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Can't get a job it would interfere with going to the gym

Leicester_HunkLeicester_Hunk Posts: 18,316
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928097/Kamran-Kam-claims-benefits-9-5-jobs-interfere-fitness-regime.html

Why this prat doesn't just be a personal trainer or similar is beyond me.

Or has he done this just to make sure he "gets noticed"??
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    dorydaryldorydaryl Posts: 15,927
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    Narcissistic twonk, isn't he?
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    :o I agree with most of the comments at the Fail website. I feel faint.
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    stoatiestoatie Posts: 78,106
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    Wow. Like most of us, I often wish I didn't have to go to work, but I think I'd want to go to the gym even less.
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    I worked all my life and I look like that 👀
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    D_Mcd4D_Mcd4 Posts: 10,438
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    I think I know someone who's getting sanctioned!
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    Frankie_LittleFrankie_Little Posts: 9,271
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    Leicester_Hunk wrote: »
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928097/Kamran-Kam-claims-benefits-9-5-jobs-interfere-fitness-regime.html

    Why this prat doesn't just be a personal trainer or similar is beyond me.

    Or has he done this just to make sure he "gets noticed"??
    He's aiming to become a less-than-z-list-celebrity.
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    netcurtainsnetcurtains Posts: 23,494
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    I can't see the problem really. There aren't enough jobs for everyone and if he's happy to live off £72 than good for him and he's freeing up a job for someone else who really wants it.
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    trevgotrevgo Posts: 28,241
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    netcurtains wrote: »
    I can't see the problem really. There aren't enough jobs for everyone and if he's happy to live off £72 than good for him and he's freeing up a job for someone else who really wants it.

    Really? £3744 of taxpayers money a year for doing precisely nothing?

    I assume you're voting Green.........
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    gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    he should apply for a lootery grant. The man is a sportsman. Credit to the UK :D
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    Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    I know someone who doesn't want to work as it wouldn't leave him any time for metal-detecting -despite the fact the people he goes out detecting with all have jobs and seem to manage to find the time.
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Couldn't he just go to the gym after work or at weekends?
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    Pumping IronPumping Iron Posts: 29,891
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    He could get a job in a gym.
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    Vast_GirthVast_Girth Posts: 9,793
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    It does seem odd. Its so obvious a job working at a gym or as a personal trainer would be perfect for him, and looking like that he should have no problem getting one.
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    D_Mcd4D_Mcd4 Posts: 10,438
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    netcurtains wrote: »
    I can't see the problem really. There aren't enough jobs for everyone and if he's happy to live off £72 than good for him and he's freeing up a job for someone else who really wants it.

    It's called "job seeker's allowance" so he's really not entitled to it if he's not seeking a job. They' ll sanction him and stop his benefit if the article is true.
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    rumpleteazerrumpleteazer Posts: 5,746
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    Couldn't he just go to the gym after work or at weekends?

    When it's busy? He might have to, heaven forbid, wait for a machine :o

    As others have said I don't know why he doesn't become a personal trainer.
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    Matt_MaherMatt_Maher Posts: 1,491
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    I have a mate who's been on the dole for the 15 years I've known him and he says he's not available for evening work because it means he won't be able to go to gigs!
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    tenofspadestenofspades Posts: 12,875
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    Jsa should be cancelled as he isn't looking for work.
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    gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    in some parts of the world now and in the past, they have licensed "beggars"

    nice work if you can get it.
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    miss_astridmiss_astrid Posts: 1,808
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    Matt_Maher wrote: »
    I have a mate who's been on the dole for the 15 years I've known him and he says he's not available for evening work because it means he won't be able to go to gigs!
    Really? :o How can he afford to go to gigs on JSA? And 15 years is a hell of a long time, surely he can't really be happy claiming JSA for all that time :confused: I was on JSA for about a year and couldn't wait to get off it, it's a miserable existence.

    And the guy in the article is delusional. Hope the job centre sanction him and cut his dole.
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    gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    miss_astrid wrote: »
    Really? :oHow can he afford to go to gigs on JSA? And 15 years is a hell of a long time, surely he can't really be happy claiming JSA for all that time :confused: I was on JSA for about a year and couldn't wait to get off it, it's a miserable existence.

    And the guy in the article is delusional. Hope the job centre sanction him and cut his dole.


    Have you not been watching all the "my life as a scrounger" shows on Ch4 and Ch5.

    When you are on the dole, you are "working for the government".

    Nice work, if you can get it.

    Taxi for Ms Price! :D
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    Matt_MaherMatt_Maher Posts: 1,491
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    miss_astrid wrote: »
    Really? :o How can he afford to go to gigs on JSA? And 15 years is a hell of a long time, surely he can't really be happy claiming JSA for all that time :confused: I was on JSA for about a year and couldn't wait to get off it, it's a miserable existence.


    The weird thing is, he's probably the happiest and most content person I know :/

    He lives in London in his flat and I'm not joking when I say he's out seeing a band every single night, or at the very least every other night.
    He pretty much lives on pot noodles, walks most places. I don't know how much he gets from benefits but he hasn't got kids or anything so it can't be that much.
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    starry_runestarry_rune Posts: 9,006
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    Matt_Maher wrote: »
    I have a mate who's been on the dole for the 15 years I've known him and he says he's not available for evening work because it means he won't be able to go to gigs!

    I can see this from both points of view. Society wants him to get a job. Daytime would suit him better. Give him a daytime job. Theres people who'd prefer evenings who could work the evenings and the occasional swap if needed would be fine.

    but no. red tape and politics mean he can't have a daytime job.
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    Matt_MaherMatt_Maher Posts: 1,491
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    I've been out of work for almost six months and last week finally got a job.
    I only claimed benefits for two months but even then I felt some sort of guilt despite paying taxes for the previous 15 straight years I worked.
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    Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    I don't believe a word of his article. People who are searching for work are being sanctioned so how is he getting away with doing no searching. This is propaganda!
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    TrollHunterTrollHunter Posts: 12,496
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    I don't hold much truck for conspiracy theories but I'll wager this Mr Kam isn't all he's purported to be. I reckon he doesn't train 4 hours a day while claiming JSA while making out he doesn't want a job. What's more likely is that he does go to the gym, he does receive JSA but he's been encouraged to make up some guff about being happy to stay on JSA because though would suit the Daily Mail's agenda of 'benefits bashing' to a tee.

    It's equally possible he's not actually called Kamran Kam at all, has a job, doesn't claim JSA and the whole article is a work of fiction.
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