Monday, January 11, 2010

Did I Say That Out Loud?

I couldn't help it, I don't know what came over me. ! I was perusing the missives from Freecycle when I spotted one from a generous Freecycler offering information that the Government are offering a £600 grant to buy a laptop and free Internet access for a year. The groups of people eligible are those claiming one of the following:- Free school meals for your child, Income based Jobseeker?s Allowance, Income support or Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit.
The mischief in me took over and i responded to the whole community saying something along the lines of, "I don't know why I bothered to work at Sainsbury's for minimum wage when I could have stayed at home, claimed benefits and been eligible for a laptop etc etc."
Well, the emails came in thick and fast, 90% seething angry, no punctuation, no capital letters and bad spelling and 10% agreeing with me. I did get one well written 'angry' email which pointed out to me that all jobs need IT skills and online research and that any scheme which helps disadvantaged children this opportunity should be applauded. Sooooo
I replied, "Thank you for your heartfelt reply. I used the library before we had a computer. Kind Regards, The Devil's Advocate. PS Your email was the first angry one to be punctuated and lucid.

Do you think I will go to hell?