Do you know what your colleagues earn?

[joebongo]

Yes a GP who does very little and gets 138k a year.

All from your taxes.

.

[OzzyR1]

Nothing much to add but I met a new client today to chat about a project she has in mind in her newly purchased property in West London - probably about £8-10 million of house

She is mid-late 30's, didn't come from a monied background but in the 20 years she has been at work, has started up 6 companies, sold 4 of them and is now so "comfortable" that should she wish, she would not have to work again.

Also mother to 6 kids.

Very, very impressive, shows what drive, ambition and bloody hard work can achieve.

Edited by OzzyR1 on Friday 25th July 23:04

[okgo]

Pics?

[OzzyR1]

Haha, sadly not, have tried to be deliberately vague to protect identity as she does have a fair online presence.

Suffice to say she is very easy on the eye, but soon to be married so think you might be out of luck.

[Pommygranite]

H22observer said:

Petrolhead95 said:

Countdown said:

I'd guess it's something to do with British "reserve" - we don't like boasting and we don't like people that boast.

Boasting and discussing are two completely different things.

I agree.

but we don't do that in this country because certain people think it's rude.

They prefer to judge others based on :

The area you live in
Whether you are you state educated or privately educated
The clothes you wear
Your profession
Watch/Jewellery/Cufflinks
Number of tattoos
Your accent
The make and age of your car
Whether you had a registry office/pauper wedding

Some British people are very very strange.

You do realise that the most judgemental person on here is you?

You're the one preferring to judge others. You do realise how hypocritical you are being?

None of us care about what you earn, your job or where you live - you're the one who's posted whining about those. We criticised you not for those things but because you make generalisations about those with expensive watches, weddings, earnings as if all those people do it purely to show off.

You are the person you claim to hate and you can't see it.

You state some individuals need their views changing - well most on here seem to think that's actually you. But obviously we must all be wrong.

You remind me of those ultra religious zealots who profer moralistic superior views and hold the higher moral ground yet are the most judgemental, ugly and hypocritical people you could possibly meet.

[cookmysock]

In Australia it is not the done thing either to ask about salaries.

Several years ago whilst working in Thailand, we were out for a few after work drinks with a couple of fellows from a recruiting agency. One of the blokes asked me what I earned and I was a little taken aback. I however told him as I expected some feedback in return. When I asked what he was on, he just shook his head and said no! What a dick.

Oh, and talking abouts dicks, can someone please ban H22?

[Pit Pony]

Countdown said:

Pit Pony said:

I do the opposite with my wife's snobby friends:

"Our son gets a full university grant, and bursary designed to encourage the children of people from families earning under the average"

"I owe HMRC £1860 in overpaid tax credits, due to a HMRC mistake, but am paying back at £12 a week"

"I'm coming dangerously close to paying tax"

Note 2 of these are actually true.

One assumes you're, how can I put this, ......."Northern"?

Erm yes.

I'm thinking that you think Northern people are thick which is how I came to owe money to the HMRC ? It was a bit stupid to be honest.

[brickwall]

H22observer said:

"A young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle."

Incidentally, I see nothing wrong with any of these attributes:

Young: Well, this is not really something you can do anything about, is it.

Ambitious: Oh those damn ambitious people. How annoying they are. Presumably you'd rather people didn't have ambition? Or that they shouldn't be ambitious?

Well-educated: What an awful thing to be. Clearly it's much better to be poorly-educated. Obviously.

City-dweller: That covers about 80% of the UK population. Hardly an exclusive tag.

Professional career: I think a lot of people, regardless of job, would describe themselves as a professional. But maybe it means "the professions", in which case everyone working for Google is out. What's bad about working in the professions? What's bad about wanting to?

Affluent lifestyle: I don't know about you, but I'd rather an Aston to an Astra. What's bad about that?

If this is what yuppie means, I don't know why you insist on using it as such a term of derision.

[badgers_back]

brickwall said:

H22observer said:

"A young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle."

Incidentally, I see nothing wrong with any of these attributes:

Young: Well, this is not really something you can do anything about, is it.

Ambitious: Oh those damn ambitious people. How annoying they are. Presumably you'd rather people didn't have ambition? Or that they shouldn't be ambitious?

Well-educated: What an awful thing to be. Clearly it's much better to be poorly-educated. Obviously.

City-dweller: That covers about 80% of the UK population. Hardly an exclusive tag.

Professional career: I think a lot of people, regardless of job, would describe themselves as a professional. But maybe it means "the professions", in which case everyone working for Google is out. What's bad about working in the professions? What's bad about wanting to?

Affluent lifestyle: I don't know about you, but I'd rather an Aston to an Astra. What's bad about that?

If this is what yuppie means, I don't know why you insist on using it as such a term of derision.

As usual with these things people who bring out a long list of dislikes are actually bringing a mirror to their life / issues...

Reading between the lines

h22 has

Young: 30-35 not young any more aka the age you realise your not getting what you want / dreamed off in life.

Ambitious: Probably would like to be but doesn't have the get up and go to do it, hoping for a 5 k uplift in salary in 10 years.... which quite frankly is terrible.

Well-educated: Not would be the best option I'd have guessed from here, the root of his issues and failing perhaps believing a better school and education would have got him further???

City-dweller: Renting on a sink estate on the outskirts of a st city.

