Do you know what your colleagues earn?

[Pommygranite]

badgers_back said:

Cotty said:

Adenauer said:

Are we still not running a book on how much longer H22 is going to last on PH?

Ill have £5 on less than a week.

Hopefully a decade or more I'm looking forward to updates on the 10 year plan house purchase.

And if it doesn't happen it'll be some Rolex wearing baby boomer who ruined it all for him, not his own lack of ability or success

[Sexual Chocolate]

Funny isn't it. Earn a decent wage and buy yourself decent things and its considered peacocking. fk it ... I am going to stay in the house and not spend a penny as I don't want to insult anyone.


Actually its my last day tomorrow. I will then earn less than than my dog come Wednesday

[Countdown]

vescaegg said:

I like my current work phone which I got on ebay actually. Its battery lasts about 6 weeks - except its dead right now...

Is that the 8890? If so, stop peacocking you flash git

Seriously though - nice phone. Always wanted one when they were newish but couldn't afford one, so I settled for the 8310

[BrabusMog]

Countdown said:

vescaegg said:

I like my current work phone which I got on ebay actually. Its battery lasts about 6 weeks - except its dead right now...

Is that the 8890? If so, stop peacocking you flash git

Seriously though - nice phone. Always wanted one when they were newish but couldn't afford one, so I settled for the 8310

i'll out peacock the pair of you - had one of these as my first company phone, soon replaced for some hefty blackberry when we realised how st they were for e-mail.

[Countdown]

H22observer said:

Where my relatives live is no secret to my family. The fact that they built or bought their 5 bedroom family home 30 years ago, watched the property multiply in value and have paid off most of the mortgage is no secret either.

The areas they live in are very desirable. None of my older relatives are show offs. They are humble and don't hold some of the disgusting, snobby views that i see on here. They don't hold these views because they see their own children and grandchildren struggling to afford a house and competing for jobs in a competitive market.

So no, they're not peacocking or bragging.

What your relatives have done is similar to what most other people have done.

So why is it that you consider other people to be braggarts and peacocks but your relatives are hardworking humble "salt of the earth" types?

A tad hypocritical, I would suuggest.

[Countdown]

BrabusMog said:

i'll out peacock the pair of you - had one of these as my first company phone, soon replaced for some hefty blackberry when we realised how st they were for e-mail.

Sorry - doesn't do it for me. The 8890 was always the "one"....

[BrabusMog]

Countdown said:

BrabusMog said:

i'll out peacock the pair of you - had one of these as my first company phone, soon replaced for some hefty blackberry when we realised how st they were for e-mail.

Sorry - doesn't do it for me. The 8890 was always the "one"....

Aye, it was for me, too until I handled that beauty - pics don't do it justice.

[shep1001]

We used to be able to work it out but the grade bands overlap by about £15K. Some perks like bonus you can work out based on years in or how lazy they are but its hard to tell. At the end of the day I am happy my salary/bonuses and perks so I don't give a monkeys what my colleagues earn.

[IanA2]

BrabusMog said:

Countdown said:

BrabusMog said:

i'll out peacock the pair of you - had one of these as my first company phone, soon replaced for some hefty blackberry when we realised how st they were for e-mail.

Sorry - doesn't do it for me. The 8890 was always the "one"....

Aye, it was for me, too until I handled that beauty - pics don't do it justice.

Nah...the 6310i still rules....

[shep1001]

IanA2 said:

Nah...the 6310i still rules....

The week I started in sales, the first mobile phones were issued to staff, Nokia 6021's before that it was a bag of 10p coins to stop and use the pay phone to call the office!! I remember buying my own joy stick attachment so I could play 'Snake" better

Edited by shep1001 on Monday 28th July 19:07

[Hackney]

I don't know what my colleagues earn. Where I currently work no-one does a job like mine, so it wouldn't be comparable if I did.

This topic shows the Brits up again as two-faced, snobs, show-offs, secret keepers, jealous types.
The reason it's not talked about is because of our capitalist culture - we want to earn more than everyone else, we want to pay employees as little as possible.

