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My missus has been off sick for around 8 months now. After 6 months her employers stopped paying her sick pay, no problem, the government pick up that bill from now on, that's what she's been paying contributions into after all.
So now they've stopped paying her, because she has to fill out a form so they can decide if she is really unable to work or not.
OK, where's the form, we'll get it filled in.
Sorry, we haven't got any of them at the moment.
So you cannot pay me until I fill out a form that you cannot give me.
That's just elephanting marvelous.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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"Sorry, but we don't have a printer"???
That's a wtf, if ever there were one.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Atos have been getting so much stick for their sickness assessment services that maybe they are now meeting their cost-cutting targets by not letting people get as far as being assessed?
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There was a story last year about one of their assessment centres being on the first floor of a building with only access by stairs.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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You think that is bad - have a look at this story about where you had to go to apply for a blue badge in Liverpool[^]!
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It's pure Catch 22.
You have to apply for it, but if you can get to where you need to apply you do not qualify.
Joseph Heller would be proud.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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The majority of forms for all matter of things relating to the UK govermenment paperchase can be found online, start your hunting at gov.uk
Good luck finding it!
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Yeah I've just found it.
20 page fecking document that has to be filled out.
This is the third time they've cancelled her payments, first time was because someone put her application in for the wrong thing, second was because the address on her sick note is different from her home address (registered with docs under my parents address cos we no longer live in their catchment area).
It's not like she's refusing to work, she has a job, she's been on the phone to the doctor trying to persuade him to sign her back to work this morning and he wont.
Still, we're all in this together.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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ChrisElston wrote: Still, we're all in this together.
Speak for yorself. I'm in the deep doo-doo due to the small amter if a missing gin bpttle.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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ChrisElston wrote: 20 page fecking document that has to be filled out.
If they work similar to the Dutch websites, you'd need 20 minutes to fill out a page, with the session closing in 15 minutes.
That is, if the server doesn't throw an error.
..which it does today. Emailing a complaint is useless - it's simply archived (aka ignored) with the rest of the mails. The "customer survey" is multiple choice, and always gives a good impression of the service they provide.
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Government efficiency at its best... 
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Alas therre are peolpe who aren't that caring[^]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Herself was off for about a year and met much the same thing - except no one told her the government would give any any money until after her sick pay stopped. Finally, she got a letter, explaining that her claim was being considered, and that she should turn up to be assessed the same week. Took her down there, claimed travel costs, we go into the medical assessment interview.
"So, you aren't working because you're ill, and you're claiming money"
"No, I started working again two months ago."
"Oh."
...quick hammering on the keyboard...
"So you did."
....more hammering...
"You don't need an interview then..."
She got the money a few months later.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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It could be worse, she could be down at the Jobcentre trying to claim JSA. I know the place well and I had an "interview" just after the New Year. I was interviewed by two so-called consultant/advisors. They looked at the copy of the CV I was told to bring. One commented "you have a degree in maths from Imperial College, what are you doing here?" I replied, the clue's in the name, JSA. I swear government departments are manned by buffoons requiring only the hat with the bells on it.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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