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NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 09 2010 11:28 GMT
#1
tldr: don't go to brighton trying to find a place to live on housing benefits.

I got to Hull bus station in good time and tried to book m Megabus (national servive) to Brighton for approx £13. Lady told me Megabus' "SYSTEM IS DOWN YOU CAN'T BOOK ANY JOURNEYS TODAY LOL". Phoned them 3 times for like £1/minute, was told I could book locally by on person and then told you can't do it anywhere by a manager.

What NATIONAL bus service has a system crash that means you can't book ANY journeys for that day????? I just watched a docu about Enron and it sounds like something as shady as them crashing the electricity grids.

So I'm worried as fuck now since its midday and I was relying on megabus SINCE I HAVE NO FUCKING MONEY WHATSOEVER.

Booked the next bus to leeds-> london and a train to Brighton for 4x the cost. Woman at the desk told me I'd have to pay an extra £20 if I wanted to bring my 2nd bag and guitar LOL. Obv I didn't bother to pay and had no problems boarding.

Around 8pm my landlord told me I can't stay in the place and he's interviewing other people for the room. That's it, I'm FUCKED. I'd phoned well over 100 people trying to find a place that takes housing benefits and he basically just cancelled. I had £90 left to find a place.

With 2 luggages and a guitar, weighing 10,000kg, I walked through Brighton for 1.5 hours, visiting four hostels that were ALL FULLY BOOKED.

I finally gave up and luckily found a hotel that let me stay for £20.

Next morning I am really worried. I leave luggage in the room and set out early. I go from street to street knocking on doors asking for a place that'd accept housing benefits as payment.

There are zillions of B&Bs here, but even the ones with a tiny sign on the door that you'd never notice down some backalley are charging £25/night and have no vacencies, let alone the chance in hell one would take housing benefits. Everyone was telling me it was hopeless.

I found a place. A damn damn nice hotel on the seafront. I didn't know for sure until 7pm that night when I gave the £100 deposit (I applied for a "Crisis Loan" and got £77 from the job centre during the day).

Room is fantastic, own shower, double bed. Duration hasn't been set in stone but at least 1 month residency. Set everything up, got to go on Monday for appointment to confirm everything with government.

Spent 2 hours trying to find the place, out of town, for job interview. Got the job but won't be able to start for .....6 weeks? Due to criminal check -_-

Got £30 now and no money for 10 days when I get £50 from government hopefully. Bought a vibrator that's as big as a hairdryer and made in around 1985. ITS AMAZING LOL.

Hitting send now coz battery dying

*****
DwmC_Foefen
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Belgium2186 Posts
October 09 2010 11:37 GMT
#2
You bought a vibrator

as big as a hairdryer?


5/5
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 09 2010 11:39 GMT
#3
Charity shops, man
LonelyIslands
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada590 Posts
October 09 2010 11:41 GMT
#4
What about batteries? Do they take D-Cells? What is housing benefits?
My heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
251
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1401 Posts
October 09 2010 11:46 GMT
#5
I'm really not sure what I just read. You're broke and needed a place out of town to stay for a job interview? What are housing benefits?

Also if you're broke, why in god's name did you buy a giant vibrator
"If you can chill..........then chill."
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 09 2010 11:49 GMT
#6
About brighton: its epic.

I haven't been to many places in UK but i know what sucks and brighton doesnt seem to suck. Its reeeealllly RICH place filled with southerners and beautiful foreign students like polish. polish girls are 300x better looking than british girls it appears (there were tons in Hull too).

Seriously i have never seen so many women that fill my criterior for hot, which i thought was very specific but im guessing thats only because i lived in shitty ugly areas before : p

There are massives of shops, and proper shops too. All the hundreds of chip-shops in blackpool are replaced with proper delis and mini restaurants.

Got a tanning salon near to me, charges £6 for 6 minutes. I THINK NOT SOMEHOW LOL.




What I've gotta do now is keep looking for a place that accepts housing benefits, incase this place decides to kick me out (nothing is ever certain and Im back to where i started if they do).

Like i said ive got a job but cant start it for ages, also its an hour journey to get there and bus pass is £55 that i obviously dont have. so ive also gotta apply for more jobs and get some income asap.

Budget budget budget! i have £30 now and no cooker, i bought some bread and cheese but cheese isnt the cheapest thing around. maybe jam? ugh.
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 09 2010 11:54 GMT
#7
On October 09 2010 20:41 LonelyIslands wrote:
What about batteries? Do they take D-Cells? What is housing benefits?


what? it plugs into a wall socket, how cool is that :D super powerful thing (well, not that i have much experience with vibrators)


housing benefits is when you have no job and no money and the government pays for your rented accomodation. its awesome if you have a place to stay already that accepts it, but its verrrry hard to move house if you're on it.

most landlords hate it because its paid in arrears rather than upfront. and in brighton, where most estate agents dont even have 1 flat to rent out (and i phoned 80 of them), its impossible to find a place that accepts housing benefit.
Smurg
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3818 Posts
October 09 2010 12:25 GMT
#8
Wtf?

