OPTIONS - DAY 1

Here as promised.
So I woke up after having a night of very little sleep and made my way back to my most hated place on earth...TWL.
Nothing had changed in the six or so months since I had left. I met with the rudest man on the planet again, in his pulpit on reception. I asked where to go to start the Options course and he grunted without even giving me eye contact.
Anyway I got into the room where we were to discuss the course. All the way through the briefing we were constantly reminded of how our benefits could be taken away if we did not play by the books.
As today was a standard induction the staff did not really bother me, but the mentality of the learner terrified me. We had a young woman as our adviser and every time she spoke an almost echo like presence of crass sexual innuendo followed her. I didn't know what to do, so I just stayed silent, in a protest of embarrassment for my fellow human beings.
The smell was also horrendous, people do not take pride in the well being any more and I have never cherished fresh air as much as when I left the building.
I once again have been given a time sheet, an even stricter one which I can be dismissed for making the slightest hicup on.
It also startled me how many older people are trapped in these courses with absolutely abysmal literary skills and they don't seem to be phased at all by it. Laughing and joking as they scribble the wrong details into clearly marked boxes. I hope I soon leave this dive as being head counted with this tragic flock keeps me awake at night.
The high point of my day here though was when we were handed out our one to one appointments. One young chap was not happy waiting as he wanted to go, it was almost joke like at first his frustration. The adviser played up to it and put him last in an almost comical teacher/pupil scenario. However it soon got sinister when he started raising his voice saying "Let me fucking go", "I can't fucking handle you" , "If I have to stay with you, I will go fucking savage". The icing on the cake was when he pulled a wad of cash from his trousers ( a lot more then I could ever hope for on the same benefits) and offered a bribe to the adviser, who by this time looked utterly disgusted. This answered my " are you happy with your life ?" question with a huge No.
At what point did I become eligible to be penned in with people like this ? "The point you didn't work!!" I hear you say....Believe me buddy, I reel off many CVs to many potential employers. At what point is it my fault if they are not replied too !


More from me tomorrow.....Job Search until placement.