What kind of society?

[annie0000]

This story is second hand, but I have no reason to doubt the truth of it. A friend of a friend was on a bus the other day - it was a pretty full bus. It stopped as there was a young girl with a young baby in a buggy. The driver said to the girl, sorry, I have room for you, but no room for the buggy. The girl picked the baby out of the buggy and got on the bus and said "no worrys, the sosh (social security) will buy me another one" .

It was apparently a nice buggy.

[daffy654]

Sounds like an urban myth to me.The DWP would not buy her a new buggy,she would have to fund it herself.

[daffy654]

Also.....she could have just collapsed the buggy and carried it on the bus,the driver isn't allowed to refuse in that circumstance.

[Bobbisox]

the same kind of society that allows a Mother (NOT) to walk free after abandoning her 4 kids in favour of a booze and drugs bender!

[daffy654]

The man thing that makes me think this is an urban myth is the social security hasn't been called that for many years now so a young girl would not refer to the DWP as the sosh.
The friend of a friend is obviously talking rubbish annie.

[daffy654]

*main*..........I need a new keyboard my keys are sticking (;_;)

[jake-the-peg]

Rolls on the floor laughing!

All the hallmarks of an urban myth!

Friend of a friend - reinforcing prejudice and stereotype

Sorry - you don't actually believe this do you?

[Bobbisox]

Daffy I've heard it referred to here as the 'Nash'?
thankfully I have never had to use it tho'

Bobbi x

[ummmm]

I still call it the social.

[daffy654]

Probably by older mothers though Bobbi unless that is just a term local to Tyneside?
My mum still calls it the DSS and still refers to child benefit as family allowance.

[daffy654]

I call it the social too ummmm,but that is because that is what it was when I had my first two children and applied for child benefit. Annie refers to the mother in her story as a 'girl' though so we are supposed to assume a teen mum by that.

[craft1948]

I thought you were going to say that she got on the bus and left the baby & buggy behind....

[123everton]

It's clearly rubbish

[jake-the-peg]

****URBAN MYTH*******

Unless your friend of a friend blogs for the far right Stormfront

http://www.stormfront...owthread.php?t=554003

only here it's an asylum seeker

[daffy654]

I feel like I need a bath after reading some of the posts on that site jake!!!
What a horrible bunch of people they are on there.