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I had contact from a local charity to ask if I could help a local lady with electrical problems, she could not afford to employ an electrician through the normal route as she is on supplementary benefit and use's a food bank, I attended the house and noticed that her three children where using mobile phones and watching the Disney channel on Sky, I left without doing any work.

What's wrong with the Disney Channel
Also, it's good to talk.

It could be that they love their kids soooooo very much that they spent every penny on giving the kids what they want, you will find hardly anything in the fridge as they order in a lot

 

[telectrix]

and no mention of the BMW on the drive???

 

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and no mention of the BMW on the drive???

That's only for the short term as they are waiting for the disability people to supply a Tesla mobility car as they want to be as green as they can.

They also wont have to get up so early as it will get them to the benefits office a bit quicker.

 

[davesparks]

I had contact from a local charity to ask if I could help a local lady with electrical problems, she could not afford to employ an electrician through the normal route as she is on supplementary benefit and use's a food bank, I attended the house and noticed that her three children where using mobile phones and watching the Disney channel on Sky, I left without doing any work.

What was the back story to how she has ended up in this situation?

 

[davesparks]

It could be that they love their kids soooooo very much that they spent every penny on giving the kids what they want, you will find hardly anything in the fridge as they order in a lot

It could be yes, or it could be that she is a single mother bringing up 3 kids who's bitter absent father showers them with expensive gifts to spite the mother.

Or she could have only recently fallen on hard times.

 

[Mike Johnson]

It could be yes, or it could be that she is a single mother bringing up 3 kids who's bitter absent father showers them with expensive gifts to spite the mother.

Or she could have only recently fallen on hard times.

Or it could be (as I suspect) the immaculately dressed coiffured and expensive nail painted woman was a scam artist with the near new Volvo in the drive.

 

[davesparks]

Or it could be the immaculately dressed and expensive nail painted woman was a scam artist with the near new Volvo in the drive.

Exactly, it could be many things, but people in this thread appear to be judge, jury and executioner without even meeting the person or knowing any or all the facts.

 

[Mike Johnson]

As the originator of the post, I did meet her and made my own assessment of her situation, which lead me to believe she was playing the system for all it was worth, I am retired and was going to help out this Charity free of any charge, but I don't like being conned.

 

[Rockingit]

As the originator of the post, I did meet her and made my own assessment of her situation, which lead me to believe she was playing the system for all it was worth, I am retired and was going to help out this Charity free of any charge, but I don't like being conned.

Some of the longer members with even longer memories might remember that back when most of Somerset disappeared under water for months I was very much part of the local responce teams which eventually led to me being involved professionally in the re-build and restorations, mostly to those who hadn't had insurance either through affordability or availability (often, the flood risk premiums were so ridiculously high and also with stupid excesses that they literally weren't worth it). And we had to deal with two polar opposites - those with genuine hardship who genuinely needed the bail-outs (no pun!) and those who maximised on the situation to get as much out of it as possible. The problem was that it was hard to tell between them until about 1 week into a rebuild / rewire.