The price of everything!!!

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V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:08 pm
Swervin_Mervin wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:03 pm
V8Granite wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:43 pm Feel free to complain about price rises!!!

Dog food, we are now spending £400 a month to feed 2 dogs and 2 cats. The cats on regular cat food and the dogs on raw. The price of raw has gone up 50% in about 5 years!!!

We can now feed the ducks for £11 a month for food alone and we get 2 gorgeous duck eggs a day. On food alone Ducks are actively saving us money, if you also include the bedding etc then we are still actually saving money by having them.

We need about 100 ducks to offset the electric and dog food price rises, it’s the only sensible way.

Dave!
WTF are you feeding your dogs and cats?! :lol:

I hope you aren't feeding the cats using pouches.
Annoyingly the cats turn their nose up at everything bar natures menu pouches and Tescos cheap nasty tins. We’ve tried no end of stuff and they just pick half of it out and dump it on the floor. Picky fucks.


Dave!
You're pussy whipped!

Ditch the pouches and stick to the cheap supermarket tins ;)
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Gavster wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:27 pm
Jobbo wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:52 pm
Gavster wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:12 pm I did a vid on TikTok about Jack's thread and got 30k likes so it's not all bad 😉🤣
Whereas Jack managed to get the ONS to change the basis of calculation of CPI. I look forward to the day something on Tiktok changes the administration of the state for the better :lol:
Don’t worry hun I’ll dm you when it happens so you don’t miss out :lol:
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Just FYI, I've had a non-zero number of communications offering me money for a coat; to clarify, it's not about a coat, specifically - it's more about how that level of expense - which most people would just roll their eyes and decide that they'll not have takeaways for a month to cover it - And most of them will still have some takeaways anyway - destroys me if it comes up.

With my current financial standing, a £100 'unexpected' expense like a new jacket, a speeding ticket/parking fine, an appliance dying, is genuinely crippling and means literally cutting back everywhere to make it to the end of the month and still be able to afford something akin to food.

So no need to offer to throw money at me (although the offers are appreciated) as that won't solve the problem - what will solve the problem is the rumoured upcoming review with the CEO, which will likely be a vicious, nasty experience, but should end with me having an additional amount of money in my account every month that means an unexpected £100 expense isn't a serious, major problem. It's just, as for most of you, an annoying aspect of life.

Or if you're Jobbo or SundayJumper or the other forum high-rollers, pocket change ;)

And then I'll refresh my wardrobe, perhaps feel like I deserve better, and GTFO of this shithole job into somewhere where employment rights are respected, rather than exploited.

I was always running it fairly tight, but even shopping at discount supermarkets and not buying toys, tools, new clothes etc for myself, the last two years I've seen my financial stability proper be undermined by rising prices at the low end and in heating/power - I fucking dread to think how low income parents handle this sort of shit; I mean, I can just turn the heating off, put on a big coat, and go through a £1.49 bag of potatoes for four days - what the fuck does someone with small kids do???
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Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:01 pm what will solve the problem is the rumoured upcoming review with the CEO, which will likely be a vicious, nasty experience, but should end with me having an additional amount of money in my account every month
Why wait for a ‘rumoured review’ with the boss? Doesn’t sound like you’ll be gaining much financially and you’ll still be working for a BOC.

A friend in HR/recruitment was telling me there’s loads of opportunities in all roles at the moment and it’s very much an employee’s market. Have a look elsewhere.
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240PP wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:09 pm
Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:01 pm what will solve the problem is the rumoured upcoming review with the CEO, which will likely be a vicious, nasty experience, but should end with me having an additional amount of money in my account every month
Why wait for a ‘rumoured review’ with the boss? Doesn’t sound like you’ll be gaining much financially and you’ll still be working for a BOC.

A friend in HR/recruitment was telling me there’s loads of opportunities in all roles at the moment and it’s very much an employee’s market. Have a look elsewhere.
Job market seems to be very buoyant at the moment and salaries are increasing due to demand.
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Yes, but realistically I need to underscore some basic stability in my life. Turning up as a nervous wreck in a wardrobe that needs replacing quite badly isn't the best impression.

New clothes, not worrying about whether I can afford parking etc (or even the fuel) for an interview, generally feeling like a Real Person rather than how I currently feel will likely make a difference. It's very hard to sell yourself when your feel like you're worthless, and I'm not a good enough actor to get past that. :lol:

I've stopped giving a fuck about work recently - so no fear about spending a few more months there till something better comes up.
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Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:28 pm Yes, but realistically I need to underscore some basic stability in my life. Turning up as a nervous wreck in a wardrobe that needs replacing quite badly isn't the best impression.

New clothes, not worrying about whether I can afford parking etc (or even the fuel) for an interview, generally feeling like a Real Person rather than how I currently feel will likely make a difference. It's very hard to sell yourself when your feel like you're worthless, and I'm not a good enough actor to get past that. :lol:

I've stopped giving a fuck about work recently - so no fear about spending a few more months there till something better comes up.
I'd happily run you to some interviews as I'm not far from Leeds and am quite often there anyway. I'd even loan a suit or what ever if you're (by some fluke) the same size as me.

Doing something positive and proactive may help you with a change in state of mind and help you move forward 👍

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As I note, it's the psychological issues that are the biggest problems; it's difficult to feel worthwhile if you're eating potatoes in the regular because your don't have much choice in the matter.

I've interviewed before in the throes of depression and I know from experience that I don't present at all well in that state; I'm hyper cynical, paranoid and edgy, which is bad when you're meant to be explaining how well you'll fit into a new company and social circle etc.

