Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today?

[ElGringo]

Oh, and living poor in the U.S. is living like a king here. In my house I have a window A.C. unit in my bedroom that never gets used (even though the highs here are almost always above 90), 1 color T.V. (once again, never gets used), and a water heater (most people only have cold water here). I only have Internet at work, because I run an internet cafe. To top this all off, with my house, my internet, I am said to be living like a king with all my creature comforts, and I am very happy with how little I have.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by ElGringo

Oh, and living poor in the U.S. is living like a king here. In my house I have a window A.C. unit in my bedroom that never gets used (even though the highs here are almost always above 90), 1 color T.V. (once again, never gets used), and a water heater (most people only have cold water here). I only have Internet at work, because I run an internet cafe. To top this all off, with my house, my internet, I am said to be living like a king with all my creature comforts, and I am very happy with how little I have.

Good on you.

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by ElGringo

Oh, and living poor in the U.S. is living like a king here. In my house I have a window A.C. unit in my bedroom that never gets used (even though the highs here are almost always above 90), 1 color T.V. (once again, never gets used), and a water heater (most people only have cold water here). I only have Internet at work, because I run an internet cafe. To top this all off, with my house, my internet, I am said to be living like a king with all my creature comforts, and I am very happy with how little I have.

It's not quantity, it's quality.

[The Bunk]

Originally Posted by ElGringo

Oh, and living poor in the U.S. is living like a king here. In my house I have a window A.C. unit in my bedroom that never gets used (even though the highs here are almost always above 90), 1 color T.V. (once again, never gets used), and a water heater (most people only have cold water here). I only have Internet at work, because I run an internet cafe. To top this all off, with my house, my internet, I am said to be living like a king with all my creature comforts, and I am very happy with how little I have.

This is an excellent point. 99.9% of people in the US have no clue what being poor really is.

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by The Bunk

This is an excellent point. 99.9% of people in the US have no clue what being poor really is.

shut up noob.

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

shut up noob.

Keep it up and people will soon start calling you SKIP.

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

Keep it up and people will soon start calling you SKIP.

The hell you say.

[MOhillbilly]

i have a fat family member who cant put his own shoes on because him and his old lady have figured out that single moms with kids get shit loads of assistance....and fat lazy assholes can ride fer free.

750 a month in EBT. A ****in month.

they aint had gas in months but **** it they have fried coconut shrimp every night.

when the war comes, i will eat them first.

I've had a gal working for me for a while. She wanted a raise so I told her that would be no problem... Then I asked her how much she spent on cigs a week. $40 she says, which is a conservative estimate. I tell her that she takes a lot of smoke breaks - that she could easily earn a raise by quitting smoking. She'd be more efficient and effective on the job. I told her that if she quit smoking that I'd match the $40 she was saving a week for a net $4000 a year raise. Guess how long that lasted.... not one moment. Didn't even try. So, I figure she doesn't really need a raise very bad at all.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I've had a gal working for me for a while. She wanted a raise so I told her that would be no problem... Then I asked her how much she spent on cigs a week. $40 she says, which is a conservative estimate. I tell her that she takes a lot of smoke breaks - that she could easily earn a raise by quitting smoking. She'd be more efficient and effective on the job. I told her that if she quit smoking that I'd match the $40 she was saving a week for a net $4000 a year raise. Guess how long that lasted.... not one moment. Didn't even try. So, I figure she doesn't really need a raise very bad at all.

lol, Awesome!

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I've had a gal working for me for a while. She wanted a raise so I told her that would be no problem... Then I asked her how much she spent on cigs a week. $40 she says, which is a conservative estimate. I tell her that she takes a lot of smoke breaks - that she could easily earn a raise by quitting smoking. She'd be more efficient and effective on the job. I told her that if she quit smoking that I'd match the $40 she was saving a week for a net $4000 a year raise. Guess how long that lasted.... not one moment. Didn't even try. So, I figure she doesn't really need a raise very bad at all.

Smoker's entitlement pisses me the **** off. It was always like that in the restaurant industry. Smoker's were constantly going out back to take a smoke break or some shit while all the non-smokers had to keep on working.

As I've gotten older, this has shifted over into the parenting realm. We have a large group of friends, most with kids. Some of the parents still smoke when we get together socially (though they don't want their kids to know). So this group of smokers are constantly sneaking off outside to smoke cigarettes, leaving the rest of us inside to watch their ****ing kids and run cover for them when they kids come asking where their parents are. They'll disappear for 20 minutes at a time.

I flipped the hell out on them the other night. Everyone was at my house. There were about 20 kids running around inside. I'm trying to get dinner ready, and all the other ****ing adults scrammed outside to smoke. On top of that, some dumb twunt (a smoker) started preheating the oven for some shitty casserole she wanted to throw in, not realizing that my pork loin was resting in there, wrapped in foil.

I came barreling out of the house and unloaded with both barrels. "Alright, folks. I'm coooking you dinner already. I'm not babysitting your kids, too. Plus, you almost ****ed up my pork loin, and that's a crime I won't forgive."

For some reason, people were walking on eggshells around me the rest of the night.

[Backwards Masking]

[QUOTE=NewChief;7757177]Smoker's entitlement pisses me the **** off. It was always like that in the restaurant industry. Smoker's were constantly going out back to take a smoke break or some shit while all the non-smokers had to keep on working.
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I've heard people claim watching others take smoke breaks when they couldn't motivated them to smoke and kept them that way for life.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I flipped the hell out on them the other night. Everyone was at my house. There were about 20 kids running around inside. I'm trying to get dinner ready, and all the other ****ing adults scrammed outside to smoke. On top of that, some dumb twunt (a smoker) started preheating the oven for some shitty casserole she wanted to throw in, not realizing that my pork loin was resting in there, wrapped in foil.

I came barreling out of the house and unloaded with both barrels. "Alright, folks. I'm coooking you dinner already. I'm not babysitting your kids, too. Plus, you almost ****ed up my pork loin, and that's a crime I won't forgive."

For some reason, people were walking on eggshells around me the rest of the night.

It's called keeping it real. I have that same problem. When you don't take other people's shit and you stand up for yourself it makes you an asshole.

I am an asshole because I told my SIL (who I rent a room out too) that when she uses our kitchen she needs to clean up her mess.

Or when it's 2 am and I want everyone outa my house...apparently telling everyone its time to go makes me an asshole. Or when some low life friend wants to invite her low life boyfriend over to my place, saying "no" makes me an asshole.

I don't wanna air too much of my personal life, but yeah, I am an asshole for many reasons just like that. I'm pretty much known as an asshole though.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

It's called keeping it real. I have that same problem. When you don't take other people's shit and you stand up for yourself it makes you an asshole.

I am an asshole because I told my SIL (who I rent a room out too) that when she uses our kitchen she needs to clean up her mess.

Or when it's 2 am and I want everyone outa my house...apparently telling everyone its time to go makes me an asshole. Or when some low life friend wants to invite her low life boyfriend over to my place, saying "no" makes me an asshole.

I don't wanna air too much of my personal life, but yeah, I am an asshole for many reasons just like that. I'm pretty much known as an asshole though.

My tolerance for people's bullshit has decreased with age. At one time, I think most of our circle of friends were like, "NewChief is such a nice guy. He's like a saint or something. Always kind and sweet to people." Over the years, I think it's become, "NewChief is kind of a dick."

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by NewChief

My tolerance for people's bullshit has decreased with age. At one time, I think most of our circle of friends were like, "NewChief is such a nice guy. He's like a saint or something. Always kind and sweet to people." Over the years, I think it's become, "NewChief is kind of a dick."

We've all been saying that here anyway.