Professional career: 30k at 35 yeah that's not a career... but probably would like one.

Affluent lifestyle: see above.

[H22observer]

brickwall said:

H22observer said:

"A young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle."

Incidentally, I see nothing wrong with any of these attributes:

Young: Well, this is not really something you can do anything about, is it.

Ambitious: Oh those damn ambitious people. How annoying they are. Presumably you'd rather people didn't have ambition? Or that they shouldn't be ambitious?

Well-educated: What an awful thing to be. Clearly it's much better to be poorly-educated. Obviously.

City-dweller: That covers about 80% of the UK population. Hardly an exclusive tag.

Professional career: I think a lot of people, regardless of job, would describe themselves as a professional. But maybe it means "the professions", in which case everyone working for Google is out. What's bad about working in the professions? What's bad about wanting to?

Affluent lifestyle: I don't know about you, but I'd rather an Aston to an Astra. What's bad about that?

If this is what yuppie means, I don't know why you insist on using it as such a term of derision.

Are you serious? Yuppies are complete bell-ends, who give themselves a really bad name.

If you think that being a stereotypical yuppie is a good thing, then you must be completely oblivious to public opinion.

You might not like hearing this but most normal people don't respect Yuppies, they think they are dicks. Although, i doubt they even realise this because they live in a bubble. They have their head stuck up their own arse and believe that people only dislike them because they are jealous of them.

I hope that has cleared up any confusion for you.

[bigandclever]

More power to your elbow, Wolfie, but I don't think the fellows in your commune count as "public opinion".

[H22observer]

swerni said:

H22observer said:

Countdown said:

Petrolhead95 said:

I don't understand this massive secrecy about how much we earn. Me and my friends discuss is quite openly.

I'd guess it's something to do with British "reserve" - we don't like boasting and we don't like people that boast.

This really amuses me.

but buying things that SUGGEST to other people that you have a high salary * is perfectly acceptable in polite society.

• (Bentley, Rolex, Expensive jewellery, Brand new white Range Rover, Christian Laboutin shoes, £1500 handbags, £50000 wedding with all the bells & whistles)

Could you imagine if everyone could access a UK database of names & published income? Would people still buy all this stuff or would they start buying things for their intrinsic value and usefulness?

Would demand for status symbols fall and reduce the price of these so-called "luxury" brands ?

That fact you believe people buy these things just to portray an image, say more about you that it does about them.

Yes, it says that i'm less of a consumerist barbarian than they are. It also says that i have been less brainwashed by marketing companies than they have.

The only people laughing are the marketing execs when they cash their bonus cheques.

[okgo]

But you're still the poor one who has a st life?

Think I'll take my chances as a yuppie then.

Anyone seen where I left my Omega? Maybe the cleaner has moved it.

[GetCarter]

H22observer said:

The only people laughing are the marketing execs when they cash their bonus cheques.

Sadly mate, most people are laughing at you. I'd cash in my chips and get out before you are banned if I were you.

Good luck.

[H22observer]

okgo said:

But you're still the poor one who has a st life?

Think I'll take my chances as a yuppie then.

this sort of haughty yuppie mentality is exactly why people hate them.

I'm not poor, by the way. Unless you have a perverse definition of what 'poor' actually means. I just don't spend all my money on awful status symbols just to impress all of my shallow fake friends in some sort of neverending pissing competition of tacky watches, tacky weddings and tacky white range rovers.

You sound like an awful, stuck up little man by the way. I think you need to learn some humility to become a better person.

[H22observer]

GetCarter said:

H22observer said:

The only people laughing are the marketing execs when they cash their bonus cheques.

Sadly mate, most people are laughing at you. I'd cash in my chips and get out before you are banned if I were you.

[H22observer]

swerni said:

H22observer said:

Yes, it says that i'm less of a consumerist barbarian than they are. It also says that i have been less brainwashed by marketing companies than they have.

The only people laughing are the marketing execs when they cash their bonus cheques.

No, it really doesn't say that at all.

Oh, i think it does.

It also explains why the resident PH yuppies have turned on me like a pack of rabid wolves.

I've seen it happen before on pistonheads when somebody expresses an opinion that is classed as "unacceptable" by the extremely vocal members of this forum.

[okgo]

Don't bother Steve.

Maybe go for a blast round Surrey in your corvette? Ya yuppie.

[Joey Ramone]

GetCarter said:

Sadly mate, most people are laughing at you. I'd cash in my chips and get out before you are banned if I were you.

Good luck.

Why the fk would he get banned?

I've watched a couple of threads descend into this bullst about relative wages and aspiration. Despite how he comes across sometimes, H22 makes some perfectly valid points. If he wants to cruise through life on 35k a year than all power to him, and if he gets sick and tired of relentless stealth boasts on this forum, then fair enough.

[MajorProblem]

Joey Ramone said:

GetCarter said:

Sadly mate, most people are laughing at you. I'd cash in my chips and get out before you are banned if I were you.

Good luck.

Why the fk would he get banned?

I've watched a couple of threads descend into this bullst about relative wages and aspiration. Despite how he comes across sometimes, H22 makes some perfectly valid points. If he wants to cruise through life on 35k a year than all power to him, and if he gets sick and tired of relentless stealth boasts on this forum, then fair enough.

Jesus, that's a bit rich.