Thats it, i'm quitting my job...

[Deluded]

Today is the Duxford air show. We were thinking of tagging along with some family who are heading down but we have just been looking at the prices and are a little pissed.

Infant - Free
Child - £10.80
Adult £27.00

... WTF! £27 to stand in a muddy field and stare up at the sky whilst eating gruel served out of a greasy caravan... £15 each was what I was expecting but come on FFS. Its nearly as expencive as Alton Towers!

But wait, Thats not the worst part. Read down the price list a little further...

Senior citizen - £21.00
Student - £14.00
Unemployed - £14.00

Wait, what was that? UNEMPLOYED - £14.00??? WHAT THE fk IS THAT ALL ABOUT! Thats fking it.. I'm quitting my job and sponging off the state so I can get into air shows at a reduced rate!

What a fking joke! Can't be arsed to get a job, getting benefits for 7 kids, living in a free house off the council but no, thats not enough.. you can still go to Duxford air show and get in for over a tenner cheaper than someone who works for a living and can't justify the entrance fee!

FFS.

http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Final_Partici...

Edited by Deluded on Saturday 4th September 11:14

[Jem0911]

Classic.
Welcome to England 2010.
Look after the scrounging penilize the prosperous.

[Mazda Baiter]

Hmmm.
That does seem a bit stupid.

However I have a solution.

When you get there, tell them that you are unemployed. If they ask for proof say that you are hardly going to be walking around with a payslip in your pocket.

Or, just go and watch along the road to the south of the airfield...like the other hundreds of people.

[minky monkey]

Could be worse, you could be a student...

[minky monkey]

Or park at Duxford school for a smaller fee.

http://ccv.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/ccv/web/...

[NDA]

How do they check your employment status I wonder?

[Famous Graham]

NDA said:

How do they check your employment status I wonder?

You show them your sign on booklet.

[NDA]

Famous Graham said:

NDA said:

How do they check your employment status I wonder?

You show them your sign on booklet.

Oh.

I'm unemployed but have never signed on.

[Famous Graham]

You should, if only to keep your NI ticking over.

[LukeBird]

Jesus!

I can only hope they lead you into a tent for gassing if you take your sign-on book with you to get reduced entry...

[NDA]

Famous Graham said:

You should, if only to keep your NI ticking over.

I haven't worked for a couple of years - does that mean I have a hole in my NI contributions? If so, what does that mean?

[Poncho pilot]

I went to Duxford last year, Got in Free and parked here.

[EDLT]

NDA said:

Famous Graham said:

You should, if only to keep your NI ticking over.

I haven't worked for a couple of years - does that mean I have a hole in my NI contributions? If so, what does that mean?

It can cause delays if you ever need to sign on (although I'm not sure why) which is very bad for people with mortgage protection insurance. Also, if you don't make enough contributions you're state pension will be reduced unless you pay up the difference when you retire.

[Silent1]

FWIW they usually get 4000 pre-ordered tickets, this year for saturday alone they pre-sold 12,000.

Something's working.

[NDA]

EDLT said:

NDA said:

Famous Graham said:

You should, if only to keep your NI ticking over.

I haven't worked for a couple of years - does that mean I have a hole in my NI contributions? If so, what does that mean?

It can cause delays if you ever need to sign on (although I'm not sure why) which is very bad for people with mortgage protection insurance. Also, if you don't make enough contributions you're state pension will be reduced unless you pay up the difference when you retire.

Having been previously well paid, I'd assumed my NI contributions were substantial and sufficient.

Thanks for the info and sorry for taking us off topic....

[NoNeed]

Silent1 said:

Something's working.

But it's not the people going to watch

[chim]

NDA said:

EDLT said:

NDA said:

Famous Graham said:

You should, if only to keep your NI ticking over.

I haven't worked for a couple of years - does that mean I have a hole in my NI contributions? If so, what does that mean?

It can cause delays if you ever need to sign on (although I'm not sure why) which is very bad for people with mortgage protection insurance. Also, if you don't make enough contributions you're state pension will be reduced unless you pay up the difference when you retire.

Having been previously well paid, I'd assumed my NI contributions were substantial and sufficient.

Thanks for the info and sorry for taking us off topic....

Turning up in the Bentley waving a sign on book may attract some attention

Not good about the Job though NDA, anything on the horizon yet.

[Deluded]

Silent1 said:

FWIW they usually get 4000 pre-ordered tickets, this year for saturday alone they pre-sold 12,000.

Something's working.

Probably 11998 unemployed dole scroungers and my missus sister and partner.

[Negative Creep]

I can't imagine your average dole scrounger being that interested in going to an airshow at a museum. Lots of big words and books without pictures

[MentalSarcasm]

Join the National Trust? £79 or so a year for free unlimited entry to several hundred properties, half price charge for 5 "extras" around the country and loads of them host special events during the year that you'd also get in to for free And you don't need to worry about dole scroungers getting a huge discount, becase they don't!