Victory Declared in War on Poverty!

[Sundae]

Listening to 5 Live this morning (a BBC radio station) there was a lady who's worked for over 20 years to get families back into work.

She's now been employed by David Cameron (our Prime Minister).
Right up my street, right?

T e c h n i c a l l y...... yes.
But given that I'm rabidly searching for another job for myself - NO.
I'm not mocking her, dismissing her, criticising her.
But her apparent target (set by Govt) is 220 thousand families.

I can't get a second job.
Okay, I have time limitations - I can only work outside of school times.
But surely this applies to other mothers too.

And I have a food hygiene certificate, an enhanced CRB (Criminal Records Bureau check) computer skills, supermarket, bar and restaurant experience and so on and so on.

I have no criticism for people trying to get the jobless into work. Anything is better than nothing. It's just - selfishly - I wish they'd start with me. I've applied to work at two supermarkets. No reply. At two places the children at school go for birthday parties - no reply. At countless pubs & restaurants. No reply.

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here (yes I am) but I'd do a much better job than their current sulky-teenage hate-children staff. For the same wage. And I'd be bloody grateful for it too.

Driving me crazy.