if you've had an accident at work which wasn't your fault…
is it just me, or is the recent spate of adverts for 'national accident helpline', or whatever it's called, particularly galling? the latest one features some ludicrously stupid woman claiming expenses after dropping a load of bottles. now, maybe my logic's skewed, but to my mind that's her fault, and she should be the one paying for it. nevertheless, these companies certainly aren't going to go away, especially not now that they've truly extended their appeal by offering the possibility of claims received after communication by text message, for god's sake. therefore, the only potential means by which to amend this situation is to tax the stupid. a stupid tax would ensure a nice safe buffer of money from which can be extracted all the ludicrously high amounts of compensation given to these idiots for pain endured whilst stabbing oneself in the face, therefore leaving the rest of us free to get on with it.
sorry, tv at the moment is making me go all right-wing.
28 Jun 2005 11:31
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[Skip to the latest comment]I thought there was a stupid tax…didn't they call it the 'lottery' or something?
28 Jun 2005, 11:37
Roisin
JUST TAKE IT!
28 Jun 2005, 12:08
Rootes 31 aka H Cruise
Eimear, I'm bored at work, entertain me…
28 Jun 2005, 14:12
Worryingly, I have been thinking about blogging about this same think for the past two days. Thank you for beating me to it, RSI is a beeatch
28 Jun 2005, 23:01
"Hi, my names Bonehead, but my friends call me Mr Bone…or Mr Head, it varies….funny chaps they are. Anyway, so yeah, right, mate, I was at work yesterday and because I'm a total and utter nob and thought I was invincible, I used the axe that my company gave me instead of a craft knife, to hack my head off. I'm nearly headless as a result, because they gave me the wrong tools and that, and won compensation for my inability to use my non-existent brain as a golfball when performing my party trick at stag do-s. Are you a total bell end like me? You could win compensation too!
28 Jun 2005, 23:04
apologies, cruise! this is my first time on here in a few days. but i'm around in…canley…so give me a bell and we'll hook up asap!
01 Jul 2005, 18:34
nice to know the university still allows me to log in and exist :)
National Accident Helpline IS draining and undesirable and more irritating than Cashmere in summer. BUT.
Those bastards come in a measely third place to
a) Those adverts where you have the dowdy beige cardiganed-wife talking to the marginally less dowdy neighbour sticking her oar in (invariably called Cathy for some reason) and
b) The ones where the couples are talking about how they managed to pay off their McDonalds debts whilst sat in sofas that look like they were surgically attached to their bulbous posteriors from birth. You can tell the marketing world is getting wise to the sofa thing, because they've started sitting on antique leatherbound armchairs instead.
Incidentally, my friend CJ's sister Heidi started up Dial-A-Loan or something 10 years ago and has already retired to Beverly Hills at the grand old age of 34, so someone somewhere is obviously benefitting from this palarver.
Good luck in Canley.
My advice is to film the Big Momma with your digital camera whenever you see her. If nothing else it'll re-enforce her paranoia, which is all she's really after anyway.
02 Jul 2005, 11:50
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