Signing on day ( people skippin the queue )

The Jammy dodger · 04-10-2011 12:47pm #1

Every month I sign on at the dole office and every month I arrive early to get first in the queue standing there for like half hour, and every month there are guys in front of me and when the doors open at half nine the queue is MASSIVE and then their ''mates'' ( about five of them ) come and stand beside them at the queue and sign on with them. They dont go to the back of the queue and they just skip it. Security guards do damn all because they are rough lads taken advantage and they is scared of them.

does queue skipping happen at your local social welfare office? and if so, whats done about it?

cherryghost · 04-10-2011 12:48pm

If you have a problem with that, tell them. If nobody does anything about it, they'll keep doing it.

chin_grin · 04-10-2011 12:49pm

Happens everywhere. Get used to it or be ruder than them.

wolf moon · 04-10-2011 12:49pm

In fairness it wouldn't bother me if I was getting money for doing f... all.

FetchTheGin · 04-10-2011 12:49pm

Having a job, I don't have this problem.

*Adjusts monocle*

ScumLord · 04-10-2011 12:50pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

does queue skipping happen at your local social welfare office? and if so, whats done about it?

Well if no body says anything they'll continue to do it. If you want to get through to them you have to put it in a way they'll understand which means beating them around the head with a metal bar.

bijapos · 04-10-2011 12:50pm

Relax, unlike yourself they have a job to go to after signing on, you wouldn't want them to be late, would you?

The Jammy dodger · 04-10-2011 12:51pm

wolf moon wrote: »

In fairness it wouldn't bother me if I was getting money for doing f... all.

Looking for a job isnt doin nothing.

TheZohanS · 04-10-2011 12:51pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Every month I sign on at the dole office and every month I arrive early to get first in the queue standing there for like half hour, and every month there are guys in front of me and when the doors open at half nine the queue is MASSIVE and then their ''mates'' ( about five of them ) come and stand beside them at the queue and sign on with them. They dont go to the back of the queue and they just skip it. Security guards do damn all because they are rough lads taken advantage and they is scared of them.

does queue skipping happen at your local social welfare office? and if so, whats done about it?

FML.

Triangla · 04-10-2011 12:51pm

Maybe they need to be back at work quickly?

Lord TSC · 04-10-2011 12:52pm

Why do people queue before the door opens :S The twice I've signed on in Drogheda, I've gone at about 11 o clock and been there 10 minutes with only a small handful in front of me.

Granted, Drogheda only askes you to sign on once every three months so maybe they spread the love out :P

The Jammy dodger · 04-10-2011 12:53pm

TheZohan wrote: »

FML.

What does FML stand for?

Mazeire · 04-10-2011 12:53pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Every month I sign on at the dole office and every month I arrive early to get first in the queue standing there for like half hour, and every month there are guys in front of me and when the doors open at half nine the queue is MASSIVE and then their ''mates'' ( about five of them ) come and stand beside them at the queue and sign on with them. They dont go to the back of the queue and they just skip it. Security guards do damn all because they are rough lads taken advantage and they is scared of them.

does queue skipping happen at your local social welfare office? and if so, whats done about it?

I've seen it happen, but to be honest, it's once a month(or every three months depending on your office), it's not the end of the world and no one dies, so i don't let it worry me.

wolf moon · 04-10-2011 12:53pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Looking for a job isnt doin nothing.

So isn't fishing or playing PS3 games...

TheZohanS · 04-10-2011 12:54pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

What does FML stand for?

This.

wolfpawnat · 04-10-2011 12:54pm

OP, on AH you are not going to get too many serious answers.

Yes it happens in the one I am unfortunate enough to go to. And the reason no one says anything is it is usually the scourge of the earth that are doing it and they all have at one stage or another more than likely been up for some sort of assault!

They are scumbags and no one says anything to them because of this, they are the ones that hit 18 and go on the dole as their birthday present. They go to the Dept of SW and demand everything under the sun and they don't care whether or not you are an upstanding citizen looking for work and have an interview in half an hour that you have to rush to!

The Jammy dodger · 04-10-2011 12:55pm

wolf moon wrote: »

So isn't fishing or playing PS3 games...

Yeah but they dont generate future possible income now do they?

ejmaztec · 04-10-2011 12:57pm

Because there wasn't much of a queue when they first signed on during the boom-years, they don't see why thousands of newbies should hold them up from their routine at the pub and the bookies.

Dotrel · 04-10-2011 1:00pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Because there wasn't much of a queue when they first signed on during the boom-years, they don't see why thousands of newbies should hold them up from their routine at the pub and the bookies.

Exactly. The recession has been just one big inconvenience for them. You'd have to admire their tolerance of the situation.

Aggers · 04-10-2011 1:02pm

In my local office sometimes they take the people from the top fo the queue and bring them to an interview room to see what the big rush is (ie are they going to work after) and then tell them they aernt allowed sign until later on in the day next time.

Micky Dolenz · 04-10-2011 1:02pm

Simples. Become friends with them and then join them when you arrive.

Do we have to think of everything?

Nhead · 04-10-2011 1:05pm

wolf moon wrote: »

So isn't fishing or playing PS3 games...

Only 'foreigners'(we all know the ones) get free fishing gear and PS3s...let us be clear here political correctness is gone mad/the media is stoking the fire/secularism is rising/Catholicism had a grip on on the country etc etc is the real reason for the state of the country at the moment.

