This week I’d like to share a little frustration with you (don’t worry, I’m calm…). I think we’ve all experienced customer service or assistance and thought “I could do this much better than you”. It’s not only that I’ve applied for a handful of shops and supermarkets that I…

  Editor’s note: This week Alex gets back to his main problem – job hunting. Do you think he will make a goof postman? This week’s article will return to one of the main focus points of my posts; news of my job search. Recently I have been assigned to…

  Editor’s note: Remember I was saying that one needs an emergency fund after all? As if this were a premonition, Alex tells us that his freezer broke and what this means for his immediate life. Oh, and he pays homage to his family but this is another matter :)….

Editor’s note: Today on The Money Principle you can read the next instalment of Alex’s reflections on life, retail, shopping and life as a young unemployed man in the UK looking for work. The schedule is a bit disturbed but Alex was poorly last week. I remember the hours spent…

  This week I’d like to share with you a genuine surprise to me, and a very pleasant one at that. It happened on Thursday, the day I visit the Job Centre every fortnight. And in fact it was two weeks ago I wrote about ‘The Grey Building’ here on…

Editors note: Alex muses over the noise of shopping now and wonders what it will be like in years to come! Common haggling and bargaining for goods is a practice long since instinct in our parts of the world. Today shop assistants can do as little as point at a…

Editor’s note: Tonight Alex takes us to the Job Centre; from the archaic computer systems to the apprehension and boredom of the people involved. He may not be successful in finding the ‘funny side’ of all that but the irony should not be lost on us. The Job Centre, it’s…

Editor’s Note: This week Alex ventures into his back yard for a barbeque … It’s funny how we are in this country, and we are indeed the subject for plenty of laughter. It’s barbeque weather in England and so it’s time to switch off those TV’s, for an hour at…

  Editor’s Note: This week Alex tackles the issue of shopping. When you are unemployed you have to shop smart not hard. But can young people today crack it? This week I’d like to guide your attentions towards good old food shopping. Having worked in retail for a number of…

Editor’s note: This is another one of the series of posts by Alex charting his way out of the rut of unemployment. Well it is back to the grindstone of filling time. After two weeks wilfully participating in a great work-based training course it is now down to myself alone…

  Editor’s note: This is another post by Alex – this time as an exception it is on Monday. He is still keeping the Friday slot on TMP. I have now finished the two week work-based training course conducted by ICM (Institute of Customer Management), and if I’m honest I’m…