking down at people on the social three, four, five years ago- different times, different circumstances. It's gone from a lifestyle choice to a fúcking necessity for thousands of people. If they're not cutting the grass, watering the plants, decking the garden, building a shed and washing the car perhaps it's stemming from the hopelessness of their situation, particularly if they're only recently unemployed. It's very easy to say- 'oh, they should motivate themselves, up at the crack of dawn and make something of their miserable lives', however when that shock hits you, at least for a while, motivation and positive thinking are amongst the hardest things in the world to achieve.

aDeener

allanb49 wrote: »

I'm getting sick of lazy pricks who do nothing but play video games, eat junk food and claim on the dole,

I know two people who have been to college have computer degrees and just sit on their hole all day playing games or on the internet.

It's depressing that i'm in work all day up at 5.30 and home at 7.

And they won't have moved all day. I have gone out and cut the grass done the back garden cleaned my room on the weekends and they haven't budged an inch.

The thing is i wouldn't have a problem with this if they had looked for work but they haven't.

I have vancancys in my place and they won't give me a CV for it. But yeah I know i'm ranting but is there any one else like this please say i'm not alone.

So AH, What advise could you give for me in this situation

you come to the wrong place to be giving out my friend!!

allanb49

I'd like to point out im not complaining i have a job,

I'm complaining that they have no motivation to get a job. I know people are stuck at this time but some of you would be people looking for work.

It's the ones who are happy to sit back and take it and lazily put the blame on there being nothing out there when they have no drive to look

Funky Kingston

allanb49 wrote: »

I have vancancys in my place and they won't give me a CV for it. But yeah I know i'm ranting but is there any one else like this please say i'm not alone.

So AH, What advise could you give for me

I advise you to forward me the details of who i should send my CV too.

Alsooo what if one of these unemployed folk are way better than you at your job and could replace you ?? THAT WOULD SUCK OP:D

starbelgrade

allanb49 wrote: »

I'd like to point out im not complaining i have a job,

I'm complaining that they have no motivation to get a job. I know people are stuck at this time but some of you would be people looking for work.

It's the ones who are happy to sit back and take it and lazily put the blame on there being nothing out there when they have no drive to look

Maybe they are looking at you for inspiration, for the motivation to go out & find a job, then look at you, whinging about the long hours & other people sitting on their holes, etc., and think, "Nah."

electrofrog

Was unemployed myself for 9 months last year living in a house with 2 other unemployed people all getting rent allowance etc and admittedly we drank nearly everyday and it was fun for a few months but towards the end it got very depressing and we all felt the same only cure was more drink then I got a job and even though I was in the same situation as the op's housemates before I have to sympathise just a little with the op as initially it didn't bother me that the others in my house weren't working (its not their fault really) but after a while when your coming home from work tired and all ye wanna do is put your feet up after a hard days work with a cuppa n some tv or something and ye arrive home to drunken unemployed people in a gaff that smells and they haven't lifted a finger all day not even bothered to take out bins etc or clean up after themselves it starts to bug ye I eventually snapped and had to move out cos I was being kept up late at night with the sessions they were having still mates but wouldn't be if I had stayed there ironically would probably move back in if I was to lose my job again :D:D miss it sometimes :rolleyes:

geeky

Deleted User wrote: »

The easy way to think of it Op is that yes, part of our our wages go into a big pot for all to take but what we are surrounded by; infrastructure, police, education etc. is a still a pretty good deal for what we pay in taxes each month.

I'd have to disagree with that, but that's probably for another thread...

JONJO THE MISER

Awwwww Just woke up from my nap, whats this all about?

Misty Chaos

OK, try living in a small town where everytime you hand out a CV, you'd be very lucky to even get an acknowledgment that they got your application.

In fact, the only reason I got the last job I had was because my brother knew the managers of the place!

I get given out for not bothering to look for a job but I already know that its f***ing pointless, I can't even get a step in.

