Have finally received OR appointment

8 posts Page 1 of 1
Post Reply
 
 

fudge34

User avatar
Posts: 197
Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:18 pm
Location:
Post by fudge34 » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:50 pm
Quote
After wishing they would simply forget about little ole me - have had the letter to say that I have to go in for my OR interview in the first week of October to meet a Miss Seward.

Hope she is nice and has kids so knows how expensive they are!
I have to redo my I & E and up some things, worked out my travel (I travel by bus into work every day and a travel card costs me 7 pounds a day which is around 189.00 a month, this doesn't include weekends where I again travel in by bus) Am worried about this as the assistant OR picked it up as being excessive. I don't drive am taking driving lessons but won't have a test until December so am not sure whether I should be claiming for these as well - as obviously it will bring down my bus costs if I pass my test? I just don't want to do anything that makes it seem as if I am living exessively!
Top
 
 

lily

User avatar
Posts: 1251
Joined: Tue May 29, 2007 5:27 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Post by lily » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:55 pm
Quote
blimey buses are expensive, is there a travel card that would work out cheaper? You could run a car for that. Good luck with the lessons and the test.

lily
Last edited by lily on Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
lily
Top
 
 

fudge34

User avatar
Posts: 197
Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:18 pm
Location:
Post by fudge34 » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:11 pm
Quote
thanks lily! it is so expensive! that is my travel card, I don't tend to buy a weekly card as sometimes I can get lifts home with people that I work with and I always seem to end up wasting money if I buy a travel card
Top
 
 

Soulgrowth

User avatar
Posts: 2446
Joined: Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:38 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Post by Soulgrowth » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:47 pm
Quote
I don't see how they could complain if that's what it costs Fudge. Could you not keep the receipts or something for your travel card between now and the OR meeting as evidence? Would not the cost of the travel card equate to about the same as you would be allowed in BR for a car?

Debbie

www.babynamings.co.uk

www.soulgrowth.co.uk
Debbie
Top
 
 

lily

User avatar
Posts: 1251
Joined: Tue May 29, 2007 5:27 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Post by lily » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:52 pm
Quote
Well I pay ten pounds per week for my daughter to go to school and thats not full fare so it would be expensive for an adult.

lily
lily
Top
 
 

Skippy

User avatar
Posts: 20720
Joined: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:08 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Post by Skippy » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:03 pm
Quote
I was allowed £100 a month for petrol, £30 for insurance, £10 for tax, £50 for maintenance and £10 for breakdown cover so not a lot of difference really!

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is the present - a gift to make the most of.

View my blog at http://skippy13.blogs.iva.co.uk/
Top
 
 

fudge34

User avatar
Posts: 197
Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:18 pm
Location:
Post by fudge34 » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:10 pm
Quote
good idea about travel card reciepts will keep them - its also because i have to get the bus at weekends too so that is why its so expensive I think I read somewhere that they allow you 200 pounds per month travel if you lived in london a travel card there for a day is almost 8.50! so it has to be fair across the country I would say!
Top
 
 

Soulgrowth

User avatar
Posts: 2446
Joined: Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:38 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Post by Soulgrowth » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:40 am
Quote
Surely if that's how much it costs ... that's how much it costs ... so I am sure that the receipts should help Fudge. Unless you have to find less expensive travel means in inner London ... perhaps a donkey? But then it probably would come under your pet allowance! [:)]

www.babynamings.co.uk

www.soulgrowth.co.uk
Debbie
Top
Post Reply
8 posts Page 1 of 1
Return to “postbag for september”