Cutting the knees out from under that by just Not Being Permanently Skint should help there, and make it easier to put a better for forward than I currently can.

The offers are appreciated (and completely unexpected, I was just moaning about my current 'new normal'; a friend suggested repeatedly that there's nothing normal about my current situation and judging by the reactions here, seems she's right :lol: ) but there's more going on with this than I can reasonably 'put to page' and no one thing will fix it. But additional income will go a long way towards it.

As noted, plan is:
Suffer through the appraisal where gaslighting will be the norm and I'll have to bite my tongue so hard I'll probably chew through it. I hate being a yes man (and explicitly avoid it) but it's the easiest way to get past this and get more money.

More regular money = solves a lot of the major problems with respect to appearance, self confidence, self worth, etc. Money can't buy you happiness but it can sure as shit fix the problems that prevent happiness. It doesn't take much, either.

At that point, I'll be in a better position to GTFO of the current place, and with somewhere that isn't a complete joke in every important respect, treats it's staff like people rather than like resources to be exploited till they crack, and pays an amount representative of my skillset.

At that point I might even - God forbid - start socialising again. The horror :shock:
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Sorry to hear you're struggling like that Beany.

Not sure what you're up to work-wise these days but the market is very buoyant just now and there's still a lot of positions which will interview over video and the role itself may be fully remote or just a couple of days in an office. Not sure if an interview on Zoom where you don't have to wear a suit would be any more or less pressure.
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I've been considering that, although I think being around Normal People works be a good thing after five years of being surrounded by... Broken things.

I'm pretty sure dead baby jokes wouldn't fly in a bank, for example.
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Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:34 pm

I'm pretty sure dead baby jokes wouldn't fly in a bank, for example.
I know someone who bounced a baby cheque once and the bank wasn't impressed. ;)
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Dare I ask what a baby cheque is?
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Do you have a plan B if the CEO meeting doesn't end up with a raise? There's a lot riding on it for you, so without wanting to jinx it, you should consider the what-ifs to lessen the impact if it doesn't provide a good outcome.

Although in very different circumstances I'm doing the what-if at the moment. It helps, me at least, to be prepared for (levels of) disappointment.
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Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:11 pm Dare I ask what a baby cheque is?
It's the price you have to pay for having kids. The number's so big it'd make your testicles wither away to California raisins. 🤣🤣
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Beany, we all love you very much, and I agree with DJ but I'm going to be harsher about it - this CEO meeting either won't happen, or it'll be a bunch of excuses and lies that will leave you exactly where you are right now. But another 3-6 months will have gone by. You've been in this loop for far too long and from what you've said in the past, your CEO is the last person that's going to help you get out of it. Get working on that Plan B.
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Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:34 pm I've been considering that, although I think being around Normal People works be a good thing after five years of being surrounded by... Broken things.

I'm pretty sure dead baby jokes wouldn't fly in a bank, for example.
You'd be surprised... there's lots of normal people out there in all industries.

Its definitely worth getting your CV updated (boring & takes longer than you'd think), setting up job alerts, getting a feel for what needs to go in your CV, tweaking it, applying for stuff.. Worth doing for a bit of practise if nothing else. Take control of things, it might give you a wee kick up the backside and a lift too.

Don't rely on your current place doing anything to help you at the pace you like or need.
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Plan B is to shamelessly borrow money for clothes from people, sort my wardrobe out, and just apply for anything and suck it and see.
I'm trying to avoid jumping out of the frying pan into the fire, but at the moment I'm in the fire; I'd like to avoid jumping into the frying pan, and would rather jump out of the hearth entirely, but needs must, etc.

Plan C is more conceptual, but would involve something like quitting, selling the car, declaring personal bankruptcy (not sure where to start with that, but a friend has done it) and getting my head back together on benefits for a couple of months before hitting the work market again.

And yeah, got job alerts, got three people looking at my CV and taking input from all of them to make a CV that's snappy and to the point, but has enough detail to demonstrate my bizarre skillset, etc. I've been on this 'seriously' since new year.
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Ascender wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:01 pm
Beany wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:34 pm I've been considering that, although I think being around Normal People works be a good thing after five years of being surrounded by... Broken things.

I'm pretty sure dead baby jokes wouldn't fly in a bank, for example.
You'd be surprised... there's lots of normal people out there in all industries.

Its definitely worth getting your CV updated (boring & takes longer than you'd think), setting up job alerts, getting a feel for what needs to go in your CV, tweaking it, applying for stuff.. Worth doing for a bit of practise if nothing else. Take control of things, it might give you a wee kick up the backside and a lift too.

Don't rely on your current place doing anything to help you at the pace you like or need.
I’m sure there’s enough people on here that would be happy to critique and write your CV beany- I know I would if you want to send it.
Get that done and stick it on CV library - let the recruiters take the stress and anxiety out of finding a new job for you. This is often the biggest hurdle for someone in your position.
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Anyway, on a less depressing note, two of the lasses I regularly flirt (incredibly, deliberately badly) with in Lidl were on tonight, and they had a faux argument over my attention/checkout lane choice, with regards to who has seen me most/last recently (I've not been in much this week because I've been skint - there's your relevance to this thread).

Which ended with me theatrically, hammily begging them to stop because I was getting a bit confused by the concept of two women litereally fighting over me. Which they enjoyed. Most of the customers seemed to enjoy it too, because it's not like the place was quiet or anything.... :lol:

Doing amateur performance art in the supermarket for laughs. My life is nothing if not.....fucking bizarre. :lol:
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