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Pandemic personal consequences

moody said:
struggling to find work right now.

I suppose I could fall back on Universal Credit, I have a valid reason to claim having lost both my jobs due to this.

I don't really want to wait 5/6 weeks for what works out to be 70 quid a week. plus all the drama from the jobcentre.

Landlord did make a point of asking if everything was ok today and to let him know if I'm finding things difficult..

Edit,

Must remember to phone the bank next few day and ask for a reduction in payments towards my overdraft due to exceptional circumstances, I think they'll be ok, they always ask if I'm ok with the payments.
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loads of supermarkets are hiring if you are stuck.
 
Plans are getting canx. Thankfully my mum posted me paracetamol . Lliiidl would only sell 16 tabs at a time. Like one day supply
 
Badgers said:
I need a haircut and for isolating/money reasons it is time to dust off the clippers!
First time in a long time so will probably look 'interesting' for a while.
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If you're doing a zero crop you can't really go wrong. Just pay attention to the tricky bits like behind the ears and you should be fine.
 
Badgers said:
I need a haircut and for isolating/money reasons it is time to dust off the clippers!
First time in a long time so will probably look 'interesting' for a while.
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I think I've paid for about a dozen haircuts in the last 30 years - I have, once or twice, been asked if Oxfam really do haircuts....

(Today's one is a bit shit at the back, I might just do it all with a #1 and start again...)
 
Me and all my 200 colleagues all on redundancy package from monday - its called cassa integrazione in Italian, I don't think a similar thing exists in the UK - basically when a company temporarily closes shop and the government pays a % of wages (usually 50-70%) for up to three consecutive months (and for a maximum of six in a calendar year) while company tries to get house in order - so technically not fired, but can guarantee not all 200 will be coming back once this is over
 
Flavour said:
Me and all my 200 colleagues all on redundancy package from monday - its called cassa integrazione in Italian, I don't think a similar thing exists in the UK - basically when a company temporarily closes shop and the government pays a % of wages (usually 50-70%) for up to three consecutive months (and for a maximum of six in a calendar year) while company tries to get house in order - so technically not fired, but can guarantee not all 200 will be coming back once this is over
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They've just announced something similar in UK. Sounds like 80% of wages will be paid by Govt grants.
 
Last day at school til god knows when and I’m absolutely gutted. This is nothing like breaking up for the summer. Who the fuck am I if I’m not working with the kids day to day?

on the bright side my uncle- a consultant neurologist has said that, despite what the govt says, my chronic neurological illness doesn’t make me high risk, so I’m not going to have to self isolate and can sign up for the rota to supervise however many kids are going to be coming in.
Two days ago this sounded like a terrible job, but now I’m confronted with not being there, I’m really glad to be able to do it.
 
spanglechick said:
Last day at school til god knows when and I’m absolutely gutted. This is nothing like breaking up for the summer. Who the fuck am I if I’m not working with the kids day to day?

on the bright side my uncle- a consultant neurologist has said that, despite what the govt says, my chronic neurological illness doesn’t make me high risk, so I’m not going to have to self isolate and can sign up for the rota to supervise however many kids are going to be coming in.
Two days ago this sounded like a terrible job, but now I’m confronted with not being there, I’m really glad to be able to do it.
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Are they giving you all a choice to sign up or not where you work then spanglechick ?

I ask because at one surgery there was a call from a teacher who wanted a sick note. The receptionist asked her if she had any symptoms and she said no but she was feeling anxious about having to stay at work to look after the kids of key workers etc. She was under the impression she wouldn't have a choice to opt out at her place.
 
Rutita1 said:
Are they giving you all a choice to sign up or not where you work then spanglechick ?

I ask because at one surgery there was a call from a teacher who wanted a sick note. The receptionist asked her if she had any symptoms and she said no but she was feeling anxious about having to stay at work to look after the kids of key workers etc. She was under the impression she wouldn't have a choice to opt out at her place.
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At the moment, the most senior staff are all doing the first week, thereafter middle managers are expected to join the mix. And I think all the SEN team have to work. Plus other staff can volunteer to join the rota.
Other schools will be organising it in different ways.
 
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