conversation i wasnt expecting today

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 01/13/2019 at 08:25 • Filed to: None

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daughter : im going to the foodbank tomorow after school

me: oh you’re going to help out? thats nice

daughter : what? no.... i need new shoes

fuck my life girl....we’re not that poor.... also you have like 8 pairs...

anyhoo....had to splain to her that other people need those freebie shoes more than her (we’re friends with the people that run the foodbank and they let her cherrypick stuff turns out... wich was cool back when we were poor enough to need it.... but thats been a while.. and now we arent all that poor i figures we shouldnt be touching the stuff meant for the needy)

anyhoo... coz im a pushover i guess we’ll be going shoe shopping sometime next week

the hell do teenage girls need so many shoes for?

shop-teacher > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 08:28

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“the hell do teenage girls need so many shoes for?”

The hell do they need all those shoes for when they become adults?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > shop-teacher 01/13/2019 at 08:32

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beats me.... i have 3 pairs

workboots

walking shoes

and my fancy pants shoes for the rare occasion i wear a suit

shop-teacher > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 08:36

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Same here. 

Sovande > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 08:46

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A suit ? Well, aren’t you fancy!

I had a suit once. I lost it after a particularly eventful  wedding.

LongbowMkII > shop-teacher 01/13/2019 at 08:46

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Same reason we would so many cars. The first few you can justify with a “use” but after 5 or 6 you can just drop the pret ention and call yourself a collector.

Tristan > LongbowMkII 01/13/2019 at 08:57

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You spelled “hoarder” wrong.

...I know what I am.

MM54 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 09:05

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Shoes are cheaper than cars, but I’d still rather the cars

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Sovande 01/13/2019 at 09:17

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lmao

yep i have a suit... for weddings and funerals

(i also have a chefs suit.... stole it from a previous job... i wear it for shits and giggles when im cooking sometimes)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MM54 01/13/2019 at 09:18

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same here.... but i have 5 and a half bicycles instead....

i need to get me a car again

Tapas > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 10:17

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Ask them to get a job over the summer. Then tell them that - if  they were in dependent adults - out of that monthly $1300 paycheck, they would use about $1000 for rent and bills and living out of apartments that are barely fit for human occupation. $300 would be for food. Hopefully that helps them to understand the value of money.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Tapas 01/13/2019 at 10:21

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1300 a month for a 16 year old?

hahahahhahahahahhahhahahhaahaa *dies*

i think minimum wage for a 16 year old round here is like 4,50 an hour

that aside tho.... she knows the value of money... thats why when she has some she’s stingy as fuck and wont spend a penny more than she needs too

dad on the other hand has a limitless suply of monies and his are easily spent by her...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Tapas 01/13/2019 at 11:42

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What summer job did you have that made $1300 a month? On a good month I made $800 before taxes.

f86sabre > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 11:59

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Point her toward a thrift store. Lots of folks around here do that. Not because of economic situation all the time, just for the fun of discovery. You never know what will be there. 

Tristan > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/13/2019 at 12:16

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I now want to get a job as a chef just so I can steal a uniform and quit.

duurtlang > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/14/2019 at 02:45

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I made fl 10,- ( €4.50) an hour when I was 16. 20 years ago. For the simplest work on a farm, during summer. Surely your daughter can do better financially, given 2 decades of inflation.

Tapas > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/14/2019 at 08:54

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You’re right, most teens start off at minimum wage making around $800 a month.

I was hoping to give an example of a regular dude doing nothing special, making around $12/hr and working 35 ish hours a week.

If they were in this position, like a lot of adults are, they would end up with no savings even if they were single with no kids. Hopefully, they get some perspective on life and they w ould realize that shoe shopping shouldn’t be an expectation on their whim.

Tapas > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/14/2019 at 08:56

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Minimum wage is m ore like ~$7.25/hr.

But I was trying to give an example of a regular adult in early 20s, making $21/hr working ~ 35 hours a week; just to give them a perspective . This is what life is for most people.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Tapas 01/14/2019 at 11:55

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*googles* holy shit its actually worse than i thought.... minimum wage for a 16 year old here is actually 3,22 euro (so about$3,70)

oh man... i would not get out of bed for that

but yeah i got your point... i was just being difficult last night

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > duurtlang 01/14/2019 at 11:57

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i would hope so.. i just googled the actual minimum wage for a 16 year old

its 3,22

lol 0/10 would not get out of bed for that

Tapas > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/14/2019 at 13:09

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Wow......I’m shocked at how bad it is!