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Lost my job and happy!

  • 01-06-2013 09:26PM
    #1
    Site Banned Posts: 7


    So lost my job where I was getting 23k a year. I was spending a lot of money on petrol and things and had feck all money left after rent and stuff. I hated getting up at 7AM for work. It was an absolute pain.

    Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king. Get up whenever I want. No more taking orders. Its my first time on the dole since I graduated college and I love welfare! Managing to save 60 euro a week and have plenty of money for booze for the weekends. Isn't life great :pac: When I need extra money I might consider getting a job.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    You'll find it gets old real fast.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    You'll find it gets old real fast.

    Trolling?

    Yeah, I'd say so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,654 ✭✭✭TheBody


    mickmouse wrote: »
    So lost my job where I was getting 23k a year. I was spending a lot of money on petrol and things and had feck all money left after rent and stuff. I hated getting up at 7AM for work. It was an absolute pain.

    Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king. Get up whenever I want. No more taking orders. Its my first time on the dole since I graduated college and I love welfare! Managing to save 60 euro a week and have plenty of money for booze for the weekends. Isn't life great :pac: When I need extra money I might consider getting a job.


    Hang on everyone. I'll get the popcorn.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭zom


    Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years from Now?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,359 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    TheBody wrote: »
    Hang on everyone. I'll get the popcorn.

    It won't last that long.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 770 ✭✭✭sgb


    OP you are living the dream


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Your self esteem will suffer. If there's work available in your field go look for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭tacofries


    F8ck it lad, as long as your enjoying yourself! No point going through life hating your job! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    mickmouse wrote: »
    Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king.

    What sort of kings do you know because I haven't ever heard of a king with such little ready cash. :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭rolliepoley


    Stir crazy will soon set in.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 7 mickmouse


    zom wrote: »
    Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years from Now?

    Hopefully in a better paid job if I get another one. Might do a part time masters for two years and might go back to work then. Who knows. I'm not working for the wages I was getting because it was not worth it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭cml387


    sgb wrote: »
    OP you are living the dream

    Sitting at home playing crysis surrounded by discarded Coke beer cans and empty pizza boxes living a sad shell of a life.

    Or come to think of it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Wow thats low..


  • Site Banned Posts: 51 ✭✭Plastic Sheeting


    I have to agree with the OP. I spent the last three years in college struggling to get by while studying for a Law degree. I was working three days a week on top of full time study. I finished last week, walked into the Community Welfare Office and they signed me a check for 188euro. No wonder the country is in the state its in, an absolute joke. If they spent half the welfare budget on investing in jobs the place would be nowhere as bad as it is.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Wait till the economy recovers in a few years and welfare is slashed. We will be like the Brits on welfare which is beans on toast 7 days a week cause you cant afford jack **** because its so low


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,430 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Troll or not...

    After grinding by on 23k a year, some people at least deserve a few weeks to destress and vent. Arguably, it's one of the best things to do on becoming unemployed. Relax for a few weeks, put your old work behind you... then when you've steadied yourself and gotten over it, go for it with a clear mind.

    Although, the fact that welfare is a better option that working says a lot about the minimum wage and the cost of living in this country. In that case, '**** the system' is quite a natural and fair response.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    yeah it's great Nicknouse


  • Site Banned Posts: 51 ✭✭Plastic Sheeting


    hfallada wrote: »
    Wait till the economy recovers in a few years and welfare is slashed. We will be like the Brits on welfare which is beans on toast 7 days a week cause you cant afford jack **** because its so low

    If people can live off that in college then there's no reason why they can't do it on the dole


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    mickmouse wrote: »
    Hopefully in a better paid job if I get another one. Might do a part time masters for two years and might go back to work then. Who knows. I'm not working for the wages I was getting because it was not worth it!
    I have to agree with the OP. I spent the last three years in college struggling to get by while studying for a Law degree. I was working three days a week on top of full time study. I finished last week, walked into the Community Welfare Office and they signed me a check for 188euro. No wonder the country is in the state its in, an absolute joke. If they spent half the welfare budget on investing in jobs the place would be nowhere as bad as it is.

