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Author, fanwriter, trash bandit, queer geek feminist, dork. Jack of all pronouns, mxtress of none. Yells about hockey. Aussie in the US.

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    Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows Jun 25

    Foz Meadows Retweeted DrewAnB

    This tracks. Years ago, I worked phones for a state gov't hardship program where we'd pay for free fridges & washing machines for those who couldn't afford to replace their broken ones. I once took a call from someone with $100k in savings who didn't see why that mattered.https://twitter.com/JadedTransWoman/status/1408643132682473472 …

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    DrewAnB @JadedTransWoman
    A friend handles phone enquiries for NSW Health and pretty much every call is "But we have a family trip booked. How do we get around this?" And holy shit why do so many people think they're the exception to a rule?
    10:20 PM - 25 Jun 2021
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      2. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows Jun 25

        They were honestly baffled by the idea that buying new appliances was what savings were FOR. "Ma'am, that's more than I make in a year," I said. "But it's SAVINGS," she replied. The public truly contains some selfish, oblivious asshats who think they're owed whatever.

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      3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows Jun 25

        To be clear: the vast majority of those I spoke to were lovely and genuinely needed help - often more than we were authorised to provide, even where it was necessary. (A common issue: only giving small washing machines to elderly ppl whose carers needed them for big sheet loads.)

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      4. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows Jun 25

        But goddamn, when you're working with a program where so many clearly need help and are hesitant to ask for it, or are trying to advocate for their needs in the face of the system's limitations, the selfish few tend to stick in your memory.

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      2. Zevon Endless Possumbilities Price‏ @zevonprice Jun 25
        Replying to @fozmeadows

        I worked at an outreach center in my teens, and the people who would roll up in $60,000 trucks wearing diamonds wanting free stuff made me seriously question my like of humanity.

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      3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows Jun 25
        Replying to @zevonprice

        truly, the moral of the story is that 90% of the time, the only people trying to "improperly" take advantage of government hardship programs are selfish rich people, while the other 10% are people in actual need who are nonetheless disqualified under the t&cs for bullshit reasons

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