Today is the day of my Job seekers allowance meeting to see whether I qualify for any state help or not while being out of work.

Today was the day that the agency phoned me up to offer me my first day's work.

What a nightmare.

The way an agency works is they ring you because they are usually desperate, they are desperate because someone else is usually desperate and there are usually lots of agency's being rung and in turn ringing around and it all gets a bit frantic.
You never get the luxury of thinking about your answer or trying to re arrange you plans or cover your commitments its just a simple yes or no.

When its a No you feel a deep sense of dread that they will never ring you again, and that you've blown it.

I said No. I have to get to the Job seekers Interview because its the first one and I need my claim to be processed as fast as possible just in case I don't get offered any work again.

Its catch 22 in a lot of ways and I just hope that they understand.

A few plus points are that I have an interview tomorrow and my wife is being offered some freelance work as well so touch wood.

Things not looking that good judging by this here