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NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 16:22:32
October 05 2010 16:19 GMT
#1
Trying to get a place to live on housing benefits is near impossible in some parts of england. I've been refreshing websites every 10 minutes and phoned over 100 numbers and most agencies in Brighton don't even have places to rent let alone places that accept people on benefits.

I finally (FINALLY) found a guy who hasn't been brainwashed by the myth that housing benefits are "BAD" and will take the 10-odd-hour journey down there tomorrow.

The place is 30+ minutes away from where I wanted to be and the guy hasn't confirmed anything yet, but I still feel lucky as fuck -_-

I phoned all the guesthouses that are marked on Google and they all denied me, even though it's approaching off-season and they won't have many visitors. So I was feeling really shitty about just turning up and walking the streets trying to find somewhere.

Got a job interview too (80%+ chance that I'll get it?) but since my accomodation is yet to be set in writing I'm not getting my hopes up.

I got a job a few weeks ago as a "kitchen porter" in a large games arcade restaurant. The woman told me, twice, she'd fired or had walk out 10 people in the last 7 days because the job was so shitty.

It had 2 parts, 1st was washing dishes and heavy metal trays, 2nd was walking round the tables and loading plates onto a trolly. Sounds fucking easy shit right?

Have you EVER tried to wash heavy plates and metal cooking trays for 5 solid hours, as fast as you possibly can, non-stop? IT FUCKING BLOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWS. It's not the fact that it is ceaseless that bothered me, but moreso that it was fucking painful. No wonder women never do this, you need like bodybuilder grip.

Walking round tables for 5 hours straight, wiping them and bringing the plates back to the kitchen? 1 hour..fine..bit boring....5...7 hours? Argghhh. Dizzying!

But the worst of it...

The boss was this fat short northern woman. I'm so fucking amiacable but she is the nastiest bit of work you can imagine. Rude, obnoxious, if you try to tell her something she'll just interrupt with "I don't want any excuses, get on with your job. When you're told to do something do it immeditaly. (WTF I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO DO IT NO ONE TELLS ME AND JUST WALKS OFF?). I've fired people for less than that." etc.

It's because people are sooo fucking desperate for a job they can abuse the fuck out of you and don't give a shit because if you leave there are 1000 others to fill your place. For £5.80 an hour.

As I was leaving Blackpool by taxi, I stopped there to give in my uniform. Knocked on the open-office door and went in, told the lady "Hi there, I'm just returning my uniform, thanks a lot". She was like "WTF YOU WAIT OUTSIDE UNTIL IM READY TO TALK TO YOU." I was like "lol got a taxi waiting thanks so much byeeeee". GOD THE PEOPLE ARE REDICULOUS. I hope they're actually going to pay me after all this.



NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 05 2010 16:25 GMT
#2
Oh yeah and if you/family own a spare room near central brighton and want to make £500/month until I start getting paychecks give me a pm
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
October 05 2010 17:11 GMT
#3
I did a job pretty similar to that for half a year for 4.80 an hour. You lucky sunovabitch.

Brightons a lovely place lol, I really liked it. Jobs and housing are ridiculous everywhere right now in the UK, as illustrated by what I did for the last 6 months -.-
My. Copy. Is. Here.
Vequeth
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United Kingdom1116 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 17:19:23
October 05 2010 17:19 GMT
#4
My housemate in brighton was a KP, he was a hard ass mofo.
Aspiring British Caster / Masters Protoss
bmml
Profile Joined December 2009
United Kingdom962 Posts
October 05 2010 18:40 GMT
#5
That doesnt sound like a bad job, it sounds like a job job.
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4461 Posts
October 06 2010 00:32 GMT
#6
how heavy can plates and trays be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
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