[vescaegg]

IanA2 said:

BrabusMog said:

Countdown said:

BrabusMog said:

i'll out peacock the pair of you - had one of these as my first company phone, soon replaced for some hefty blackberry when we realised how st they were for e-mail.

Sorry - doesn't do it for me. The 8890 was always the "one"....

Aye, it was for me, too until I handled that beauty - pics don't do it justice.

Nah...the 6310i still rules....

Bow to my old company phone still in my drawer!




And by the way Countdown I could never afford the 8890 either when it came out - bought it on ebay for £20 I believe!

What. A. Pair.

[Adam B]

Carthage said:

I can't think of a single female friend who earns less than her partner

que?

quite enjoyed this thread - haven't heard the term "yuppie" for 15 years

Edited by Adam B on Monday 28th July 18:38

[H22observer]

okgo said:

H22observer said:

Don't be so childish. The man clearly insulted my relatives, so my response was proportionate and appropriate.

If you're bored with my 'drivel', don't read it.

No I did not. My own parents also rode the boom like it sounds like yours did.

I am certainly not jealous at all, I've worked hard to not need their inheritance, but should I get it, so be it, but just because someone built a house, or whatever else, it doesn't mean that they worked hard for it.

The reason people like that don't make noises is likely because most of their cash is tied up in the house they're sitting in.

Well it sounds like you are jealous.

What's your criteria for 'working hard' then?
If "Buying the land and building a house with your bare hands" doesn't count as hard work, then i'm not sure what does.

Is it only high-earning "hardworking" yuppies that deserve a house in this day & age? Maybe you should decline the inheritance if you think your parents didn't earn it.

If they wanted to, my aunt & uncle could remortgage or downsize, then have a few hundred thousand to show off with, but they won't because they're not flash and they're a different species to the type of people who lurk in the darker corners of PH * , waiting for an opportunity to willy wave with gay abandon.

• (unashamedly shallow and materialistic middle-aged people and consumerist barbarian generation Y yuppies..)

Some people are modest and humble. Others are clearly not and love to shout about how successful they are. I have a lot of time for the former and no respect for the latter.

[H22observer]

Hackney said:

This topic shows the Brits up again as two-faced, snobs, show-offs, secret keepers, jealous types.
The reason it's not talked about is because of our capitalist culture - we want to earn more than everyone else, we want to pay employees as little as possible.

well put sir

[H22observer]

devnull said:

I get the impression that if H22 spent as much time working than he does arguing with everyone on the internet, he'd have been more successful in life and thus earnt more.

Cliche alarm.

A predictable and lazy post at best. Try again.

[badgers_back]

H22observer said:

If they wanted to, my aunt & uncle could remortgage or downsize, then have a few hundred thousand to show off with, but they won't.

Bet you they will when the old age medical bills start cranking up...

then its bang goes your house purchase plan.....

[H22observer]

Adam B said:

Carthage said:

I can't think of a single female friend who earns less than her partner

que?

quite enjoyed this thread - haven't heard the term "yuppie" for 15 years

Edited by Adam B on Monday 28th July 18:38

I thought the yuppies had all but died out....for a few years it was nice and quiet.....then the internet became popular and they found a new platform for boasting, exaggerating and spouting nonsense about working hard and working smart.

[H22observer]

badgers_back said:

H22observer said:

If they wanted to, my aunt & uncle could remortgage or downsize, then have a few hundred thousand to show off with, but they won't.

Bet you they will when the old age medical bills start cranking up...

then its bang goes your house purchase plan.....

you're not even close, badger. They have 4 children & 13 grandchildren.

Thanks for raising the issue of my relatives ill health. My uncle recently had a stroke, but he's recovering well. My cousins will be delighted that you're commenting about it.

Stay classy.

Edited by H22observer on Monday 28th July 19:02

[badgers_back]

H22observer said:

Adam B said:

Carthage said:

I can't think of a single female friend who earns less than her partner

que?

quite enjoyed this thread - haven't heard the term "yuppie" for 15 years

Edited by Adam B on Monday 28th July 18:38

I thought the yuppies had all but died out....for a few years it was nice and quiet.....then the internet became popular and they found a new platform for boasting, exaggerating and spouting nonsense about working hard and working smart.

where as you don't work smart or hard...