Whilst both the above reasons might be true in a very small minority of cases, over 'is side o' 'e watter, theres an every increasing army of folk who "simply cannot work because of my condition". Now, if this condition involved being permanently wired up to some kind of life support machine, I could see their point. But despite this debilitation, they still seem to have no problems with;
- Running writing workshops for lost poets, especially ones whose poems don't rhyme
- Leading wildlife excursions looking for birds
- Attending meditative yoga classes
- Participating in painting and pottery workshops
- To name but a few - All of which place take place during normal working hours, where they can get get together with their similarly affliced, non working buddies.
What gets me is that they can sit at a computer all day and "blog" about their lives, their affliction or the best place to buy cannabis to ease their condition, but yet, cannot sit at a computer all day long and telework a proper job. Even HMRC have "Made Tax Digital", so you can pretty much carry out most office jobs from home these days - "Oh but the broadband - Its much too slow for that, and I couldn't possibly drive to an office, not with my condition". But yet, they will blog that the broadband in their place is so bad at just 10 Mbps - Hardly good enough to watched Netflix - Yet, you can telework on less than a Mb.
There one local lady in Kirkwall who bucks that trend. Used to work on the till at Tesco whilst in her wheelchair. One of the best they had - Cheery and efficient. Now works from her wheelchair on the reception desk of an office up the town. The rest of them have cottoned on that as long as they harp on about their condition enough, then they will get paid to follow their hobbies. Maybe if all these benefits were a bit less attractive, there would be more like her.
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