Benefit Britain

[joebloggs]

i dont think you get use to the life style you get in a rut and its difficult to get out of it , who's going to take the risk of employing anyone who's long term unemployed? when your probably lacking the social skills, demoralized, depressed and undesirable from potential employers' point of view
i've been there to, wasted a year in the dark days of thatchers record unemployed but i got a break and I've never been out of work for longer than a week .

[JimOttley]

Smithy was not really depressed, part of the problem was that he would sit in an interview and look so far down his nose at the interviewer that nobody would hire him, he could show unmitigated contempt for those of lesser brain he really was an arrogant lad, although albeit in a nice way

But I agree most people are not like him and for most it's more like getting in a rut, if you can occupy your mind while unemployed you won't suffer from that rut but I agree you still need something to get you out of the pattern.

I got through Thatchers years fully employed but it was a miserable time in most ways, the 90's were much more fun

Sadly I think we are in for another hard decade and that we just have to tough it out.

[gWaPito]

Jim Ottley, that was one of the best posts I have read on this forum. .

[JimOttley]

Jim Ottley, that was one of the best posts I have read on this forum. .

Thanks gWaPito - just my memories of things gone by, it's just a shame that yet another generation are going to experience this level of hardship once more.