A bit council (Vol 3)
Discussion
Lugy said:
"We had a bag of 24 crisps on the kitchen table..." - council Sunday lunch.illmonkey said:
Thesprucegoose said:
I Love Cake said:
What were they going to eat the next day. Why is it poor people always buy takeaways, 37 quid a lidl would last a week.kingston12 said:
illmonkey said:
Thesprucegoose said:
I Love Cake said:
What were they going to eat the next day. Why is it poor people always buy takeaways, 37 quid a lidl would last a week.illmonkey said:
kingston12 said:
illmonkey said:
Thesprucegoose said:
I Love Cake said:
What were they going to eat the next day. Why is it poor people always buy takeaways, 37 quid a lidl would last a week.kingston12 said:
illmonkey said:
kingston12 said:
illmonkey said:
Thesprucegoose said:
I Love Cake said:
What were they going to eat the next day. Why is it poor people always buy takeaways, 37 quid a lidl would last a week.They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
love the mice story, its literally like ticking council bingo off.
loving the new names:
Ms McCallum is now worried about the health of son Kenny, ten, daughters Lara, nine and Chereme, 21, and 18-month-old granddaughter Darbie.
it was going ok until........ Chereme and Darbie.
never having heard the name, google says:
Noun
(linguistics) A basic unit of a sign language; equivalent to a phoneme. Chereme. well that's fancy then.
darbie, no google has no answer !
stumbled across a tnt with a dtr called Precious Starr XXXX (surname) today. excellent.
loving the new names:
Ms McCallum is now worried about the health of son Kenny, ten, daughters Lara, nine and Chereme, 21, and 18-month-old granddaughter Darbie.
it was going ok until........ Chereme and Darbie.
never having heard the name, google says:
Noun
(linguistics) A basic unit of a sign language; equivalent to a phoneme. Chereme. well that's fancy then.
darbie, no google has no answer !
stumbled across a tnt with a dtr called Precious Starr XXXX (surname) today. excellent.
SpeckledJim said:
I'd refuse to define anyone as 'poor' if they can happily spend £37 on a meal they can adequately replicate for £6 from any UK supermarket.
They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
If she genuinely only has less than £50 to her name, then I’d say that definitely qualifies as poor. The fact that she is willing to spend almost all of that on takeaway pizza is a probably a good indication of how she became poor and why she is always likely to remain that way.They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
Edited by kingston12 on Wednesday 16th January 18:33
kingston12 said:
SpeckledJim said:
I'd refuse to define anyone as 'poor' if they can happily spend £37 on a meal they can adequately replicate for £6 from any UK supermarket.
They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
If she genuinely only has less than £50 to her name, then I’d say that definitely qualifies as poor. The fact that she is willing to spend almost all of that on takeaway pizza is a probably a good indication of how she became poor and way she is always likely to remain that way.They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
kingston12 said:
SpeckledJim said:
I'd refuse to define anyone as 'poor' if they can happily spend £37 on a meal they can adequately replicate for £6 from any UK supermarket.
They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
If she genuinely only has less than £50 to her name, then I’d say that definitely qualifies as poor. The fact that she is willing to spend almost all of that on takeaway pizza is a probably a good indication of how she became poor and way she is always likely to remain that way.They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
I'm not poor (certainly not rich) and would consider spending £37 at Dominos ridiculously profligate.
schmunk said:
illmonkey said:
You can get 5 large pizzas for Just under £40. If being sensible, you'd get 20 portions out of that, so for an adult and 2 kids is 7 days.
Clearly you've never seen teenagers eat Dominos pizza...SpeckledJim said:
kingston12 said:
SpeckledJim said:
I'd refuse to define anyone as 'poor' if they can happily spend £37 on a meal they can adequately replicate for £6 from any UK supermarket.
They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
If she genuinely only has less than £50 to her name, then I’d say that definitely qualifies as poor. The fact that she is willing to spend almost all of that on takeaway pizza is a probably a good indication of how she became poor and way she is always likely to remain that way.They're not poor if they have £37 for pizza. Most people on UK average income would consider that an example of rash spending.
I'm not poor (certainly not rich) and would consider spending £37 at Dominos ridiculously profligate.
I still think that anyone with less than £50 to their name would be considered poor in the context of the real (sensible) cost of living in Britain in 2019. She is just making poor decisions by buying things she can’t afford that make her poorer still and increase the risk that she will run out of money altogether.
