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	<title>Comments on: Why don&#8217;t you just get a job?</title>
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	<description>A modern day account of what it means to be homeless in Britain.</description>
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		<title>By: Zoe D</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-629</link>
		<dc:creator>Zoe D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry you&#039;re stuck like that. It&#039;s hard to get a job even when you have all the proper paperwork! I know things are rough in the UK like they are in the US. Like Homeless Guy said, people are turning to drug dealing and prostitution. 

It does seem like you should be able to replace documents, though...at least the passport. I know it costs money, and you need a job to get money. Sigh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;re stuck like that. It&#8217;s hard to get a job even when you have all the proper paperwork! I know things are rough in the UK like they are in the US. Like Homeless Guy said, people are turning to drug dealing and prostitution. </p>
<p>It does seem like you should be able to replace documents, though&#8230;at least the passport. I know it costs money, and you need a job to get money. Sigh.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim G</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-625</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can&#039;t your embassy help with replacing your documents?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can&#8217;t your embassy help with replacing your documents?</p>
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		<title>By: homelessgirl</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-588</link>
		<dc:creator>homelessgirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for all your responses I was thinking I would get a lot more flak but its been nice. And I hope you know that everyday I wish I had a job.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for all your responses I was thinking I would get a lot more flak but its been nice. And I hope you know that everyday I wish I had a job.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-327</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Check out: http://homelessness.change.org/blog/view/dont_be_homeless_get_a_job

You&#039;ll find a lot in common.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out: <a href="http://homelessness.change.org/blog/view/dont_be_homeless_get_a_job" rel="nofollow">http://homelessness.change.org/blog/view/dont_be_homeless_get_a_job</a></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll find a lot in common&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Intelitary Milligence</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-322</link>
		<dc:creator>Intelitary Milligence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>we&#039;ve let a homeless man into our apartment (against the rules) and someone reported it. i&#039;m going mad trying to find another place for him.

he immediately started cleaning dishes (no one asked him to) and stays out the most of the day getting physically back in shape.

ANYONE who so much as tries to say &quot;get a job&quot; is going to get the nastiest look from me.

i hope you find a solution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we&#8217;ve let a homeless man into our apartment (against the rules) and someone reported it. i&#8217;m going mad trying to find another place for him.</p>
<p>he immediately started cleaning dishes (no one asked him to) and stays out the most of the day getting physically back in shape.</p>
<p>ANYONE who so much as tries to say &#8220;get a job&#8221; is going to get the nastiest look from me.</p>
<p>i hope you find a solution.</p>
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		<title>By: Interesting thing, Human beings. &#171; The Adventures of Homeless Girl</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-306</link>
		<dc:creator>Interesting thing, Human beings. &#171; The Adventures of Homeless Girl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] noticed that the most popular post on my blog is the Why don&#8217;t you just get a job? one and you can see it on the sidebar.  and I thank God I wrote that earlier because I know the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] noticed that the most popular post on my blog is the Why don&#8217;t you just get a job? one and you can see it on the sidebar.  and I thank God I wrote that earlier because I know the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Homeless dude</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-274</link>
		<dc:creator>Homeless dude</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just wanted to say that what you are saying is very accurate. Here in the US the economy has taken a serious downturn (the housing market crashed and now tons of people are homeless) and out here on the streets it seems like there are two options for making money: drugs, and prostitution. Even looking at the bigger picture it is all sex (seventeen/people/Disney) and drugs (pharmaceuticals) that is apparently generating the tangible goods the money is backed on, and I personally don&#039;t want anything to do with any of it. I am starting to wonder how much more of it I can take.

I would like to think that getting a job would be as easy as the jerks who yell &quot;get a job&quot; make it out to be, but that is just not the case. If you do not have the tools, resources, residence, cell phone, proper identification, and know all the domestic-human rules then your chances of getting a job other than prostitution and drug dealing is slim. I am afraid that I may have to just resort to stealing from those ass holes that think I am out here because I am addicted to drugs or did something somehow wrong. Then what? Then you go to prison to make the prison state more money, or at least have the guilt on your conscience. 

I am not addicted to drugs, it really is not my fault that I don&#039;t have a house (I have basically been homeless since I was 18) and I can assure you that if it was possible I would get a decent job. I have no shoes and no razor blades to cut my hair. I have no clean clothes and nowhere to bathe. I have no cell phone to contact the employer. So what do I do?

