[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Oh come on Kizzy - please.

A) Jobseekers have to say they are actively seeking work.
B) Are you saying that even the most earnest of job seekers spend 8 hours each and every day looking for work - a comparable working shift for employed people?
C) Who are all the thronging masses sitting on benches in the town center every day - some swigging cider/lager from bottles and cans, some scoring drugs, some already stoned out of their heads or already drunk?

Are you really claiming that the average unemployed person has less disposable time than the average worker?

My friend's on benefits and she's been put on courses that involve her sitting in front of a computer in the job centre and looking for jobs from 9-5 every week day. It's easy to use stupid generalisations to say how easy a life on benefits is but hearing some of the horror stories she has to say about it makes me glad I'm working. I could not do what she has to do every week.

I'd hate to be employed in today's climate and be demonised by people like you for simply trying to do my best. Not only do people in her situation basically work full time hours, they get paid less than minimum wage for it too. With such draconian schemes in place it's understandable that the unemployed not only go for the cheapest option but also the easiest, I could not 'shop around' for the best deals on healthier food if I had been made to suffer 8 hours of tedium every day. At least in work your mind is switched on and you're actively doing stuff, I imagine my brain would rot and I'd fall into a constant state of death-like lethargy if I had to do any of these 'courses' I've heard about.