h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh come on, do tell!

Is it me or has the innuendometer just shot through the roof?

In-your-end-o? In my journal? With my reputation?

Yes it is probably you.. but just leave my inyourendhole out of this please..

Dem bones, dem bones need caalcium, dem bones, dem bones...

Damn, similpost (to coin a typo)

Indeed with your reputation. The world will never be the same again

s I've not sunk yet so far mmyself as to aply for call center work Hope you finds some work soon, I know how it sucks when you have none, applicaitons, and with a couple of degrees and not a single invite to interview thus far yep, it relaly sucks big time though at least I don't su suffer the money trubble, or have to get dole :- two years of looking for work and BoB knows how many job

"I suspect long term spongers like your neighbour are using fictional/exaggerated illnesses to allow an ongoing claim."

How judgemental is that?? I can't beleive you're just writing off someone you've never met as a fraud!

True, some people don't want to work, have no intention of ever working and are a strain on tax payers. But there are plenty of people out there who are long term unemployed for genuine reasons. I don't know whether fords' neighbour is genuine or not, but neither do you!

*has two long term unemployable brothers one due to depression (and generally being a f***wit but he does try to work), one due to back problems (he tries to work as well but normally gets laid off due to so much absence)*

Let's face it, Lambrini isn't exactly champagne - it goes for around 2 quid for a huge bottle round here. I'm not getting at you fords, but seeing someone just written off by someone whose never met them really gets my blood boiling.

Sorry for bringing your journal down.

Ideno, I don't want to start an argument here, but I do suspect that there are alot of people who do not want to find work, or "are too good" for some types of work and would rather stay on the dole than try to find a job.

Granted, there are people with genuine problems that can't find a job because of illness, but they're trying to get back to work anyways. However, in my opinion, there has been an increase in people just taking the easy option of just staying at home, getting money for doing nothing. I've always been raised with a notion that if I want a car or a computer or a satellite reciever I'm damn well gonna have to pay for it myself, but these days I keep seeing people who wants these things and don't want to earn it for themselves.

In the past ten years since I graduated from high school, I've never been without work for more than a month because I've not been 'too good' to take a job I might not enjoy. Instead, I tried it out and kept at it and made the best of it because it got me money.
A lot of people now wouldn't do that. They'd rather go on the dole and stay on the dole than get a job, any job and earn their way.

In the end, long term spongers (and I use that term to indicate people who are not willing to seek work) gets their money from us, the people who decided that we do want to earn our way and pay taxes.


Oh, and just to go off on another tangent here..
2legs and fords, what's so damn wrong about working in a call centre? If it's a steady income, then why not? Okay, it's impersonal, monotonous and generally not very challenging, but still, if there's a pay check involved, why not?

I hope things start working out soon.

And hey!! No call centre bashing, I did a very cool job buying and selling shares for a fund manager but because the funds were open ended any member of the Joe public could buy them. There were so many calls we ended up being (yep you guessed it) a 'Call Centre'.

Best job I've ever had! Talking all day, venting frustration after a kn*bhead on the phone and everyone I worked with was very sociable!

Don't knock it till you've tried it!

"Ideno, I don't want to start an argument here, but I do suspect that there are alot of people who do not want to find work, or "are too good" for some types of work and would rather stay on the dole than try to find a job."

I totally agree with that. What I objected to was that the comment was made about one particular person who the commentor (commentator?) had never met and was therefore a huge assumption based on something that fords had said. Could be the biggest layabout in the world, or could genuinely be having a hard time. None of us really know.

I'm trrying to escape from call centre work but they have discovered tunnels Tom and Harry, but have yet to uncover our Dick. Any answers for this disfunction in this area of trying to escape but not prematurely will be greatly appreciated.

Ku' - as a veteran of two call centre jobs myself, I would like to point out that I was only kidding I don't mind the job of customer service itself, it's the procedures and practices of the places themselves I hate. You've heard me moan often enough about that hellhole I worked in before!

Ideno - I've often ranted about said neighbour both off and online so regulars to my journal and meets know all about him. Of course there are genuine cases, but in his case he is a ned. Simple as that. The sort of person who sells his wheelie bin and fills ours up every week so we can't put our own rubbish in it. The sort of person who lets schoolkids smoke in our close as long as they throw their fag ends outside. The sort of person who has no problems with inviting his neddy friends round at 1 am and causing so much noise the whole street can hear it. Repeatedly.

In short, I have no time for idiots like him. I'm willing to work, I have qualifications and am actively looking for a job whilst he sits on his arse all day in his flat getting drunk on cheap wine and stoned.

Then I offer my sincere apologies to winnoch2 - it's a different account, but it's still me sitting at the keyboard. Eating humble pie.

How many different accounts do you have, girl?

That's a question I'll never answer.

I think last time we counted, we ended up with about 6 or 7. But then again, that was back when I was down at my first London meet about three years ago, so that number is most likely wildly inaccurate.

I can't work in a call centre even if I wanted too; the software on the machiens is not compatible with speech software/screen readers, and though the screen readers are sometimes up to date enough to be compatible, they cnage the work software too often these days for that to be the case for long.

The other reason is the way in which call centres differ now; I had a job on the phone when I was 16/17 which I rahter liked, sitting in a room with about six or so other people using phones rinign up and yep you guessed it selling double glazing Now I think the standard situeation is far far larger areas with all the callers in, no seperations between them, I find it hard to hear what a person calling from a call centre is saying cause you can hear all the other people working there in the background.

Another reason is job stability; every couple of months in the UK another call centre leaves for a different country or is relocated within the UK, I can't be dealing with that.

The main reason; I've plenty of money. I want* a job*, a vocation if I was just after money I'd prefer to be doing outside manual work than office work anyday, of course, I cna't do that either.

"How many different accounts do you have, girl?"

Less than Abi.