Work-Shy 3 Hour Queue

[DrFilth]

or is this just more proof that the so-called lazy work-shy want to actually work when they queue for hours for a minimum wage job ?

http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/03/24/three-hour-queue-and-1-500-people-for-40-aldi-jobs/?ncid=webmail10

[DrFilth]

ummmm the only ones that can manage to live on benefits are those that can do some work on the side ( cash in hand )

many years back the hotel night porter was claiming plus doing the porter work for a very low wage ( this was not in england)

[ummmm]

I'm not working and I'm not on benefits. There could be loads like me in that queue.

[DrFilth]

naomi your view not mine

[DrFilth]

ummmm i am the same join the queue-)

[Gromit]

Mikey,
You would get £71 per week to live on. Out of that you would have to pay your mortgage, gas, electric, water, some council tax, insurance and feed yourself. If you wanted to apply for jobs you would also need a phone and internet connection.

I do not think you, or anyone else would choose that.

[naomi24]

Dr Filth. No one's view. Reality. Aldi pays more than the minimum wage, we don't know that all these people are unemployed, and the only one who has mentioned lazy and work-shy is you.

[factor-fiction]

Single person's Contribution based JSA is £70 odd a week and is not meant to pay all the bills- it's to support you in trying to find work. Income based JSA takes account of other income and savings (or rather the lack of income/significant savings) and would normally lead to a higher payment. If you put your details in the benefit calculator you'd get an idea. It's when benefits start to cover housing costs and children that they start to become more substantial and we know that some families receive far more in benefits than they could ever hope to earn after tax from working.

[DrFilth]

in this thread naomi don't forget all the ones in the past


i never saw benefits street as i do not have a tv but got a good idea what was shown from the posts on here

[Tilly2]

As i read it, Dr Filth was saying that people are not work shy if they are prepared to queue for three hours for a job. I thought the 'Work-Shy 3 Hour Queue' heading was tongue in cheek.

[naomi24]

Dr.Filth, and sometimes criticism is justified.

[DrFilth]

Tilly 10/10

[naomi24]

Tilly, indeed, because he assumes that these people are going to be deemed lazy and work-shy by what he perceives as the ‘toffs’ – you can see where his ‘best answer’ has gone – when actually he doesn’t know whether they are unemployed or not, and he certainly isn’t aware of the pay that Aldi offers. This is nothing but manufactured and wonky inverted snobbery.

[factor-fiction]

Correct Tilly. It was being tongue in cheek. Those in the queue were not work shy (unless they had been forced to turn up by the job centre). But there would have been work shy people who didn't turn up there. I bet quite a few though were shop workers at other shops seeking better wages and convenient hours

[jomifl]

/after all if you are on benefits don't you get everything for free -) /

What you do get may be free, but you don't get everything.

[naomi24]

^^ ... at least you don't get everything you might want.

[DrFilth]

naomi sorry i thought i could pick the best answer do i need your permission

[Tilly2]

I see your point, naomi.

[DrFilth]

jomifl i agree but some on here think you do

[steg]

I'm work shy and I have a job

[naomi24]

Dr.Filth, no, you don't need my permission - but your choice serves to confirm what I've said. Thank you for that. ;o)