what a bunch of fucking incompetent arseholes!

Heineken Helen

Urgh... so I was at the job centre twice this week sorting out my claim form. I'm transfering the dole from Ireland so it's not even their fucking money they're paying. The guy mentioned national insurance number so I said 'yeh, I'll need one of those' and he said 'don't worry, we'll sort one out for you' so in my card he gave me which I need to sign on, the national insurance number thing was filled out so I presumed that was it. I asked them how much it would convert to in euro and he said to call the benefit number the next day. So I called it today. She asked me for my national insurance number, I gave it to her and she said 'no, that's not one... and I can't process your claim til you get one' so I'd to call another number. Now I've to fucking go to Birmingham on Monday to do a fucking interview to get one, even though I'd an hour and a half long interview on Wednesday... what the fuck was that about?... in the meantime, all I know is I have to sign on every fucking two weeks... and who the fuck knows if and when I'm ever going to get any fucking money. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... does ANYBODY know how the fuck to do their job?

The woman I called first today... when I was talking to her she had all attitude and said 'sorry I don't understand a word you're saying' :mad: then she asked me if I'm from Northern Ireland or the Free state? :eek:

fucking hell.. then they expect you to be looking for work the whole time, when this is taking up every fucking day!

eyedclaar

Wanna arm-wrestle or something? You might need to work out a frustration or two...

Heineken Helen

eyedclaar wrote:

Wanna arm-wrestle or something? You might need to work out a frustration or two...

funny how even typing it out helps clear some of the frustration... and a cigarette

I'm just soooo fucking annoyed. If they keep telling me they don't know what's going on, I'm gonna have to contact the department at home cos they were much more competent and helpful... and you don't just get passed from person to person who decide, while they have you on the line, that there's something else you should do for THEM! They're gonna fuck me around for weeks... but they've NO idea how fucking stubborn I can be

URGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :eek:

tybird

bureaucrats....a world-wide plague.....:D

Black Diamond

Heineken Helen wrote:

funny how even typing it out helps clear some of the frustration... and a cigarette

I'm just soooo fucking annoyed. If they keep telling me they don't know what's going on, I'm gonna have to contact the department at home cos they were much more competent and helpful... and you don't just get passed from person to person who decide, while they have you on the line, that there's something else you should do for THEM! They're gonna fuck me around for weeks... but they've NO idea how fucking stubborn I can be

URGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :eek:

Soooooo, now would be a bad time to invite you over to the Stop Smoking Cigarette Thread and join us in quitting?

chime

Hells a NI number would be written AB 12 34 56 C. Not surprised you have to go to one of the main job centres for an interview to get one these days.

How often do you have to sign on in Ireland?

Heineken Helen

tybird wrote:

bureaucrats....a world-wide plague.....:D

:( unfortunately! They were probably just better at home cos I'm Irish and they deal with very few Irish people... but here I suppose I'm a foreigner so they're in no rush to help. Fair enough I suppose :cool: but they really fucking make you jump through hoops. When I was putting my claim through the other day, the guy even asked if I'm pregnant?????????? :eek: what the fuck?

Heineken Helen

Chime wrote:

Hells a NI number would be written AB 12 34 56 C. Not surprised you have to go to one of the main job centres for an interview to get one these days.

How often do you have to sign on in Ireland?

Every month... and get paid weekly. Here I have to sign on every two weeks and get paid bi-weekly I suppose

Oh I'm not bothered about the HAVING to go get the NI number... I just wish he'd told me. Cos he said he'd sort it out for me and then filled in some kinda number so I presumed that was it. He didn't tell me that if I DIDN'T go for this interview, my claim couldn't be processed I'd imagine that's pretty fucking important information

Heineken Helen

Black Diamond wrote:

Soooooo, now would be a bad time to invite you over to the Stop Smoking Cigarette Thread and join us in quitting?

yep... but I wish YOU plenty of success

Just don't fucking try and drag me in with ya just yet

dunkman

if i was moving to another country i would have all this done beforehand... but i'm what you call in Ireland 'a genius'... or 'normal' here in the UK.

jamie uk

Heineken Helen wrote:

bi-weekly I suppose

Aaah, Bi-Weekly :rolleyes: good magazine that...

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

if i was moving to another country i would have all this done beforehand... but i'm what you call in Ireland 'a genius'... or 'normal' here in the UK. : D

:rolleyes: you can't do it from another country ya twat... you've to go for interview for all this stuff

Besides, I'd plenty to keep me seriously busy before moving anyway.

