Good grief, the snowflakes could never cope with that. Why on earth would they want to get up before midday, and have their afternoon on the couch watching the recording of that morning's Jeremy Kyle Show interrupted by having to go out and do something useful, when they can just sit back and wait for the benefit money to come in.
Social engineering has created the welfare monster that exists today. National Minimum Wage, or that other farce, National Living Wage, has created an environment where there is no desire to carry out what some folk would term "menial" work. National Living Wage now means that the lowest paid of jobs has to be a good job. Where prior to having wages hoiked up, employers may have had in the past, some lower paid jobs. Now those jobs don't exist.
In years gone by, folk had to take up whatever job they could get to keep a roof over their head. Now they don't need to bother. Just report to your local council and a roof will be provided for you.
Over this side o e watter, the place is starting to look abandoned. The council say they cannot afford to cut the grass in public spaces more than once this year. Dochans are already between knee and waist high all around Kirkwall. Meanwhile, we can afford to keep loads of folk in leisure. The latter could be dealing with the former, but why would they want to when they don't have to?
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