This message is to the &quot;survival of the fittest&quot;/&quot;get a job&quot; dude: Do you think your little domesticated ass could handle a mob of hungry desperate homeless people? I didn&#039;t think so, give a dollar next time ass-hole.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to say that what you are saying is very accurate. Here in the US the economy has taken a serious downturn (the housing market crashed and now tons of people are homeless) and out here on the streets it seems like there are two options for making money: drugs, and prostitution. Even looking at the bigger picture it is all sex (seventeen/people/Disney) and drugs (pharmaceuticals) that is apparently generating the tangible goods the money is backed on, and I personally don&#8217;t want anything to do with any of it. I am starting to wonder how much more of it I can take.</p>
<p>I would like to think that getting a job would be as easy as the jerks who yell &#8220;get a job&#8221; make it out to be, but that is just not the case. If you do not have the tools, resources, residence, cell phone, proper identification, and know all the domestic-human rules then your chances of getting a job other than prostitution and drug dealing is slim. I am afraid that I may have to just resort to stealing from those ass holes that think I am out here because I am addicted to drugs or did something somehow wrong. Then what? Then you go to prison to make the prison state more money, or at least have the guilt on your conscience. </p>
<p>I am not addicted to drugs, it really is not my fault that I don&#8217;t have a house (I have basically been homeless since I was 18) and I can assure you that if it was possible I would get a decent job. I have no shoes and no razor blades to cut my hair. I have no clean clothes and nowhere to bathe. I have no cell phone to contact the employer. So what do I do?</p>
<p>This message is to the &#8220;survival of the fittest&#8221;/&#8221;get a job&#8221; dude: Do you think your little domesticated ass could handle a mob of hungry desperate homeless people? I didn&#8217;t think so, give a dollar next time ass-hole.</p>
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		<title>By: BlackWomenBlowTheTrumpet</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-199</link>
		<dc:creator>BlackWomenBlowTheTrumpet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello there,

What about being a nanny in a private home?

What about offering to do housekeeping in private homes?

I know these jobs are not the most desired but in the United States, those who do not have proper documentation to work for a company can be hired by individuals and paid by those individuals in cash.

I don&#039;t know if that is feasible in your country since I am not familiar with dynamics.

There are plenty of people who lose their identification overseas....the U.S. passport, if lost...CAN BE replaced by the person even if they don&#039;t have other identification. I know that you are not in the U.S. however.

You certainly CAN NOT be the only person in that country with no identification and a lost passport...you are not the only person in the country that has happened to so there are options that can be undertaken. I will go online and try and investigate something and come back to the blog.

I hate when people tell me &quot;there are options&quot; but they don&#039;t give me any....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello there,</p>
<p>What about being a nanny in a private home?</p>
<p>What about offering to do housekeeping in private homes?</p>
<p>I know these jobs are not the most desired but in the United States, those who do not have proper documentation to work for a company can be hired by individuals and paid by those individuals in cash.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if that is feasible in your country since I am not familiar with dynamics.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people who lose their identification overseas&#8230;.the U.S. passport, if lost&#8230;CAN BE replaced by the person even if they don&#8217;t have other identification. I know that you are not in the U.S. however.</p>
<p>You certainly CAN NOT be the only person in that country with no identification and a lost passport&#8230;you are not the only person in the country that has happened to so there are options that can be undertaken. I will go online and try and investigate something and come back to the blog.</p>
<p>I hate when people tell me &#8220;there are options&#8221; but they don&#8217;t give me any&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Money, Money, Money &#171; The Adventures of Homeless Girl</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-129</link>
		<dc:creator>Money, Money, Money &#171; The Adventures of Homeless Girl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I thought I would talk about this because I&#8217;m sure people will be wondering how I am able to survive or how I could have money. As I said earlier I don&#8217;t have a job.  [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I thought I would talk about this because I&#8217;m sure people will be wondering how I am able to survive or how I could have money. As I said earlier I don&#8217;t have a job.  [...]</p>
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		<title>By: maji6</title>
		<link>http://superhomeless.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/#comment-37</link>
		<dc:creator>maji6</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im in Leeds, if you need some help get in contact.

Maj</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im in Leeds, if you need some help get in contact.</p>
<p>Maj</p>
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