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

:rolleyes: you can't do it from another country ya twat... you've to go for interview for all this stuff

Besides, I'd plenty to keep me seriously busy before moving anyway.

no, what you should have done was

a) inform your local lazy fuckers dept or Job Centre in The Free State, whatever you prefer and ask them, seeing as they are all knowing in this matter, what the procedure is once you're on the mainland.

b) phone across to Englandshire and speak to someone some 2 months ago and say "hi i'm moving to your shithole of a country, how the fuck do i transfer my skiving allowance to your stupid system"


easy

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

no, what you should have done was

a) inform your local lazy fuckers dept or Job Centre, whatever you prefer and ask them, seeing as they are all knowing in this matter, what the procedure is once you're on the mainland.

b) phone across to Englandshire and speak to someone some 2 months ago and say "hi i'm moving to your shithole of a country, how the fuck do i transfer my skiving allowance to your stupid system"


easy

a. I did inform my local people... they gave me the form I needed and that was all I had to do there. I asked them what I have to do... they said to go to the local place here and hand them the form and that was it.

b. I didn't know I was moving 2 months ago... I hadn't thought about even transferring til a few weeks before I was moving. And my local people had ALREADY told me how to transfer here.

easy... til you deal with incompetency! Nobody knows what the fucking form IS that I gave them :eek:

And fuck you and your fucking mainland.

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

And fuck you and your fucking mainland.

tee hee.


i just shivered as i've just realised we're now on the same bit of land

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

tee hee.


i just shivered as i've just realised we're now on the same bit of land

:mad: are you TRYING to make me suicidal?

Rygar

Aren't they both the same country??

chime

Rygar wrote:

Aren't they both the same country??

:eek: are YOU feeling suicidal?

Rygar

Chime wrote:

:eek: are YOU feeling suicidal?

Shh, just go with it, it'll be funny.

Heineken Helen

Rygar wrote:

Shh, just go with it, it'll be funny.

Ya reckon? :rolleyes:

Heineken Helen

so I've got my google directions and should be ok finding the place on Monday that I need to get to!

Rygar

Heineken Helen wrote:

Ya reckon? :rolleyes:

I do seem to recall the last time being a regular laugh fest

Heineken Helen

Rygar wrote:

I do seem to recall the last time being a regular laugh fest

that's funny... I don't

Rygar

Heineken Helen wrote:

that's funny... I don't

Well you're laughing now, aren't you? That's all that is important

It would have been much better if the job centre was staffed by Irish immigrants (it WAS, wasn't it!).

angie76

eh...how frustrating.Im sorry you are going through that. I hate when people don't know what they are doing and you end up going through a rigamarole.

Heineken Helen

angie76 wrote:

eh...how frustrating.Im sorry you are going through that. I hate when people don't know what they are doing and you end up going through a rigamarole.

Thank you I just want someone to say 'hold the line please and we'll get this mess sorted out right here and now' but I guess that never happens in the real world, lol. I hope the people I talk to on Monday know what they're doing . I'm expecting it to be more circles... and more passing the buck... but hey, they might surprise me, right? right???????

angie76

Heineken Helen wrote:

Thank you I just want someone to say 'hold the line please and we'll get this mess sorted out right here and now' but I guess that never happens in the real world, lol. I hope the people I talk to on Monday know what they're doing . I'm expecting it to be more circles... and more passing the buck... but hey, they might surprise me, right? right???????

Yeah that's the worse when you just keep getting the run around..I hope it gets straightened out for you.

Heineken Helen

angie76 wrote:

Yeah that's the worse when you just keep getting the run around..I hope it gets straightened out for you.

Thanks I'm sure it will eventually... I've just realised they're gonna make it difficult... so now I'm READY to be stubborn and stand my ground and do every little bloody thing they tell me to do! It's gonna take a while but it WILL be fine... dammit

Hitch-Hiker

Heineken Helen wrote:

Urgh... so I was at the job centre twice this week sorting out my claim form. I'm transfering the dole from Ireland so it's not even their fucking money they're paying. The guy mentioned national insurance number so I said 'yeh, I'll need one of those' and he said 'don't worry, we'll sort one out for you' so in my card he gave me which I need to sign on, the national insurance number thing was filled out so I presumed that was it. I asked them how much it would convert to in euro and he said to call the benefit number the next day. So I called it today. She asked me for my national insurance number, I gave it to her and she said 'no, that's not one... and I can't process your claim til you get one' so I'd to call another number. Now I've to fucking go to Birmingham on Monday to do a fucking interview to get one, even though I'd an hour and a half long interview on Wednesday... what the fuck was that about?... in the meantime, all I know is I have to sign on every fucking two weeks... and who the fuck knows if and when I'm ever going to get any fucking money. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... does ANYBODY know how the fuck to do their job?

The woman I called first today... when I was talking to her she had all attitude and said 'sorry I don't understand a word you're saying' :mad: then she asked me if I'm from Northern Ireland orthe Free state?:eek:

fucking hell.. then they expect you to be looking for work the whole time, when this is taking up every fucking day!

I hope you gave her a fist sndwich after that one. Ignorant fucker.

dunkman

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

I hope you gave her a fist sndwich after that one. Ignorant fucker.

isnt Texas the free state or something

Hitch-Hiker

never mind. Double post.