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Post by milkomania on Jan 28, 2013 19:18:56 GMT -5
So I had this conversation with an acquaintance a while back about jobs we had as teens. She worked at her father's office, I worked at McD's. When I told her that, she said she would never want money that bad to work there. Yeah, the job sucked, but it was the only way I would have made it to college. And of course, I still had to take out loans because I was a) stupid, and didn't go to a cheaper school and b) not loaded. This same acquaintance was moaning about her $400 a month car payment on her new SUV, and I was thinking, I'd love to have that problem. I have a '99 Acura set to die any day now and on top of my loan payments, I have to decide whether I should spring for new contacts or take my cat in to have his teeth checked.
And then my friends want to know why haven't I bought a home or had kids yet. I just don't understand what's such a hard concept to grasp that there isn't enough money to go around.
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Post by JDviant on Jan 28, 2013 19:22:23 GMT -5
"I need to save up, I need to buy new tires"
"Why don't you just go buy them?"
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I've had some of these conversations before.
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Post by King Ghidorah on Jan 28, 2013 19:31:31 GMT -5
Poor friends suck too.
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Post by Bone Daddy on Jan 28, 2013 19:48:03 GMT -5
"I have to decide whether I should spring for new contacts or take my cat in to have his teeth checked."
Just an amazing quote
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 20:05:58 GMT -5
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 28, 2013 20:32:27 GMT -5
I can empathize. I have a friend whose got a great job and whenever I want to hang out he wants to go someplace really expensive that I can't really afford to go. guess he missed the memo that I have a shitty minimum wage job and school is expensive. I can't even afford to go to the bar.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 28, 2013 20:38:41 GMT -5
I am picturing the cat from your avatar saying all of this. So while I can relate to your issue, it's also hard not to smile.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 28, 2013 21:09:49 GMT -5
In a thread complaining about rich people, the OP mentions spending money to get her cat's teeth checked. THIS IS WHY THE TERRORIST HATE US  |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 28, 2013 21:22:59 GMT -5
"I have to decide whether I should spring for new contacts or take my cat in to have his teeth checked." Just an amazing quote I don't have a pet, but as someone who is near sighted, I can understand trying to scrape together money for contacts. I do wear glasses as well, but as someone who trains in martial arts, and occasionally performs theatre, glasses are not very practical. |
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Post by twiggy101 on Jan 28, 2013 22:04:52 GMT -5
There needs to be a middle ground because rich people suck and poor people suck.
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Post by milkomania on Jan 28, 2013 23:40:21 GMT -5
In all seriousness though- my cat has some rancid breath, and loves to share it with me every morning. It's a concern because it could mean health problems. I just used this as an example because it's like I gotta choose between my health or his. And...seriously, $300 for a kitty dental cleaning? I gotta go to the dentist, too!
Oh..and dentists. Those jerks. I got a cap last year, cost me $1000. And no, I don't have health insurance.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 29, 2013 0:17:33 GMT -5
There needs to be a middle ground because rich people suck and poor people suck. Yeah, it's called just plain "People Suck". All of them. |
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Post by Yami Daimao on Jan 29, 2013 0:53:50 GMT -5
Everybody sucks.
The bigger question is, do they blow?
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Post by milkomania on Jan 29, 2013 1:38:19 GMT -5
Everybody sucks. The bigger question is, do they blow? Only Megamaid does that. And even then, you need the Schwartz. |
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Post by nate5054 on Jan 29, 2013 5:42:39 GMT -5
So I had this conversation with an acquaintance a while back about jobs we had as teens. She worked at her father's office, I worked at McD's. She sounds like an awful person. McDonald's may not be an ideal job, or even one that I wouldn't hate, but it's good honest work and any good honest job shouldn't be degraded. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 29, 2013 10:57:35 GMT -5
So I had this conversation with an acquaintance a while back about jobs we had as teens. She worked at her father's office, I worked at McD's. She sounds like an awful person. McDonald's may not be an ideal job, or even one that I wouldn't hate, but it's good honest work and any good honest job shouldn't be degraded. especially in this labour market. if you have no education or marketable skills, there's no such thing as being "too good" for a so-called "McJob". if I'm the HR director and 2 kids fresh out of school come to me with resumes, but one of them has extensive experience in retail/fast-food/convenience and the other guy has no work experience to speak of, who do you think I'm going to pick for the position? doing your time in retail tells me you have experience working with people in a workplace, and you've also got experience dealing with customers. if you worked at that job for a while, I know how much those jobs can suck and if you stuck it out for a couple years when you were in school, even if you didn't have to, that looks great too. never underestimate the value of a minimum wage, part-time job. and for that matter, it's not fair to look down on people working in service industry jobs. we're moving to a more knowledge-based economy and that means there's fewer jobs that actually pay well for those without advanced skills, and not everyone has the same opportunities to build those skills. |
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Post by Long A, Short A on Jan 29, 2013 12:40:39 GMT -5
Most of my friends are in the same tax bracket as I am. I have a couple of rich(ish) family members that are a trip and a half. One minute they will cry poor and the next minute they will do something that poor people just can't do.
I almost gave one of my working class friends a heart attack when I told her that my cousin goes to the hair salon every week to get her hair washed.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Jan 29, 2013 13:32:05 GMT -5
I have a friend who lived between Dr. Phil and Terrell Owens in Dallas. He's A-OK in my book. Only time he ever made a point of throwing money around was when he would buy Johnnie Walker Blue Label and end up spilling the bottle because he drank too much.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 29, 2013 15:25:05 GMT -5
I have a friend who lived between Dr. Phil and Terrell Owens in Dallas. He's A-OK in my book. Only time he ever made a point of throwing money around was when he would buy Johnnie Walker Blue Label and end up spilling the bottle because he drank too much. having to live between Dr. Phil and Terrell Owens is also a perfectly valid reason for alcoholism. |
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