Anyone felt the pinch yet?

Notice a good proportion of my hotels are quiet this week. But with the jubilee round the corner and pride the week after maybe folk are simply saving their trips for that.

Cant help but feel the media are driving a lot of it. They seem hell bent on us heading into a recession. Making people panic and stop spending.

They should be telling everyone its all gravy.

Only area Ive felt it is diesel. £154 to fill my van the other day. That's taking the piss.

12 minutes ago, Spider said:

No kids?

Doesn't matter, cut out the smashed avocado on toast and you've cracked it. 

Edited February 9, 20233 yr by RoadRunnerFan

2 minutes ago, RoadRunnerFan said:

Doesn't matter, cut out the smashed avocado on toast and you've cracked it. 

Exactly, how dare poor people breed!

12 hours ago, Duck Egg said:

Good God! 😲 

How on earth does anyone young save up that kind of amount?  

Young? I'm 45 and haven't got a chance - We're super lucky our rent is 1,800 a month which is waaaaaaaaaay below what we should be paying for a 3 bed townhouse but we're got a great landlord. Flats round here are more than that. How you can rent and save for a desposit? Total nonsense.

Its a good job we're northerners, we're planning to buy a small place up north for when the kids are grown.

11 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Young? I'm 45 and haven't got a chance - We're super lucky our rent is 1,800 a month which is waaaaaaaaaay below what we should be paying for a 3 bed townhouse but we're got a great landlord. Flats round here are more than that. How you can rent and save for a desposit? Total nonsense.

Its a good job we're northerners, we're planning to buy a small place up north for when the kids are grown.

North like Watford? 

Or Barrow? 

12 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Young? I'm 45 and haven't got a chance - We're super lucky our rent is 1,800 a month which is waaaaaaaaaay below what we should be paying for a 3 bed townhouse but we're got a great landlord. Flats round here are more than that. How you can rent and save for a desposit? Total nonsense.

Its a good job we're northerners, we're planning to buy a small place up north for when the kids are grown.

Nobody forced anyone to live down there?

9 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Nobody forced anyone to live down there?

No, but if you want to work in certain sectors it makes more sense to move. You're a Conservative, I graduated and applied for work anywhere rather than sit around and wait for it to.come to me. 

Ended up getting a great stater job in Canterbury- I thought people like folk 'getting on their bikes...'?

10 hours ago, stevieb said:

North like Watford? 

Or Barrow? 

North like Manchester.

3 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

North like Manchester.

Doubt you’ll even notice the difference. 

Got lads taking 1600 pm home and struggling like fuck, this place is a cock waving place at times 

8 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Doubt you’ll even notice the difference. 

I do manage to get around this country.

I really would.

1 minute ago, radcliffe white said:

Got lads taking 1600 pm home and struggling like fuck, this place is a cock waving place at times 

They aren't budgeting properly according to some.

Just now, Winchester White said:

They aren't budgeting properly according to some.

Exactly. 

It's all about choice and application apparently.

4 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Got lads taking 1600 pm home and struggling like fuck, this place is a cock waving place at times 

Less than national living wage? 

13 minutes ago, CambridgeBWFC said:

Less than national living wage? 

Not many companies pay the living wage. Just the minimum wage they have to.. 

10.50 an hour for me.  14.50 overtime...

Edited February 11, 20233 yr by only1swanny

8 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Not many companies pay the living wage. 

10.50 an hour for me.  14.50 

 

I get that, and people on NLW were struggling before all this shit, but the post seemed to suggest 1600pcm was good but that is ~1.5k below NLW so no surprise they are struggling to fuck

Edited February 11, 20233 yr by CambridgeBWFC

1 minute ago, CambridgeBWFC said:

I get that, and people on NLW were struggling before all this shit, but the post seemed to suggest 1600pcm was good but that is ~1.5k below NLW so no surprise they are struggling to fuck

I'm not sure he was claiming it's good, just quite common

And it is up north

2 minutes ago, CambridgeBWFC said:

I get that, and people on NLW were struggling before all this shit, but the post seemed to claim 1600pcm was good but that is ~1.5k below NLW so no surprise they are struggling to fuck

I'm on £9.90 an hour, (going up to £10.90 in April). I just do two days a week to get rid of my debts and go to Spain. I'm 68 so I don't pay NI, but 20% tax on my wages. I have other pensions so we're ok.

9 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I'm not sure he was claiming it's good, just quite common

And it is up north

Most things cost the same up north as they do down south.

Public transport is better in the south east and means many folk don’t need to own a car. Up north, you’re limited without your own transport because the public transport is fuckikg dreadful.

Just now, Spider said:

Most things cost the same up north as they do down south.

Public transport is better in the south east and means many folk don’t need to own a car. Up north, you’re limited without your own transport because the public transport is fuckikg dreadful.

Houses don't though, meals out don't, petrol seems to always be higher.

Have to say it does cost more just to exist down here.

3 minutes ago, Spider said:

Most things cost the same up north as they do down south.

Public transport is better in the south east and means many folk don’t need to own a car. Up north, you’re limited without your own transport because the public transport is fuckikg dreadful.

Housing, eating/drinking out all significantly more expensive in the south than the north. Public transport is also wank unless you are talking about London 

People need to cut their cloth then

eating out is expensive don’t eat out 

3 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

People need to cut their cloth then

eating out is expensive don’t eat out 

Not rocket science, is it?!

Can live on the streets as well, save even more money rather than paying rent or a mortgage.  

 

 

1 hour ago, globaldiver said:

Not rocket science, is it?!

Eh? Folk who can't afford to eat out aren't going to.

7 hours ago, Winchester White said:

Eh? Folk who can't afford to eat out aren't going to.

Oh dear, triggered 😇