I honestly don't know a single pensioner who doesn't claim what they're entitled to. Among the pensioners I know there is a severe entitlement complex and belief that the young owe them a lot...
The only pensioner I've ever really known well enough to know how he felt about things like this was my grandpa. He certainly didn't think like that. As far as he was concerned no-one owed him a penny, he would pretty much refuse to claim anything. He'd have thrown a cheque for something like winter heating allowance (or whatever it's called) in the bin, he worked till he was physically unable to & even then he (incorrectly) felt like a cunt for receiving a pension - as he saw it as money for nothing, despite the fact the he'd been paying into it for a good portion of his life. As far as he was concerned you do a week's work for a week's pay, if you don't then you starve.
As far as I know all the other old dudes that he kicked about with thought the same. You'd overhear them slagging some cunt off if he'd been up the bowling club getting pished when they knew that he hadn't done a shift in years.
Better guy than me. I'll take whatever I can for free haha.
True dat.
I haven't even got 'round to signing on yet.
Oh the joy...
Tony Robinson said last night on QT that it's called national insurance. Not national handout or national charity. Theres no shame in it and it's an institution we should be very proud of (said something about the origins & history), it's there as all insurances are, for when the shit hits the fan or the chips are down. I get frustrated with pensioners I know who won't claim what's theirs, that they and their spouses paid into for 60 odd years, because of the stigma.
Get on it by phone everyday waiting you loose £10 they add up.
Get on their website and do it ASAP (will take 15 mins compared to an hour waiting in the queue on the phone) as they take ages to pay. I made a claim at the start of the month, have been in the office to sign on twice since and still haven't been paid. Apparently getting 3 weeks worth of payment on Monday (£213). Better to do it soon or you'll wait forever on the money.
I had a six-figure salary once. Then someone told me the pence didn't countI understand why Blunts makes the odd remark about employment status , it's his 6 figure salary that keeps me alive.
All makes perfect sense know.
Something tells me that MM is more content in his life right now than you will ever be in yours.
I did reveal details, then I retracted them.