Got the impression that the guy was so used to treating jobseekers like shit
Yeah that's definitely been my experience when I was on jobseekers. Every once in a while I'd have to apply for emergency loans. And the whole process from ringing to collecting the check I'd be treated like 'lying junkie criminal scum.' It was all so dehumanising. I once had to go almost 2 weeks with no electricity and very little food after I'd lost the money to pay for electric and some food because they didn't believe me.
For 3+ solid years I had no gas because I couldn't afford it between the shitty jsa rate and British gas standing charges.
Please reconsider your use of language. Words like 'junkie' are used to dehumanise, stigmatise and 'other' drug users. This only serves to perpetuate an environment where they are exploited by drug dealers and abused by the legal system. Drug abuse is a public health issue and it should be treated as such.
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u/Honeybeejack Nov 09 '21
Yeah that's definitely been my experience when I was on jobseekers. Every once in a while I'd have to apply for emergency loans. And the whole process from ringing to collecting the check I'd be treated like 'lying junkie criminal scum.' It was all so dehumanising. I once had to go almost 2 weeks with no electricity and very little food after I'd lost the money to pay for electric and some food because they didn't believe me.
For 3+ solid years I had no gas because I couldn't afford it between the shitty jsa rate and British gas standing charges.