Hang on to your hats kids - this is a force 9 rant. I went to see my job centre advisor - any one remember BREAD, the Boswell family? I am from Liverpool so of course while I'm sat there waiting for "Martina" I'm trying to figure ways to get money for grandads garden and Mongy (short for Mongrel).
However - Martina arrives and ushers me to the desk, "no, there is no money for training, we can't give you a grant to start you own business up again (would you with my track record) and the diploma course you are on is getting in the way of you working so you may need to finish it"
Wow! "Whats the bad news" I ask thinking Martina is playing her part really well - "ok - if you put yourself down for working weekends and shifts, then say the jobs you are looking for are all in school - the likelyhood of us offering you an interview...do you understand what I am saying"
At this point my brain left via my right ear and went off with the circus.