Monday, 20 June 2011

First letter from DWP received

Last week, I received an amazing letter from the Department of Works and Pensions. They were quoting the wrong phone number writing at the same time that they would use it to call me back...I phoned and corrected them. I was vetted for that. I received a call from them just when I was resting on my back and exercising gently for my legs strength.
Same week, in the Guardian was published an alarming article written by Allegra Stratton. Tory MP Philip Davies: disabled people could work for less pay...One thought instantly of the one legged man going for an interview:


Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shpley, told the Commons: "If an employer is looking at two candidates, one who has got disabilities and one who hasn't, and they have got to pay them both the same rate, I invite you to guess which one the employer is more likely to take on."
Reading the criteria for being "sent back to work":
  • able to walk 30m. unaided
  • lifting a 500ml carton of drink with each hand
  • putting food in one's mouth without help
I also worry that serving pints of drinks would be thought a good career move, it does not stipulate that you need to be able to lift a carton repeatedly in the criteria or walk with it to place it somewhere in the 30m. radius...We could always close the pub after spilling our first pint. How popular will that be?

We will have to see, I am typing this using 4 fingers as usual, my skills are widening...serving one pint, closing early and blogging about it! It is not going to get any better.

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