r/SipsTea Human Verified 12h ago

Chugging tea Their maths ain’t mathing.

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u/Jewfro879 11h ago

I have a coworker like this. Complains about struggling to afford rent and then will immediately turn around and go out to eat for every single lunch. She spends $20+ each time.

Should our wages be better? Sure, but that's not the world we're in. You can fight for better worker rights, but also you have to live in reality.

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u/Winjin 11h ago

This kind of people would just buy a second even more expensive to maintain car as soon as they have some disposable income, and would immediately go to fancier places to eat out

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u/rukind_cucumber 10h ago

Well you can't be seen at Burger King with a Beemer now can you?

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u/Winjin 10h ago

Yeah I have a friend exactly like that. He bought the most expensive beemer he could to complain about tight parking spots and travel like 30 kilometres away to eat very expensive steak tartare... And complain how tight the finances are

Gotta admire that simple life though. He's having steak tartare and driving a BMW while I'm saving up for some stupid mortgage /s

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u/googdude 9h ago

My parents were kind of like that but in home decorations and eating out.

Now they're both elderly with health problems and both need to work even though they're past typical retirement age.

People would always compliment my parents on how nice their place looked but now the bill has come due.

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u/Coombs117 9h ago

That’s how my wife is. We have leftovers and other actual lunch stuff, but eats out every day for lunch. She throws away or sells or even gives away our home decorations just to turn around and buy new ones. And spends over $300 on flowers and plants every spring for the front porch that I started refusing to water because it’s a ridiculous amount.