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- |1-Why I Got A Job!
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- By The Main Man / QuI
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- I`m employed yes it`s true after many hours of searching I finally
- got myself a job!. Why I hear you all cry, why should the Main Man who
- was having so much fun on the dole leave it to get a job well I just got
- fed up!.
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- Oh yes it`s a great life on the dole having to get up every second
- week on a Monday morning!. Travelling to the town centre on a minor
- miracle of the modern age; public transport (well lets face it it`s a
- miracle these vehicles are still moving!.) Then walking in the rain to
- the job centre. Having to wait in a queue for half an hour and then be
- spoken to like something I scraped off my shoe while entering the job
- centre. Then answering that most famous of job centre questions - Have
- you done any work paid or unpaid in the last two weeks?. I of course
- replied - well apart from the decorating jobs and the landscape
- gardening my life has been pretty quiet!. Then after signing my name
- and stuffing my p45 in my back pocket I left for another fortnight of
- relaxation.
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- After a few more merry quips at the dole office they decided it was
- time to get me off the dole!. So they started leaning on me in the
- usual way!. Firstly the interview!. You know the usual stuff what are
- you doing to find a job? - Well I have a flick through the papers now
- and again!. Would you like us to try and help you find a job? - Not
- particularly!. What kind of job would you like? - One that pays lots
- for doing as little as possible!. Would you like to go on one of our
- courses? - Nope!. Finally I gave in and said I would go on their new
- "Job Interview Guarantee!" scheme where I put my name down at the job
- centre and any jobs that come into the job centre will be checked
- against my requirements!. Well my name stayed on the list for 2 months
- and then after two months I had a little card shoved through my door
- with a message saying dear Mr Main Man your name has been taken off the
- jig team register. Well I thought that was an astouding success, then
- they decided to get heavy!. Another interview loomed and as I went in I
- had the feeling that this wasn`t going to be too easy I was right!. The
- usual questions were asked and the usual answers given and the outcome
- of this interview. I was to go on a back to work course or my dole
- would be halved!. So off I went. Go on a back to work course or my
- dole would be halved!.
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- I was put back on the jig team. Oh god I thought what a bloody
- laugh. However the following week I was ordered to have an interview at
- the job centre to work at Powergen. So I went for the interview and
- after a lot of sneering and evil looks I was told I was not suitable for
- the job. This was the final straw I was sick of the way I was being
- treated and so decided to look for a job myself. Three weeks later I
- went for an interview and got a job as a finance clerk. Not a great job
- but fairly well paid.
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- Am I happy? Well yes, because after being with the company for 2
- months I got a promotion to computer operator and I am still working
- there now. After 8 months it seems like the time I spent having to put
- up with so much crap on the dole was just a distant nightmare. So if
- your a dole scrounger like I was I advise you to get a job. It`s a lot
- better than being treated like crap on the dole. I personally recommend
- it.
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