Dotrel · 04-10-2011 1:05pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Simples. Become friends with them and then join them when you arrive.

Do we have to think of everything?

Or why not just arrive before the guy who invites the skippers?

ballsymchugh · 04-10-2011 1:06pm

chat and cut. just go larry on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXz-fOtKBU8

Keith186 · 04-10-2011 1:07pm

So these are the 'Dole scum' that are commonly referred to on AH.

Gunmonkey · 04-10-2011 1:08pm

Dotrel wrote: »

Exactly. The recession has been just one big inconvenience for them. You'd have to admire their tolerance of the situation.

I think we should organise a charity group to raise awareness for their plight. How longer must they suffer in silence?

Cupcake_Crisis · 04-10-2011 1:09pm

I used to see it all the time before I went back to college. It was worse at counters where you had to take a number, People would just pretend they were whatever number had been called (if whoever had that number didn't jump up) when they'd only been there 5 minutes. Did my head in!

Dotrel · 04-10-2011 1:11pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

chat and cut. just go larry on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXz-fOtKBU8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xubEJp7RXyA

Of course if you tried to use reason and peer pressure against a bunch of knackers you'd not likely get that sort of result.

You : "Excuse me, is everyone in this queue an asshole?"
Him : "What you say about my mah?"

maygitchell · 04-10-2011 1:12pm

OP have some sympathy for them, Ryanair flights back to Poland dont wait for anyone

The Jammy dodger · 04-10-2011 1:12pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

chat and cut. just go larry on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXz-fOtKBU8

:DVERY FUNNY

ejmaztec · 04-10-2011 1:14pm

** Xenophobia alert **

tonymantana · 04-10-2011 1:22pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiSDF1bT59A&feature=related

charlemont · 04-10-2011 1:25pm

I've to sign on myself today too.

Itsdacraic · 04-10-2011 1:31pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

What does FML stand for?

Free Money Leechers

Jaxxy · 04-10-2011 2:04pm

I've had this happen to me too, and typically it happened on a morning when I was due for a job interview within the hour. I shot one of them the evil eye and just said, "I was before yous." He stared back at me and for a moment I thought he was likely to spit on me or something, but then he shrugged and replied, "Go'wan ahead then."

They'll do it for as long as they get away with it. Stand up for yourself OP.

ejmaztec · 04-10-2011 2:07pm

Go in there with black dots painted all over your face and watch the queue scatter.

maygitchell · 04-10-2011 2:08pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Go in there with legitimate job offers and watch the queue scatter.

FYP

Logical Fallacy · 04-10-2011 2:09pm

I used to do the same thing, arrive down good and early to get in and get out sharpish. Same thing, always some fella or two would try and jump the line. I just told em **** off to the back and they did.

daveyeh · 04-10-2011 2:15pm

cherryghost wrote: »

If you have a problem with that, tell them. If nobody does anything about it, they'll keep doing it.

:eek:

try doing that at the navan road office and you'll get an iron bar smashed over your skull.

maygitchell · 04-10-2011 2:16pm

daveyeh wrote: »

:eek:

try doing that at the navan road office and you'll get an gold bar bought with your taxpayers money smashed over your skull.

FYP

Richard Hillman · 04-10-2011 2:44pm

Always sign on in the afternoon. The mornings and straight after lunch are jam packed. 3-4 is the best time.

MagicSean · 04-10-2011 2:48pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Every month I sign on at the dole office and every month I arrive early to get first in the queue standing there for like half hour, and every month there are guys in front of me and when the doors open at half nine the queue is MASSIVE and then their ''mates'' ( about five of them ) come and stand beside them at the queue and sign on with them. They dont go to the back of the queue and they just skip it. Security guards do damn all because they are rough lads taken advantage and they is scared of them.

does queue skipping happen at your local social welfare office? and if so, whats done about it?

I think they are setting up a tribunal to investigate this atrocity. Have you tried calling the Gardaí?

maygitchell · 04-10-2011 2:50pm

MagicSean wrote: »

I think they are setting up a tribunal to investigate this atrocity. Have you tried calling the Gardaí?

Should ring that racist presenter on 4fm instead

Oranage2 · 04-10-2011 3:01pm

You should be thankful that your dole scum arent trampling people if they fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIFIt_AdUVU

Laika1986 · 04-10-2011 3:21pm

In my local office they use CCTV and anyone caught skipping the queue is forced to sign daily for a month. Great idea in my opinion however whether they follow through with it or it's an empty threat I don't know.

Dotrel · 04-10-2011 3:49pm

Oranage2 wrote: »

You should be thankful that your dole scum arent trampling people if they fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIFIt_AdUVU

I wonder how many of the people in that clip could guess what this is a drawing of?

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnrf6r9gCp1qeyj2to1_500.jpg

Knasher · 04-10-2011 3:57pm

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

I arrive early to get first in the queue

You only think you're there first. The truth is they have been queueing since they were 18.

How Many Users · 04-10-2011 5:01pm

in the office I go to they split up the lines based on position in the alphabet. Normally the person doing the queue that isn't mine is about 10x faster then my queue so there will be nobody in the second queue but the first is almost out the door. What loads of people do is queue up for the wrong queue and get told to use the other hatch, so the skip the entire queue and sign on.

Some bloke tried to skip in front of me today and my reply was "Just because you don't know the alphabet does not mean you can skip the queue, back of the line you muppet"