Yahoo! Answers is choc full of whingers who would "love to work but can't". Oh yeah? So what disability prevents you from answering a phone or sitting at a desk?
2007-09-29 05:42:38 · 16 answers · asked by Kearney Zzyzwicz 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
depression with suicidal thoughts, and self harm
2007-09-29 05:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends what you mean by that? In the short term I was prevented from sitting at a desk and therefore answering phone calls (this was what my job basically entailed) as I had a very bad back injury. In case anyone on here does not know a back injury can often take a long time to heal properly. Mine took 2 years.
I hope no one is suggesting that I should stand up for 8 hrs answering phone calls, because believe me that also would have been impossible. If a back injury is bad enough it's just about all you can manage to lie on your back and not to move around. The pain was absolutely excruciating.
I'm not saying that there aren't people who are just lazy and scroungers, but please don't tar all of us with the same brush. Perhaps you have never really been ill and do not know much. Grrr!
2007-09-29 15:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know one of those whingers first hand, my sister who spends whatever little energy she has syphoning money, help and care from friends and parents ... anyway, she's my sister, and she should be grateful she does not have a real disability.
At work, I met a woman in her wheel chair with a serious disease. She could have stayed away from work but no, she did her very best. She rose to responsibility and that can happen is some companies who don't look down on disabled people.
So able people are just taking advantage while some "disabled" contribute to society.
I so agree with you that some people just seek excuses and put pressure on others without consideration.
2007-09-29 12:51:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well our government has introduced very strict medical exams which ascertain whether you are fit to work or else are right to be put on invalidity benefit. This does seem to have sorted out the sheep from the goats and got some workshy whinging layabouts back to work.
But having said that, there is no doubt there are some who are just not capable of working due to mental health rather than physical health failings.
The bottom line is if you do know of anybody abusing the system by - say- pretending he can not walk to get invalidly benefit when you see him running around, take a picture of him running around on your mobile phone, and send it to benefit fraud people giving his full name and address for investigation. Otherwise you and I have to pay higher taxes from our wages for our work to pay for his fiddling.
2007-09-29 16:50:04 · answer #4 · answered by cimex 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually , sitting at a desk more than 30 minutes can aggravate spinal cord injuries .
All disabilities are different .
I know some working people with totally snotty communications skills that would kill a company ,
If they were ever placed on phone duty .
I know phone people who could not operate a power tool to save their lives .
Everyone has different skills and some can be retrained to other tasks ,
But often , by age 50 , the other task will be new and they may have a huge learning curve to become proficient .
Unfortunately , you may have to actually experience being "broken" before you understand it .
Most healthy people are clueless until it happens to them .
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2007-09-29 12:49:41 · answer #5 · answered by kate 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It appears to depend upon the person. Some people, such as Christopher Reed, go on working after a devastating injury which left him unable to even breathe on his own. Others cite diabetes as an acceptable excuse.
Motivation is the key. If you are determined to make a difference in the world, or at least in your portion of it, you can do it against all odds. The only disability that counts is the one that lays you flat out in the coroner's office.
2007-09-29 12:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by Cheryl G 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am only qualified to work with animals. What job do you suggest I do with 3 crushed vertebrae I'm 40 years old. I have never worked in an office but do have a certificate in computer usage. Although all the jobs ask for a CV. What do you suggest I should I put on mine. No office experience, worked outdoors all my life can't sit down for long periods, can't stand up for long periods can't lift heavy objects and can't bend. Tell me what job I should go for mate cos I really would love one. I have a great telephone voice but again experience lets me down.
2007-09-29 18:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by Charley 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
know what you mean. I knw someone who said they cant sit at a desk for more than 20 min because they become stiff and sore because of an accident but they can sit in front of a tv from 7 in the morning till 10 at night getting up only to eat. what sort of person do you call this?
2007-09-29 12:58:35 · answer #8 · answered by pink cupcake 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cerebral palsy. My brother-in-law has it.
He isn't able speak because the muscles in his tongue are affected, so he can't answer phones.
He also can't use his hands very well because they're badly affected too. He could sit at a desk but he wouldn't be able to do much.
And yes, he'd love to be well enough to work.
I hope you're using this opportunity to find out more about disabilities and the real people who have to live with them!
2007-09-29 13:00:17 · answer #9 · answered by Shiphrah K 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
None, and I agree with you. I think there's too many people out there on disability benefits that are not really entitled to them. I travel a lot all over Europe and there's no other country like the UK, where there seems to be so many disable parking permits, surely we must be a very unhealthy nation or somebody it's taking advantage.
2007-09-29 12:53:55 · answer #10 · answered by fed up woman 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
That's a very narrow minded assumption....
True some are able to work but just lazy - just like some people who arent disabled would'nt you agree ??
and some would love to work but they genuinely can't....
2007-09-30 17:59:02 · answer #11 · answered by Roger 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