taking the "how much everything costs" thing a bit far dear

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:24, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

he asked. well, sort of.
anyway, it's all relative. if i asked everyone in this office i'd be somewhere near the bottom, never mind in the city as a whole!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:31, Reply)

I don't know what mental world you live in
but you're not "near the bottom" of London wages.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:33, Reply)

money is all relative depending on who you know/socialise with etc
i would say that at least half of my friends in london earn more than i do.

and in this particular office (or "mental world" as you call it), surrounded by partners and senior lawyers, my salary IS at the bottom end because i am much more junior!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:39, Reply)

So when you say "everyone in the office" you mean "everyone I have to acknowledge the existance of"
When you say "everyone in the city" you mean "people I compete with"

How can you not realise how disgusting that is?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:42, Reply)

nope
that's not even remotely what i mean. firstly, when i said "everyone in the office", i meant everyone in THIS office. the people who aren't lawyers are on a different floor and therefore not in "the office" as per my post. secondly, i don't compete. i just do a good job. i work/ed my arse off for it though, firstly to get fucking good academics, and now at my job. what is so disgusting about that?

besides, like you would turn down a salary rise if you were ever offered one. might stop you moaning that you couldn't afford cigarettes for a start.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:48, Reply)

It's not a matter of what you meant
it's a matter that you said "everyone" referning to the well paid. Basically forgetting about anyone with a low or medium income. even in your office I bet support staff out number lawyers, not to mention IT, telephony, security, cleaners, site managers etc etc. Now spread that to "the city" you've got millions of people who don't earn £25k even within the square mile. and you forgot they existed.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:54, Reply)

my original point was about the people with whom you socialise
it just so happens that i don't know a lot of people in those roles because i don't meet them, so therefore i don't socialise with them. how many bankers/surgeons/supermodels do you hang out with on a regular basis? does it make you an inverse-snob if the answer is "very few"?

besides if you took an average of wages across the whole of the city, i'd still be towards the bottom bearing in mind the number of people who earn telephone number salaries. partners in a law/accountancy firm can trouser anything from £500k-£1,000,000 a year, for example.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 15:01, Reply)

true, and you work a shitload longer and harder than I do
not in the sack though IFYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN


My main problem is that my mortgage payments are almost cripplingly large.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:33, Reply)

i do indeed
midnight on sunday, post midnight last night, will be post midnight tonight... you need to take up the violin instead of the guitar.

i think the bottle of vitamin water on my desk knew what you meant.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:40, Reply)

I don't have a problem with people who work harder than me earning more money
good on you.

I don't understand what you are saying about your water though.

I learned the other day that Vitamin water is made by coke and is full of sugar. is that right?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:49, Reply)

i meant that "if you know what i mean" was so obvious that even a plastic bottle would have got it
and yes, yes it is.

i prefer "v-water" which is not.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:53, Reply)

ah I see.
perhaps if you had said "EVEN the bottle of vitamin water etc..."

good for you
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:57, Reply)

well, i say "prefer"
i don't mean it. sugar makes everything tastier :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)

surely you are sweet enough already?
*gags*

sorry, bit of vomit there
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 15:03, Reply)

I support you in your health kick, and as such, I'm going to bring up the topic of Graze Boxs
www.graze.com/ , if you all use this code, you can get a free box delivered straight to your desk..... VRJQXLX

Timberlake maybe bringing sexy back, but I'm bringing Grazebox back.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 15:12, Reply)