Are you on the dole?

round tower huntsman wrote: »

prxxks civil servants you have to deal with

I'd agree with this after an encounter my wife had a few weeks ago, it was a phone call from a dole assessor;

DA - Where do you live
Wife - *she explains exactly which house*
DA - I'm outside your house now, why aren't you here? (very rude)
Wife - I'm in work
DA - When do you finish?
Wife - 5pm
DA - Will you be here tomorrow?
Wife - i work Tue to Sat 9-5?
DA - Well if you work all those hours, why are you on the dole?
Wife - I'm not on the dole, i opened my own business and i'm on an ELDC (start-up business payment).
DA - *realising she hadn't even bothered her ass to open my wifes folder before she came to our house, she tries to cover her ass* in a fluster, I dont care what your scheme your on. You're claiming benefits, you have to come down to my office tomorrow morning"
Wife - Ok, what time?
DA - 9am
Wife - I start work at 9am
DA - tuts again - Phone my office for an appointment. and hangs up phone

This assessor had the bitchiest attitude, i'd say she just treats everyone as scum, the meeting in the office a few days later was worse, they hounded her on every little point, they tried to claim i must be earning more money that my wages (just an average wage, but i have to work 60-70 per week for it) and questioned why i was paying for SKY and broadband.
My wife gets €16.25 per week on this scheme, works full-time and is trying her best to get her shop up and running. She could have easily went on the dole, and be making €200 per week doing nothing, but she made the decision to start-up on her own, which is very risky, as if it doesn't work out, she wont every be able to claim the dole again. This week she made €10 after bills, (but it was a worse than normal week), after that meeting she really felt that these people dont see any difference in a person recenlty made redundent and getting €16 per week to start up a shop, and those people who have been on the dole since before the boom busted and get nearly €200 per week plus extras.

No, luckily. Ended up dropping out of my first year college course a few weeks ago, going to re-apply next September. My parents were pestering me to go straight on the dole, but I dug my heels in straight away - who wants to go straight on the dole?!

Luckily, I got a call for an interview the day after I moved back home. I also ended up getting the job, but I haven't started yet. It's only for Christmas work, but it's 20/25 hours a week and hopefully I'll be able to get a permanent job at the end of it (a transfer would be ideal! Need to move out of home. Hello, Galway!). So, I'm just waiting for the call to start work.... Need to save up some money, would love to travel a bit this year.

My mother is on the dole. I don't have a problem with people being on the dole once they're actually looking to get a job again. However, my mother isn't remotely looking for a job. She's over 40, no college education but plenty of experience, and I just wonder what she plans on doing for the rest of her life... I have a problem with her being on the dole, because she's turned into a right parasite. A few years ago, she'd bi*ch about everyone claiming benefits. Now, it's "everyone else is claiming for everything, then so will I!". That attitude really pisses me off. She even tried to force me to go on the dole for the few weeks before I started work.

You can't believe how smug I was when I told her that I had an interview, the day after I dropped out, when she said that "there's absolutely NO jobs ANYWHERE!"

Maybe there would be, if you looked.

So, no, I'm not on the dole, hope I never have to

Just started college so no I am not on the dole.

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

That's just greedy!

gotta get all i can to fund my life abroad very soon:D

Misanthrope wrote: »

Maybe some consultants are making nice dough but they've served their time too, and they serve their purpose.

I brought up the priest thing because it seems more and more that the people in society we exalt and trust are the ones who are harming us.Meanwhile we sneer at society's contributors like doctors.

I think, as I said before, self employed people need to band together and fight for their bit of fair play.They should not be throwing daggers at their own kind.

Irish GPs are self employed,pay crazy tax,and are on your side.They would add significant weight to a union of self employed people and small business employers.Such a union could wield considerable and practical political clout.

First though everyone one must recognise who is on their team.

To be honest with you mate, I know exactly where you are coming from. My own father was self employed. I knew that if he ever had to call time on his work (while he was working), he would have been entitled to no support at all. Frankly I think that is just plain wrong. 30 odd years working and entitled to nothing, while if you do nothing you can receive state aid.

My problem with choosing a doctor as an example is that I don't know of any poor doctor. The few living around us have pretty large houses and large cars. I don't sneer at them, I have huge respect for surgeons who are skilled at what they do, no-more so though than I do for a vet or pharmacist or engineer who is equally good at what they do.

Anyway needless to say, in my opinion, if someone has paid their PRSI they should be every bit as entitled to state support as anyone else.