I was out of touch until I nearly died and was on the dole at 63.

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Jon Gaunt

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

I'm in a reflective mood as I tell you about what I've been up to these last couple of years.

I nearly died of Sepsis and it took the best part of a year to recover. Now my confidence is coming back but I can't get any real work and I'm on Job Seekers Allowance at the age of 63.

However being so ill has had some positives as it has allowed me to realise just out of touch I had become from the very people that I thought I represented.

In this episode I talk about he minimum wage jobs I have taken on, including working in a call centre, and the experience I have gained.

I also have a pop about Taxis flying our flag, Harry Kane bleating about the press and the lack of charisma in our politicians.

Don't worry this is NOT a "woe is me mental health" podcast it is a funny and hopefully an honest statement of where I am now.

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0:00.0	Hi, good afternoon and welcome to the John Gaunton podcast coming live today from my daughter's
0:06.2	kitchen. Yes, I'm dog sitting again. That's what happens when you're unemployed.
0:11.0	I'm obviously doing everything I can to get a job, but it looks like they've
0:14.1	given up on me anyway. They're now saying I only have to sign on every four weeks for my job
0:19.5	seekers and that I don't even have to go in. They're just going to call me.
0:23.0	Is this admitting that there are no jobs, especially for old fellas like me?
0:28.0	Been a pretty horrendous 12 to 18 months for me.
0:33.0	Over the next few podcasts, I'm going to talk about how hard it is to get a job.
0:37.0	Because all the politicians seem to think it's easy
0:40.0	and that if you're on the dole, you're just a scrounger.
0:43.0	Well, I'm not a scrounger, I'd like to work.
0:44.4	In fact, I've had three jobs.
0:47.0	The funniest thing is I apply for a job with the DWP,
0:50.6	Department of Work and Pensions.
0:52.2	It took them four months to say no. I did all the tests,
0:55.2	did fine in them, then you do like an interview thing, then you do those psycho tests and guess
1:00.9	what? I failed. I said to the woman in the dole office I don't understand this I'm easily qualified
1:06.3	She was talking to me while she drank her banana milkshake from McDonald's and she said yes I would have thought you'd got a job
1:12.3	She says do you think it could be your
1:14.3	podcasts? I say, what do you mean? Well, you're not meant to be political in the civil service. Are your
1:20.4	podcast political? I said, well, kind of.
1:24.0	Well, she said, well, that's probably it.
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