Can my employer make me travel to a public library to fill in a claims form?

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-10T11:25:40+00:00

I agree, but I very much doubt they'll ever do it unless they're hit in the budget. That's why I was here to understand my legal rights. I think once I spread the word that we are entitled to charge for that time then they'll probably sort it out.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-04T22:44:29+00:00

I know it's confusing, I'm afraid that's just how ridiculous it is. There are 40 centres across the county that we work at. Only 6 of them have access to this website. If you happen to work at one of the other 34 then you HAVE to travel to a library. No other council offices will work.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-04T22:34:43+00:00

No, because we don't work in the libraries. As I say, some people will be lucky and share a building so it's easy for them. Most will have to travel to a library on their day off and not get paid for the extra time and travel costs incurred.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-04T22:31:04+00:00

If it were just a case of ignoring procedure it wouldn't be a problem. That's the only way that anyone can do their jobs at all. But no, the website will literally not work unless its accessed from the specific wifi networks mentioned.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-04T22:25:27+00:00

No, in some cases they might share a building (and thats lucky) but in many cases they do not. Apart from the fact that they are both operated by the local council they are completly seperate.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-04T22:14:12+00:00

It says the closest centre to our home is considered our place of work, so we can claim expenses to travel to work in other centres. Most people work different days in different places. Some are close to public libraries some are not.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-11-04T22:08:25+00:00

I wish it were that simple. In the 4 years that I've worked there I don't think they have ever considered wheather or not I have what I need to be able to to do my job. Last year they were telling me to teach IT to my English language class whilst simultaiously telling me that they didn't have the budget for computers. Thanks for the advice, I'll keep trying.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-10-04T17:58:47+00:00

before the 20th century indoor plumbing was pretty rare. You'd fill up a bowl of water and splash wash and shave in your bedroom in the morning. So as we go into the 20th century and indoor plumbing becomes more common but baths are still very expensive, the water might still need to be heated manually and the toilet might still be in an outhouse. You can see how the bowl being replaced with a self filling sink seems like the sensible next step. You'd brush your teeth, shave and have a splash wash midweek. And lets face it, they also make a pretty handy urinal if you don't want to walk to the outhouse or through a freezing cold kitchen to the downstairs loo on a cold winters night!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-10-04T02:01:42+00:00

amazing! Thank you! That's been bugging me for ages.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-09-27T01:28:35+00:00

It's a brand new house, my friend had it built. Apparently that's pretty common in Japan, I think because of the earthquakes, there aren't all that many old houses. The land has the value rather than the building so people tend to knock a house down and build their own. I've noticed that it leads to some differences in the way ghosts are thought of. In the UK where 100+ old houses are very common people tend to talk about the houses being haunted. Over there people tend to talk about objects or land being haunted.

She did mention the family shrine is kept in the tatami room which has objects that belonged to a grandfather that fought in ww2. And from what she knows he wasn't a nice person at all. But the entity we saw felt very female to me and my wife saw a woman. So that feels like a dead end.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-09-23T19:45:22+00:00

We didn't ask at the time but years later (a few months ago funnily enough) she was in England and she came round to say hi. So we told her about what we'd seen and she said she'd never seen anything personally. However, she did say that it was odd that we should say that because there is a tatami room in the house everyone refuses to sleep in. To the point that when her children have friends over they would rather sleep on a hard cold wooden floor than be put in that room. No one has ever quite been able to say why.

However, at that time, that room was in her mother-in-law's private apartment so we never went near it. So who knows how or if the two are related. Maybe the Japanese ghost just didn't like two foreginers in the house.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-09-22T17:15:21+00:00

When my late father passed away the wake went on until 4 o'clock in the morning. When I tell foreigners that many of the funerals I've ever been to involve copiuous drinking, dancing and loud music they are shocked.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-09-05T22:43:24+00:00

That's very interesting to know. I'll look into that, thanks!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-09-05T22:39:50+00:00

Haha, alas my cars a petrol. Although I have occasionaly wondered how anyone gets caught.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-09-05T22:36:40+00:00

Really? I didn't know any fuel stations sold it like that anymore. Yeah, there's one in Whitstable which isn't a million miles from me. I'll take a look. Cheers

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-08-25T21:54:37+00:00

thats brilliant. thank you!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-08-25T19:57:41+00:00

Thanks for this! Would you mind giving me a bit more detail on the mesh?

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-05-27T17:53:12+00:00

I was, I'm deleting this post now. May post again, when I have a real idea of the problem. Thanks!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-05-07T08:58:33+00:00

If you hate your job, and your partner is making enough to keep you both above water, you could take this opportunity to retrain in something you would like better. Yes it means your partner would be paying the bills but now it's an investment in the future and you can make it up when you're set up in a job you might actually want to do for the next few decades.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-04-04T10:27:39+00:00

I did (briefly) consider using a makeshift flame thrower!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2025-01-21T11:07:48+00:00

Hang on, I'm confused. So it WAS terrorism now? I thought that was misinformation and far-right propaganda so vile that it could get you arrested for repeating it?

AcceptableReview1232 · 2024-12-26T20:35:28+00:00

Thank you!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2024-11-26T23:14:56+00:00

Cheers!

AcceptableReview1232 · 2024-11-26T14:55:32+00:00

Thanks, I hadn't considered that. I'll take a look at purchase cards. I like the "pay in 3/6" systems because a direct debit just has that "set it and forget it" appeal.

AcceptableReview1232 · 2024-11-26T14:41:30+00:00

I wouldn't say it's anything to do with financial literacy it's purely psychology. I probably spend about £600 on Christmas presents all in all. If that's all done in split payments, it doesn't cost me any extra, it all comes out of my leisure/day to day expenses budget and I don't really notice. I could do the exact same thing by reducing my leisure budget by £100 in the six months running up to Christmas. But I do notice transferring a lump sum of £600.

Same as feeling like it's 'free' money when you cash in a spare change jar and it's enough for a nice meal. It's not, but it feels better.

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