    Hmmmm.

    If I was a suspicious bastard I'd say you two newly registered users might be on a tag-team trolling mission anyway.

    I'm not a suspicious bastard, but I actually do think your a tag team on a trolling mission anyway.

    So long now.


  • Site Banned Posts: 7 mickmouse


    SamHall wrote: »
    Hmmmm.

    If I was a suspicious bastard I'd say you two newly registered users might be on a tag-team trolling mission anyway.

    I'm not a suspicious bastard, but I actually do think your a tag team on a trolling mission anyway.

    So long now.

    I think your suspicions will be thrown out the window.:cool:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Trolls just ain't what the used to be :(
    It's like........they're not even making an effort anymore.
    It's a sad day when a whole section of society just lets themselves "go":rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    SamHall wrote: »
    Hmmmm.

    If I was a suspicious bastard I'd say you two newly registered users might be on a tag-team trolling mission anyway.

    That's an insult to real hard-working trolls.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Why the stigma in admitting you are happy not being a job? Isnt it much better to be happy and healthy and planning to do something different in your life, upskilling and trying to better yourself. The OP wasnt happy or earning much money in the job so they decided to change the situation for the better, fair play to him or her.

    Ireland still suffers from Keeping up with the Jones's where its better to stay miserable. stressed and exhausted in a job so you can tell people who dont even care about you "Oh yes im so lucky to have a job, im grateful", what a stupid and destructive attitude. :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭WumBuster


    In a way i dont blame you. The thing i hate about authority is that its always abused by those who hold it. In work enviroments its just people climbing over each others backs to get to the top...I get sick of dealing with the same assholes every day and wonder if there is any point and just retire on 180 or whatever it is a week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    What sort of kings do you know because I haven't ever heard of a king with such little ready cash. :confused:
    King or not, he ends up with more money I'm his pocket after everything is played and all he does is sleeps, ****s, eats, drinks and has not a single thing to worry about.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,221 ✭✭✭NuckingFacker


    WumBuster wrote: »
    In a way i dont blame you. The thing i hate about authority is that its always abused by those who hold it. In work enviroments its just people climbing over each others backs to get to the top...I get sick of dealing with the same assholes every day and wonder if there is any point and just retire on 180 or whatever it is a week.
    Change job.

    I havn't met a single asshole in a work situation in years. Everyone else says they meet one all the time. They must be unlucky...hold on...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭WumBuster


    Change job.

    I havn't met a single asshole in a work situation in years. Everyone else says they meet one all the time. They must be unlucky...hold on...

    If you cant spot the asshole in the room you probably are the asshole..;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,221 ✭✭✭NuckingFacker


    WumBuster wrote: »
    If you cant spot the asshole in the room you probably are the asshole..;)
    get your own jokes:P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    So you can afford to save €60 a week and still go drinking when you're only getting €188, but when you were getting €442 a week (23k divided by 52), you had "feck all money"? What were you renting back then, a palace?

    If I got €442 a week, I'd still have way more than €60 left after rent, basic food shopping and transport. (Not including bills or anything, but you didn't mention those so...)

    Something doesn't quite add up here...

    EDIT: As pointed out below, I stupidly forgot about tax. However, the OP still has the same utility bills (maybe more cause he's now home during the day) and the same costs for food shopping, so I don't understand how he could possibly be so much better off earning half as much as before (even with rent removed).


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    mickmouse wrote: »
    So lost my job where I was getting 23k a year. I was spending a lot of money on petrol and things and had feck all money left after rent and stuff. I hated getting up at 7AM for work. It was an absolute pain.

    Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king. Get up whenever I want. No more taking orders. Its my first time on the dole since I graduated college and I love welfare! Managing to save 60 euro a week and have plenty of money for booze for the weekends. Isn't life great :pac: When I need extra money I might consider getting a job.

    I hope nothing unforeseen happens in your near future!


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