what a bunch of fucking incompetent arseholes!

chime

Heineken Helen wrote:

Hahahaa... so I got up early yesterday, went to Birmingham hours early to make sure I'd find the place, sat in a coffee shop with a book for a couple of hours then went to the place... there was a letter waiting for me saying I'd been rescheduled to next Monday in Worcester fuckers fuckers fuckers!

Well it sounds like you had a nice day out ... I wish that was how I spent my Monday ... hope it was a good book.

Ah well at least you're learning your way around your new locale ... Worcester eh?

Heineken Helen

Chime wrote:

Well it sounds like you had a nice day out ... I wish that was how I spent my Monday ... hope it was a good book.

Ah well at least you're learning your way around your new locale ... Worcester eh?

see... what they don't know is that I was gonna have to figure out Birmingham for today anyway in order to pick up my sister... so that's done... I know where I have to go. The letter they gave me, with my address on it, may also be sufficient in order for me to open a bank account. Oh and things still running smoothly at home... my bank called to confirm the address I wrote them to change it to... so my statements should be in the post. So that's something I spose

Apparently they should never have sent me to Birmingham in the first place cos Worcester's my local one and that's where my details will be. Cos ya know, they don't have computers and all that She did apologise profusely and say that in the future it will all be computerised... not much good to me yesterday though, lol.

eMMI

damn, sounds infuriating. :mad:

but, like you've said, you're a stubborn one and will be fine.

surfanddestroy

They are just trying to give you something to do so you dont get bored whilst you are out of work.

FinsburyParkCarrots

This is what happens when you forsake the most beautiful country in the world for a shithole.

Linda

Heineken Helen wrote:

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.

Hels, this is where you went "wrong", never EVER presume with these kinda matters, MAKE SURE!!!!!


give 'm hell, Hel....:D

Heineken Helen

surfanddestroy wrote:

They are just trying to give you something to do so you dont get bored whilst you are out of work.

BUT I'm supposed to prove that I'm 'actively looking' for work... while they're trying to convince me that I may not actually be entitled to work here anyway so if I find a job, I can't actually take it til I have my NI number really... but yet if I'm not looking they can revoke my payments ahhh... ya gotta love the circular bullshit.

Heineken Helen

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

This is what happens when you forsake the most beautiful country in the world for a shithole.

Good point I'm a bit shocked at how backwards things are here ... we don't even have recycling :eek:

Linda thanks and I most certainly will I learn these things as I go along.

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

Good point I'm a bit shocked at how backwards things are here ... we don't even have recycling :eek:

really? thats odd... i thought most, if not all, local authorities HAVE to provide recycling facilities?

dunkman

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

This is what happens when you forsake the most beautiful country in the world for a shithole.

yep, Norway is fucking beautiful.. i give thee that

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

really? thats odd... i thought most, if not all, local authorities HAVE to provide recycling facilities?

that's strange... cos we don't have it but you know best dunky we have a small bin that's collected once every two weeks :eek: no green or brown bin

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

that's strange... cos we don't have it but you know best dunky we have a small bin that's collected once every two weeks :eek: no green or brown bin

no, i'm saying they have to provide facilities, not a door to door collection of stuff.. somewhere near where you live will be a recycling point.. thats what i meant.

chime

Heineken Helen wrote:

that's strange... cos we don't have it but you know best dunky we have a small bin that's collected once every two weeks :eek: no green or brown bin

That is weird ... we have recycling collected every week ... they even take clothes and toys for charity at the same time. Where on earth have you moved to :eek:

Heineken Helen

Chime wrote:

That is weird ... we have recycling collected every week ... they even take clothes and toys for charity at the same time. Where on earth have you moved to :eek:

fuck knows!

Dunk that's completely different... of course anyone who drives can go to a recycling point probably anywhere in the world... I'm talking about the wonder of having three bins... one black, one brown and one green where you sort your rubbish into and each one being collected regularly.

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

fuck knows!

Dunk that's completely different... of course anyone who drives can go to a recycling point probably anywhere in the world... I'm talking about the wonder of having three bins... one black, one brown and one green where you sort your rubbish into and each one being collected regularly.

well Ireland only has a population of 14 or whatever it is.. the UK has about 60 million.. 3 bins and all that collection costs money... maybe thats why?

our Paper bins are blue... and we also get a giant compost bin from the council for food waste... other than that it all goes in the same bin as our council has a state of the art Eco-Deco centre that sorts out all the rubbish for you and recycles it that way.. but not all councils have that right enough.

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

well Ireland only has a population of 14 or whatever it is.. the UK has about 60 million.. 3 bins and all that collection costs money... maybe thats why?

our Paper bins are blue... and we also get a giant compost bin from the council for food waste... other than that it all goes in the same bin as our council has a state of the art Eco-Deco centre that sorts out all the rubbish for you and recycles it that way.. but not all councils have that right enough.

we pay for the bins at home... just like they have council tax here

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

we pay for the bins at home... just like they have council tax here

well fuck off back there if it's so great.

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

well fuck off back there if it's so great.

just saying you can't use population and money as an excuse

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

just saying you can't use population and money as an excuse

well you have to weigh things up hells.. like here in the UK we have better roads than in Ireland, you also wont have to pay to see a doctor now, like you did in Ireland... so maybe the recycling isnt as good, but some things are better... and some things are worse.

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

well you have to weigh things up hells.. like here in the UK we have better roads than in Ireland, you also wont have to pay to see a doctor now, like you did in Ireland... so maybe the recycling isnt as good, but some things are better... and some things are worse.

Good point I do know that... I'm not going around with attitude going... 'oooh, this is so much better at home' 'ah that's so much better at home', etc. cos I know people would soon get sick of me pretty fucking quickly if I was... which is why I'm limiting to saying it here... OR I'll say it like 'don't we have recycling?' instead of 'oh my god, we've SUCH better facilities at home'