More fun with the jobcentre

At the moment, as I may have mentioned before, I’m on weekly signings, though there is some doubt as to whether or not I actually should be.

So, I dragged myself out of bed eary this morning, went to the jobcentre, handed over my signing book and took a seat, reading The Rule Of Four (whenever I go into that building I always take a book with me). Soon enough, my name is called and I head over the the staff member who called for me. The following took place:

JCS: You’ve got an appointment today at twenty past four*

Me: No I haven’t

JCS: You have. I can’t get any information on the system for you because of it.

Me: I haven’t. I had an appointment last week and I’ve got one at the beginning of next month, but not today.

JCS: I’ll show you.

We head over to her desk where she puts in my information, confirms my address and turns the screen to me. There, on the screen, is a message saying that I’ve got an appointment at 4:20 on 7/12/09.

JCS: There you go. You have an appointment at 4:20 on the 9th of the 12th.

I wait for the penny to drop. Then, just before I point out that the 12th month of the year is December.

JCS: Hang on. The 12th is next month, isn’t it?

Me: Yup.

JCS: It probably got flagged because your appointment is on the 7th and today is the 7th.

Pause.

JCS: Hang on, today’s the 9th isn’t it?

Me: Yup.

At least this one was a bit more amusing than the previous ones.

Will

*If you have an appointment on the same day as your normal signing and the two are at different times, you only need to come in for the appointment and you sign then. Which is a boon when you sign early in the morning, the appointment is late in the afternoon and you have a habit of staying up too late.