Its soul numbing and depressing, I can't do anything and my life has being dull and I'm jealous of my peers who seem to have gone everywhere because they could get jobs! :mad:

Also, don't tell me that I have to do a job I hate just for the sake of it and its there. I know this situation is numbing but waking up, dreading the day of work because its make you miserable is a LOT worse!

shoegirl

allanb49 wrote: »

The thing is i wouldn't have a problem with this if they had looked for work but they haven't.

I have vancancys in my place and they won't give me a CV for it. But yeah I know i'm ranting but is there any one else like this please say i'm not alone.

So AH, What advise could you give for me in this situation

What I have to ask here is where the problem is framed. You frame it as if it is your personal problem to "fix." Reality is, if they are on the dole and have a degree, welfare will be on their back pretty soon. Friend of mine got let go, doesn't have a leaving cert even, is in her 50s and they are HOUNDING her. So they won't pass by the welfare radar for long.

My question to you is why this means so much to you personally?

I mean, if you were working in a job (and I have been here, so I know from personal experience) and had a slacker for a co-worker who came in when they felt like it and set things up to evade work, so that more work came your way, I'd get it, but I am wondering why you have such a degree of personal anger over something that doesn't directly impact you? Or does it?

I wouldn't deny that there are lots of people out there who simply sit on their holes all day, but at the end of the day they are going to miss out on life. Don't see why that should be your concern.

shoegirl

Misty Choas wrote: »

I get given out for not bothering to look for a job but I already know that its f***ing pointless, I can't even get a step in.

I disagree. I got laid off last week and I've had an interview almost every day since. Why? Because I sent off about 50 job applications over the previous 3 months when I knew it waas coming. In 3 months all I got was one interview with a company which has a bad repuation for mistreating its employees. That was soul destroying bad it didn't stop me trying.

What happened at the end was that agencies who I'd passed on my CV to months ago remembered my proactivity, and came back to me, most of the jobs I am now interviewing for are jobs I never even applied for. Don't underestimate the effort, eventually it will start to pay off. Just think about the money you are losing every day by not working, to me, that keeps me motivated. The phone is now hopping because the work I put in over time took a while to start to pay off, but it is now.

Gunsfortoys

shoegirl wrote: »

I disagree. I got laid off last week and I've had an interview almost every day since. Why? Because I sent off about 50 job applications over the previous 3 months when I knew it waas coming. In 3 months all I got was one interview with a company which has a bad repuation for mistreating its employees. That was soul destroying bad it didn't stop me trying.

What happened at the end was that agencies who I'd passed on my CV to months ago remembered my proactivity, and came back to me, most of the jobs I am now interviewing for are jobs I never even applied for. Don't underestimate the effort, eventually it will start to pay off. Just think about the money you are losing every day by not working, to me, that keeps me motivated. The phone is now hopping because the work I put in over time took a while to start to pay off, but it is now.

Got told meself that I may be laid off in September so I have started doing this, the amount of recruitment agencies hiring for **** wages are a joke. Most of them are for highly qualified accountants and/or trainee jobs. Depressing that I may have to go back to education at 24.

shoegirl

electrofrog wrote: »

Was unemployed myself for 9 months last year living in a house with 2 other unemployed people all getting rent allowance etc and admittedly we drank nearly everyday and it was fun for a few months but towards the end it got very depressing and we all felt the same only cure was more drink then I got a job and even though I was in the same situation as the op's housemates before I have to sympathise just a little with the op as initially it didn't bother me that the others in my house weren't working (its not their fault really) but after a while when your coming home from work tired and all ye wanna do is put your feet up after a hard days work with a cuppa n some tv or something and ye arrive home to drunken unemployed people in a gaff that smells and they haven't lifted a finger all day not even bothered to take out bins etc or clean up after themselves it starts to bug ye I eventually snapped and had to move out cos I was being kept up late at night with the sessions they were having still mates but wouldn't be if I had stayed there ironically would probably move back in if I was to lose my job again :D:D miss it sometimes :rolleyes:

Now that makes far more sense to me that the original post.

I used to live in a house full of flats where I was the only person who had a job. They were quiet but just weird and went off the rails.
Drink isn't cheap tho, can't see how you could finance drinking several days a week on the dole unless its all just cheap cider.