The sandmen of centrelink...
Recieved a letter late last week from centrelink requesting my details for study next year...called them today to discuss with them my future plans.....my future plans now involve having no money....centrelink will cut me off on friday this week as this is the last due date for my assessment...also no money for study next year as centrelink does not recognise masters as a legimate study option...no money for postgrad students...I was a little shocked by this sudden turn of events....even if I qualify for new start allowence I have to go through the application process which surprisingly could not get an appointment for till next week after they take my money away....even if i qualify they will penalise me for working casual at cafe which will mean I will earn less money than if I did not work!!!!! Plus will have to apply for 14 jobs per fortnight (does this seem some what excessive to you?) I feel slightly dazed and confused by this sudden change in my circumstances......also the man was on phone to was mean and cranky....not my fault he chose to work in this field.....conversation went something like this:
ME: Will being on new start as a jobseeker affect my ability to travel home to queensland for the holidays? Does this mean I can not go without risking being penalised for not jobseeking?
Centrelink Man: Dont try your emotional games with me missy......you cant blackmail me into paying you
ME: what? I want to know if I can still travel withou being cut off?
Centrelink Man: How do expect people to answer that question, really its no good trying your tears on me
ME: Is there someone else I can talk to?
After a long conversation with the strange man it was determined that I prob cant go home without penalisation or at least risking being penalised...and that after friday if I dont get a full time job I am screwed cause they will not leave me in peace withou searching for 14 jobs a fortnight....I said I did not want to look for work that I could have gotten without uni qualifications cause I did not just spent 4 years of my life and am in debt tens of thousands of dollars to get a job I could have got without it.......apparently they could care less how I feel on the situation......rang my mum and we decided I should get a full time job...doing anything to get away from stupid centrelink and just do that till something I want to do comes up in my field and also can continue masters part time to improove chances of work in my field......sound plan to me although sadness at not eing able to go home for holidays....much sadness...
So on that note I got dressed and took my butt into the city to put my resume into my favorite shoe store.....and hooray had an interview earlier this afternoon...willl find out tomorrow...hopefull it went well although I was a little unprepared since I only just decided I wanted a full time job this morning.....but heres hoping...plus working for them I get discount on shoes......HOORAY...would almost work there purely for that reason....
Am sitting at home watching rove with Gavin and Danica...Danica and me jsut got back from dinner with my friend Adrian (thanks for taking me to interview and buying me dinner Adrian YOU ROCK) at Zeferellies??? *laughs at spelling attempt* it was ok...got a doggy bag and now have lots of food in fridge for later.....still no word from M...guess he decided to ignore me forever...he sent me a message saying I was better off not knowing him and now I guess he trying to proove that.....feeling sad and angry...mostly sad.....trying to convince Danica to move with me instead of all those other people she suppossed to be moving with....not sure if I am winning...desperate methods may be required......Danica is great she said if i get this job we can work out some time share thingy with her car so I can actually get there....she is awsome...
Sometimes when I think about the people I met here I feel better cause I really am lucky, Winnie, Danica, Adrian, Bela, Gavin, James...all these people have been truely amazing to me since I got here and I hope one day I can be as goo a friend to them as they are to me....sometimes I wonder what it is they see in me that makes them all like me so much....prob best not to question it out loud inc ase they start to wonder too :)
Cheers
Jinx
"Where are all the good men dead, in the heart or in the head?"
ME: Will being on new start as a jobseeker affect my ability to travel home to queensland for the holidays? Does this mean I can not go without risking being penalised for not jobseeking?
Centrelink Man: Dont try your emotional games with me missy......you cant blackmail me into paying you
ME: what? I want to know if I can still travel withou being cut off?
Centrelink Man: How do expect people to answer that question, really its no good trying your tears on me
ME: Is there someone else I can talk to?
After a long conversation with the strange man it was determined that I prob cant go home without penalisation or at least risking being penalised...and that after friday if I dont get a full time job I am screwed cause they will not leave me in peace withou searching for 14 jobs a fortnight....I said I did not want to look for work that I could have gotten without uni qualifications cause I did not just spent 4 years of my life and am in debt tens of thousands of dollars to get a job I could have got without it.......apparently they could care less how I feel on the situation......rang my mum and we decided I should get a full time job...doing anything to get away from stupid centrelink and just do that till something I want to do comes up in my field and also can continue masters part time to improove chances of work in my field......sound plan to me although sadness at not eing able to go home for holidays....much sadness...
So on that note I got dressed and took my butt into the city to put my resume into my favorite shoe store.....and hooray had an interview earlier this afternoon...willl find out tomorrow...hopefull it went well although I was a little unprepared since I only just decided I wanted a full time job this morning.....but heres hoping...plus working for them I get discount on shoes......HOORAY...would almost work there purely for that reason....
Am sitting at home watching rove with Gavin and Danica...Danica and me jsut got back from dinner with my friend Adrian (thanks for taking me to interview and buying me dinner Adrian YOU ROCK) at Zeferellies??? *laughs at spelling attempt* it was ok...got a doggy bag and now have lots of food in fridge for later.....still no word from M...guess he decided to ignore me forever...he sent me a message saying I was better off not knowing him and now I guess he trying to proove that.....feeling sad and angry...mostly sad.....trying to convince Danica to move with me instead of all those other people she suppossed to be moving with....not sure if I am winning...desperate methods may be required......Danica is great she said if i get this job we can work out some time share thingy with her car so I can actually get there....she is awsome...
Sometimes when I think about the people I met here I feel better cause I really am lucky, Winnie, Danica, Adrian, Bela, Gavin, James...all these people have been truely amazing to me since I got here and I hope one day I can be as goo a friend to them as they are to me....sometimes I wonder what it is they see in me that makes them all like me so much....prob best not to question it out loud inc ase they start to wonder too :)
Cheers
Jinx
"Where are all the good men dead, in the heart or in the head?"
posted by jinx at 9:16 PM
1 Comments:
I think it's like a personality vortex. There's a lot of personality spiralling around, out of control sometimes, and we all gravitate with it.
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