fernmonkey

So the mank of last week has lifted leaving a rather nice chesty cough with a variey of phlegm, mmmm nice.

Went to sign on, the conversation ran thus:

Me: 'Here are my ridiculous forms.'

Them: Processing.... 'So what have you done to find work since you finished university?'

Me: 'I have indeed found work and start at the beginning of September.'

Them: 'Congratulations, now what shall I say you shall be doing to find work until then?'

Me: '?'

Them: 'This is "JobSeekers Allowance", to be eligible you have to be actively looking for work.'

Me: 'So you want me to look for a company offering a job for a programmer for 3 weeks.'

Them: 'I can check for any current positions on our computer system right now if you'd like?'

Me: 'Please do.'

Them: 'So what fields are you looking at for work.'

Me: 'Desktop publishing & pre-press, illustration, digital manipulation, web design and coding.'

Them: tap tap tap tap .... 'We don't seem to have a code for that, I'll just put general IT shall I?'

Me: 'Feel free to do so.'

Them: tap tap tap tap tap ... 'Oh, we don't seem to have anything at the moment......'

Colour me surprised, I plan on having some fun at the expense of the Benefits Agency drones.