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Coming off the dole

  • 27-02-2016 11:48am
    #1
    Young Blood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭


    Are there withdrawal symptoms?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    No. Just relief when it happened me.


  • #3
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Yes OP, you'll drop your can of dutch gold, and shred your tracksuit bottoms, your accent will change from a northside dublin slur to a sophisticated Dublin 4 accent, and emerge from your cocoon as a fully functioning member of society.


  • #4
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    Don't forget to take your hand out of your pants, it's frowned upon in most workplaces.

    I had no withdrawal symptoms, was only on it for 7 weeks though.

    Good luck with the job


  • #5
    strawdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭strawdog


    Whatever about the psychological symptoms, the lack of income while you work a back month can cause quite a large pain in the proverbials


  • #6
    jamesbondings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭jamesbondings


    When I came off it all I felt was relief. Relief that I didn't have to deal with those ****ehawks again.
    They made me feel worse for even needing to be on the social in the first place. Not all of them tbf but most.

    Good luck with the job!


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  • #7
    JohnCleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    All this dole talk of late has me curious. I feel like i'm missing out or something?


  • #8
    The Raptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭The Raptor


    jamesbondings wrote: »
    When I came off it all I felt was relief. Relief that I didn't have to deal with those ****ehawks again.
    They made me feel worse for even needing to be on the social in the first place. Not all of them tbf but most.

    Good luck with the job!


    Exactly how I felt as well.

    It was bad enough being on the dole but the people I had to deal with.

    At one of those meetings, I wasn't allowed to pick my own course. They tried to force me into a very basic computer course because places were available to start the week after. A course on the same level as the junior certificate and to learn such things as library researching skills, internet skills, word processing, work experience. I had a level 6 and level 7 already where I done a whole lot more at a level 6 and 7. I figured it was more to do with work experience and slave labour more than anything.

    To go backwards was stupid, how about a new course where I would learn something. But nope, i would have to wait it out to start a different course until it started.

    It was a way to force suicide on people.


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