As has been pointed at above, in this case she has probably become skilled in frittering away the last of her money just in time for the next benefits payment to arrive. Presumably, if that arrives late for any reason, she’ll be living on ‘crisps and stuff’ or going down to the food bank until it gets there.
kingston12 said:
If she genuinely only has less than £50 to her name, then I’d say that definitely qualifies as poor. The fact that she is willing to spend almost all of that on takeaway pizza is a probably a good indication of how she became poor and way she is always likely to remain that way.
A good example of why the socialist principle of redistribution of wealth is not a viable or sustainable ideology, Tax the wealthy only to allow the financially inept to live without consequence.S11Steve said:
kingston12 said:
If she genuinely only has less than £50 to her name, then I’d say that definitely qualifies as poor. The fact that she is willing to spend almost all of that on takeaway pizza is a probably a good indication of how she became poor and why she is always likely to remain that way.
A good example of why the socialist principle of redistribution of wealth is not a viable or sustainable ideology, Tax the wealthy only to allow the financially inept to live without consequence.The problem is that we have become too politically correct in tackling it, hence people like these being prepared to go to the newspapers and reveal exactly what they are spending their benefits money on. There is no shame in doing so because from their perspective it is nobody else’s business and probably not unusual anyway.
kingston12 said:
Totally agree that it is ridiculously profligate, and in her case stupid - she spends the last of her money on something she shouldn’t, and when it fails to deliver she can’t afford to buy anything else.
I still think that anyone with less than £50 to their name would be considered poor in the context of the real (sensible) cost of living in Britain in 2019. She is just making poor decisions by buying things she can’t afford that make her poorer still and increase the risk that she will run out of money altogether.
As has been pointed at above, in this case she has probably become skilled in frittering away the last of her money just in time for the next benefits payment to arrive. Presumably, if that arrives late for any reason, she’ll be living on ‘crisps and stuff’ or going down to the food bank until it gets there.
Her reference to 'my money' suggested to me that she wasn't perhaps personally involved in the generation of that income, and was simply, as usual, out of money at the end of the month, and very shortly to be reprieved.I still think that anyone with less than £50 to their name would be considered poor in the context of the real (sensible) cost of living in Britain in 2019. She is just making poor decisions by buying things she can’t afford that make her poorer still and increase the risk that she will run out of money altogether.
As has been pointed at above, in this case she has probably become skilled in frittering away the last of her money just in time for the next benefits payment to arrive. Presumably, if that arrives late for any reason, she’ll be living on ‘crisps and stuff’ or going down to the food bank until it gets there.
Lots of people run out of money at the end of the month, and whether she's a banker waiting for a monthly salary of £87,400 to land with a whump, or a benefits mum waiting for her £1500 plus housing benefit, in either case I don't think she's poor.
Or at least, I don't think she's more poor than she is stupid. A person who was more poor than stupid simply wouldn't treat £37 with such abandon.
If she's earned a title, it's a Corbyn-style 'Stupid Woman', not a Corbyn-style 'Poor Woman'.
CoolHands said:
Food poverty. It’s all I ever hear on the radio. But I think this is the reality. I haven’t ever spent 37 quid on dominoes and I’ve been working my entire adult life.
I think if anything, that could be part of the problem. If the money just turns up and you don’t have to do anything in particular to generate it, it’s just some tokens to you. Not something to save or even to consider.If you’ve worked for it, you’re more likely to have a certain respect or at least concern for it
Jimmy Recard said:
I think if anything, that could be part of the problem. If the money just turns up and you don’t have to do anything in particular to generate it, it’s just some tokens to you. Not something to save or even to consider.
If you’ve worked for it, you’re more likely to have a certain respect or at least concern for it
I agree, if I sat on my backside day in day out knowing without fail (99.9% of the time) a set amount of money will be deposited to my bank account, also knowing I had no rent to worry about I probably wouldn't car about wasting it either.If you’ve worked for it, you’re more likely to have a certain respect or at least concern for it
Saleen836 said:
Jimmy Recard said:
I think if anything, that could be part of the problem. If the money just turns up and you don’t have to do anything in particular to generate it, it’s just some tokens to you. Not something to save or even to consider.
If you’ve worked for it, you’re more likely to have a certain respect or at least concern for it
I agree, if I sat on my backside day in day out knowing without fail (99.9% of the time) a set amount of money will be deposited to my bank account, also knowing I had no rent to worry about I probably wouldn't car about wasting it either.If you’ve worked for it, you’re more likely to have a certain respect or at least concern for it
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