Change in employment

[Toon Moene]

Yves Rutschle wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 10:29:30PM +0100, Toon Moene wrote:
> 
>>In the _Netherlands_, when unemployed, it is forbidden to work on 
>>*anything* that might also be performed as "work for hire".

> That's ridiculous. Technically, there is nothing you can't
> hire someone to do, so when unemployed you wouldn't have the
> right to cook yourself an egg. I hope you're getting large
> unemployment benefit with having to eat out every night :-)

I've received some other, hilarious, examples by private e-mail too - 
such that aren't appropriate for this family mailing list.

I think, however, that those responding do not understand the 
seriousness of the problem.  The Netherlands isn't the socialist 
paradise some of you might make of it.  In particular, unemployed people 
*with my skills* are seriously monitored to get back to (paid) employment.

So the not-so-hypothetical "discusion" between me and my employment 
adviser might go like this:

Governement Official: Mr. Moene, you're now unemployed for a month - 
what did you do to get paid employment ?

Me: <shows letters and rejects>

Gov. Off.: What else did you do this month ?

Me: Well, I read a lot and I continued to do my volunteer activities ...

Gov. Off.: What volunteer activities ?

Me: Church, GCC ...

Gov. Off.: GCC, what's that ?

Me: It's free software - let me show you the home page ...

Gov. Off.: Free ? So it's gratis ?

Me: No, Free stands for Freedom.

Gov. Off.: Oh, yes, I see; BTW, I see a lot of contributions from people 
who apparently are employed by corporations, some of which are even 
publicly traded - are you sure this is a volunteer activity ?

Me: Ummm, well, you see, ummm ...

Gov. Off.: Perhaps you should apply for a job in this sector.  Until you 
can show us that's impossible, we assume you'll stop this activity.

...

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