I think the vibrator thing sticks out more than anything. No pun intended.

Why would a dude need a vibrator ps?
Congism
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Scotland123 Posts
October 09 2010 12:46 GMT
#9
On October 09 2010 21:25 Smurg wrote:
Wtf?

I think the vibrator thing sticks out more than anything. No pun intended.

Why would a dude need a vibrator ps?

I thought Brighton + Guy buying a didlo was obvious, but then he talked about all the attractive women he was seeing, idk.
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 09 2010 13:07 GMT
#10
its actually disguised as a body massager, is huge, looks like a hairdryer, plugs into the wall and was probably made in 1980s. god it feels sooo good im going back to my room to play with it right now
King K. Rool
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada4408 Posts
October 09 2010 13:13 GMT
#11
5/5 for vibrator

also good luck with your job hunting.
Rayzorblade
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States1172 Posts
October 09 2010 16:00 GMT
#12
This is actually one of the most awesome blogs in a while lol.

Vibrator at end makes it so.
Ciryandor
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3735 Posts
October 09 2010 16:08 GMT
#13
Vibrator made me LOL hard... btw, you're a dude right? Hmmm... would be interesting to play THAT with the ladies even if you're hard up. LOL
에일리 and 아이유 <3 - O Captain 박재혁 ・゚✧*:・*゚+..。✧・゚:*・..。 ✧・゚ :・゚* ゜・*:・ ✧・゚:・゚:.。 ✧・゚ SPARKULING ・゜・:・゚✧*:・゚✧。*゚+..。 ✧・゚: ✧・゚:*・゜・:・゚✧*::
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
October 09 2010 16:23 GMT
#14
On October 09 2010 22:07 NickC wrote:
its actually disguised as a body massager, is huge, looks like a hairdryer, plugs into the wall and was probably made in 1980s. god it feels sooo good im going back to my room to play with it right now


so are you bi? I'm just curious
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
LonelyIslands
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada590 Posts
October 09 2010 19:00 GMT
#15
Yeah, so what's the deal with this vibrator?
My heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
SolHeiM
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1264 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-09 19:12:01
October 09 2010 19:11 GMT
#16
So you are completely alone in the world, have close to no money and you decide that instead of saving it for something useful, like food? you decide to buy a vibrator to "play with it" in your room.

Somehow I get the feeling this story is a bit fabricated.
StorkHwaiting
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3465 Posts
October 09 2010 19:35 GMT
#17
I like this man's priorities.
rainei
Profile Joined November 2009
Canada1316 Posts
October 09 2010 21:28 GMT
#18
On October 10 2010 04:35 StorkHwaiting wrote:
I like this man's priorities.


haha yea, seriously, I don't know what to think. This guy just barely found a place to stay, some spare change for food, and a giant vibrator, and no job until at least next month or something.
All aboard the HSY fanboat/train/ whatever form of transportation you desire!! Everyday is Sojin day
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
October 09 2010 22:08 GMT
#19
On October 10 2010 04:11 SolHeiM wrote:
So you are completely alone in the world, have close to no money and you decide that instead of saving it for something useful, like food? you decide to buy a vibrator to "play with it" in your room.

Somehow I get the feeling this story is a bit fabricated.


knowing the guy somewhat online, i really suspect it's all truth
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
October 09 2010 22:50 GMT
#20
food lasts only until you eat it. a vibrator is for life.
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mustache
Profile Joined April 2010
Switzerland309 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-13 11:40:08
October 13 2010 11:39 GMT
#21
Still regularly checking this blog in hope of finding out more about the vibrator
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 13 2010 11:52 GMT
#22
ahh will try to remember to find a pic of it if one exists, gotta go out now tho still lookin for jobs >_<
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 14 2010 17:55 GMT
#23
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NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 14 2010 17:56 GMT
#24
its bigger than that bv its like a hairdryer
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
October 14 2010 18:10 GMT
#25
...so, it's like a massager?
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
October 14 2010 19:12 GMT
#26
Ahaha so anticlimactic

No pun intended
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
LonelyIslands
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada590 Posts
October 14 2010 19:57 GMT
#27
This is perhaps the biggest unanswered question ever..
My heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
pinenamu
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States770 Posts
October 14 2010 20:35 GMT
#28
lool I was imagining some huge cylinder. but alas, it's just a massager.

Good luck on surviving with that money, hope everything goes well!
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