Are many people still living in the "Celtic Tiger" era?

irishvamp90

Seen im being called bitter here because i want a part time job to save for college/basics/savings but dont see the logic of my fellow college friends who in their part time jobs would be earning max 140 a week and to blow 500 or 600 on a holiday to crete at the end of the summer.Call me bitter but id prefer to have my head screwed on

stovelid

irishvamp90 wrote: »

Seen im being called bitter here because i want a part time job to save for college/basics/savings but dont see the logic of my fellow college friends who in their part time jobs would be earning max 140 a week and to blow 500 or 600 on a holiday to crete at the end of the summer.Call me bitter but id prefer to have my head screwed on

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Spud83

irishvamp90 wrote: »

Seen im being called bitter here because i want a part time job to save for college/basics/savings but dont see the logic of my fellow college friends who in their part time jobs would be earning max 140 a week and to blow 500 or 600 on a holiday to crete at the end of the summer.Call me bitter but id prefer to have my head screwed on

You are bitter because you seem to think you are more entitled to a job because you would spend the money on what you see as more sensible things. This is false. Everyone has the same entitlement to a job, and are then entitled to spend this money however they wish.

They have a job, and are entitled to spend the money however they see fit.

NewFrockTuesday

I was slagged during the boom years for not wanting to pay €18 for a bowl of pasta and tomato sauce and a bit of cheap wurst in it. I was called a skinflint because I wouldn’t pat €7 for a smoothie one day in Dublin centre and €3.60 for a take out coffee another day. Insurance companies were shocked that I was asking them was that their best price as I had found it cheaper somewhere else and could they match it. I didn’t have a car because I couldn’t afford one. I was a pariah for shopping in Aldi or Lidl. Although I have to say, I don’t really see a notable decrease in the price of groceries. I see more 2 for 1 offers and euro offers, but nothing that’s going to make much of a difference to my pocket seeing as I don’t buy washing powder boxes the size of a small horsebox or trays of 30 eggs at a time.

So life hasn’t changed except that I don’t have to haggle all the time or defend my lack of reckless spending now that things are more realistically priced and Im not made to feel like an eejit cos I cant throw my money away fast enough.

Pyr0

Heading off to france in about a week for 6 days, then to Germany for another week about three weeks after that. I don't owe the bank anything or have any loans, pay everything with money I have. The only thing I'm not doing is saving, which I should start on !

irishvamp90

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

You are bitter because you seem to think you are more entitled to a job because you would spend the money on what you see as more sensible things. This is false. Everyone has the same entitlement to a job, and are then entitled to spend this money however they wish.

They have a job, and are entitled to spend the money however they see fit.

Im not entitled to a job,im going to keep looking and trying very hard to get one and when i do be very grateful to have it.Yeah i must be so bad wanting to spend it on my education instead of going on the piss in crete,but i guess they have their cars and laptops without working they wouldnt know
I wont lie its annoying seeing total eejits getting jobs that their awful at/have zero interest when they is alot of people out there who would work 110% at them

Spud83

irishvamp90 wrote: »

I'm not entitled to a job,im going to keep looking and trying very hard to get one and when i do be very grateful to have it.

fair play.

irishvamp90 wrote: »

Yeah i must be so bad wanting to spend it on my education instead of going on the piss in crete,

you already said they are in college.

irishvamp90 wrote: »

but i guess they have their cars and laptops without working they wouldnt know

They are working.

If you are bitter because their parents have chosen to provide these things (college / car) for them. Its still bitterness. Their parents have a right to spend their money how they like as well, even if you think it is spoiling their kids a bit. Again as least they are working a bit.

irishvamp90 wrote: »

I wont lie its annoying seeing total eejits getting jobs that their awful at/have zero interest when they is alot of people out there who would work 110% at them

Its more annoying sitting in college, working your ass of 9-9 most days in it, and then at the end of the week going to work in a part time job for Friday evening and the weekend. Then watching people sail through college, having their parents pay for everything from drinking sessions, to holidays, to cars, while they don't do a tap of work either in college or in a job.

Still I'm not/nor was bitter towards these people, I just told them to shut the fuck up when the complained about not having enough time to do college work, and took comfort in my own sense of independence.

irishvamp90

they got 8 week contracts of 15 hours @ 8.65 ph.their parents gave them money to book the holiday the jobs are "spending money and buying new crap for holidays"

BraziliaNZ

i think it's great, i went away for over 2 years and came back in april to my old job and am now earning more money than i was before i left and rent etc is cheaper! So personally i'm enjoying the recession

Spud83

irishvamp90 wrote: »

they got 8 week contracts of 15 hours @ 8.65 ph.their parents gave them money to book the holiday the jobs are "spending money and buying new crap for holidays"

sorry I've lost whatever point you have been trying to make.

irishvamp90

id love a part time job like that for 8 weeks and id save every penny

markopantelic

u can have mine???? NOT

Spud83

irishvamp90 wrote: »

id love a part time job like that for 8 weeks and id save every penny

and they will love their part time job and spend every penny.

Different strokes, one is not more right or wrong than the other.

Collie D

irishvamp90 wrote: »

they got 8 week contracts of 15 hours @ 8.65 ph.their parents gave them money to book the holiday the jobs are "spending money and buying new crap for holidays"

irishvamp90 wrote: »

id love a part time job like that for 8 weeks and id save every penny

I have absolutely no idea wha point you are trying to make here. They earned €1,038 working and can spend it whatever way they want. What exactly is the problem?

Because you'd save the money gives you the right to carp about your mates? You realy have lost me and a few others here by the looks of it. My brother bought a BMW second-hand a few weeks ago. He works damn hard, 60-70 hours a week and can spend his money whatever way he likes but personally I'd have gone for a different model. This is the same point you are making IMO. What your mates do with their money is not your concern tbh

timo87

O.P.s dead right those lads goin to Crete on their holidays are some gimps.....

I'm going to Athens **** Crete like.

Hauk

I'm in college and have had two jobs in the time I've been a student. Parents ALWAYS told me to cover my basic expenses, keep a bit for a few pints, and save the rest.

That piece of advice was gold. I've managed to save a good bit of cash, have a lot of fun, and have zero debts. I can still afford my hobbies and the coffee in the morning.

I had the "keep a bit for a rainy day" thing drilled into me, and it's paying off.

As Abigayle said, it's all about living within your means, and if you've saved up for a holiday and planned it right, then fair play.

Hauk