Wednesday 13 February 2013

A Comment On The Quality Of Public Services?

An unemployed man dumped 10kgs of dog poo in his local job centre after they refused to hand over his dole money because he was 10 minutes late to sign on.
Clearly, he dressed up for court.


Calm down, ladies! 

Hard to see why he hasn't been snapped up by an employer, eh?

13 comments:

Curmudgeon said...

While obviously you can't condone such behaviour, I couldn't help having a little chuckle at the way it makes a comment on the standard of public services and the self-serving attitude of the staff.

@jock_bastard said...

Umm, how did he get 10kg of dog crap?

On second thoughts, I don't want to know.

Woman on a Raft said...

I can see a hugely expensive compo case coming down the line. His entitlement to benefits can't be conditional on the appointment time or whether he's allowed in to the building.

There might be all sorts of reasons for reconsidering who gets benefits and under what circumstances, but the job centre staff are not arbitrarily in charge of deciding who can have money.

Victorian Values said...

10 kgs...Who says that Tracky McChav is lazy?!? One can only commend his effort and hard work.

Blue Burmese said...

@jock_bastard said...
Umm, how did he get 10kg of dog crap?


From the 20 pitbulls in his chav house.

Anonymous said...

The little chavscum shithead can play with 10kg of dog excrement but ask him to get a job as a carer or similar and he'll protest like that lazy tart in the Poundland/workfare casae.

Utter scum, if he can't be on time for his free munny then fuck him!

John Pickworth said...

While obviously you can't condone such behaviour...

I do. Absolutely I do.

It's inventive, arguably proportionate and industrious. He doesn't appear to have lost his temper or lashed out violently but simply resorted to a good ol' fashioned form of protest. If he'd had access to a tractor and muck spreader he might have made a better job of the exterior of the building or indeed the staff car park but he did well with what was at hand.

Ironically, immediately post poop incident, the overly officious jackbooted flexi-time morons would have likely closed the foyer and been quite content to make those subsequently turning up on time wait outside for an hour or so.

The only negatives against Simon Bonnell is that he felt it necessary to apologise in court, especially as he clearly wasn't. He'd have served his interests better if he'd be resolutely unapologetic. And also, disappointingly, his local newspaper reports: He "owns a Rottweiler and a Dalmatian" which kind of undermines his position a little.

Interesting note; the Job Centre can ban someone... I wonder if they do that in cases where people are actually caught fiddling benefits?

Ljh said...

The local pavements must have improved for unrelated pedestrians. Who would have guessed that behind his unprepossessing exterior there lurked a flicker of public spiritedness. Mayhap he'll get communitybservice scooping poop.

blueknight said...

are we sure it's dog crap?

Matt said...

To be fair and look at it from the other point of view, I bet the Job Centre are routinely 10 minutes late in dealing with people who have arrived on time and offer no apology. Whilst the chosen method of complaint might be regarded as a bit over the top, I see this as a somewhat humorous way of dealing with jobsworth idiots. They'd have dismissed any "formal" complaint out of hand, even if he was capable of filing one. I'd be interested to know where people's allegiances and/or criticisms would lie in similar cases involving other types of people, such as the "respectable" farmer who took a muckspreader to his bank several years ago.

As for comments on how he dresses, it's irrelevant (or should be). Either you can do a job/defend yourself in court or you can't. Dressing up in a stupid centuries-old uncomfortable outfit only serves to show you're happy to be subservient to those that expect such. And, it seems, dressing up "smart" for court only makes you more likely to get a heavy fine as you are deemed to be "respectable" and therefore more capable of paying one. Perhaps he's not as thick as people assume?

Long Term Dole-ee said...

Matt, IME Job Centre staff nearly always apologise for any unpunctuality. Not only that but if one, as a claimant, turns up 5 minutes early to an appointment then you've scored mucho brownie points.

Job Centre staff-and no I'm not one- have changed much since the 'Labour Exchange' days and on the whole are friendly, helpful, overworked and badly underpaid. To make matters worse they are ham strung and have had nearly all their competencies removed- 'the computer says "NO!"'

JuliaM said...

"...I couldn't help having a little chuckle at the way it makes a comment on the standard of public services and the self-serving attitude of the staff."

Yes, me too!

"I can see a hugely expensive compo case coming down the line."

After the WorkFare debacle, I wouldn't be surprised...

"Ironically, immediately post poop incident, the overly officious jackbooted flexi-time morons would have likely closed the foyer and been quite content to make those subsequently turning up on time wait outside for an hour or so. "

'elf n' safety, innit?

"are we sure it's dog crap?"

*shudders*

Demetrius said...

There seems to be a lot of bitching going on here, this kind of thing is really bog standard.