There there.
I am sure Daddy dearest will buy you a new one.

*pats on head*
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:46, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

hahaha
you don't know my father but at all.

this is the guy who sat me down at 14 and said, "let's talk about your pocket money." oooh. yes please. "how about £4 an hour?"

this was 1992. that was untold riches to a 14 year old. but there had to be a catch. sure enough:

"if you want that, you'll work for me in the bank mon-sat. otherwise you get nowt."

urgh!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:49, Reply)

Didn't he cough up for your flat though?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:50, Reply)

that's a bit different!
he sorted all 3 of us out with houses/flats mainly to avoid IHT. and in my case to give him somewhere to crash in london.

but i can tell you now he wouldn't have done it if we hadn't all been working our arses off at our jobs. tha gets nowt for nowt, he'd say.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:58, Reply)

What does a 14 year old do in a bank 6 days a week?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:51, Reply)

Masturbate furiously.
Or does she mean an actual bank?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:52, Reply)

I got 25 quid for that, 15 for the jizz, and 10 expenses.
I thought of it as a career choice, but you could only do it 3 times. Bugger.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:54, Reply)

^ This
I can't speak for Swipo, but knowing myself at that age that is how I would have spent my days there...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:54, Reply)

filing cheques (in 1992 there were a LOT of cheques)
franking the post, opening the post and delivering it around the bank, all sorts of admin. then when i was 16 i had to do the phones. being a telephonist is seriously DULL.

but it taught me huge lessons about the responsibility of having a job - when all my friends were lying in during the summer holidays, i had to get up and go to work. i blame my dad for my ridiculous working hours these days!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:57, Reply)

*sobs*
My heart bleeds for you.

No. Really. Honestly it does.

Are you making anyone homeless today?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 9:58, Reply)

ha, i'm not complaining
it was good for me. if i ever found myself in the unfortunate position of having a 14 year old, they'd be made to work too.

it was the same with the car. i got a car but only on the condition that i drove my parents anywhere whenever they wanted.

not today. although if i got a chance to do the st pauls eviction, i'd be on that shit like a virgin on a computer game.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:00, Reply)

What's the general mood about that place?
Brave campaigners, or trampytramps?
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:02, Reply)

naturally i would say unwashed trampy tramps
they want financial freedom. ok, so if they were each contributing £100 per day in tax/NI, which might be an average of what people around there pay, when you think it's everything from goldman sachs to marks and spencers, that would be much more useful at helping people, surely.

but perhaps not as much FUN as being a sweaty anarchist and chanting slogans whilst not actually using your brain and putting in any effort to work, i guess.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:06, Reply)

Oh those altruistic city boys
We should all be more grateful.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:10, Reply)

they look much hotter in suits
than in natty dreads and dirty jeans.

i, for one, am grateful for this.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:11, Reply)

So you got a job because from your bank manager daddy, I assume there was no interview or application process.
So that's nepotism. Giving you work experience unavailable for people not related to bank managers at 14. You got given a car, you got given a house as a form of tax avoidance.
But you should be respected for earning a lot because you work hard. No, you got given every oppertunity that was not ever offered to the wider public, just because you managed to take advantage of them doesn't allow you to look down on those that didn't ever get that chance. You should be ashamed of yourself.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:17, Reply)

that may be
but you're a shallower cunt than i am.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:32, Reply)

Why can you only click 'I like this' once?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:32, Reply)

but it's totally hypocritical
this guy is forever going on about yet another job application and how he's going to move to london yet again and get yet another massive payrise. somehow it never seems to happen. if someone could give him a starter leg-up, i'm totally sure he'd say, "oh no thanks, i'd rather fail on my own terms."

it's what you do with it afterwards that counts.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:35, Reply)

It would be only hypocritical if/when I accepted it I looked down on the people who didn't get that "leg up"
Don't be thick.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:38, Reply)

i have no time for people who don't work hard
what they work hard at is irrelevant.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:43, Reply)

so hardworking terrorists are better than lazy charity workers?
Tsk.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:53, Reply)

racist!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:58, Reply)

I never specified any races.
silly child.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:19, Reply)

it would only be hypocritical if he got where he is due to nepotism.
I know you dislike the man but he has a point. I also love that he clearly didn't have you on ignore all this time while you were sniping at him but has waited until this point to respond to you.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:52, Reply)

It is funny
but also a little bit creepy psycho, y'know, biding his time and all that?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:01, Reply)

I worked on a farm at weekends from 14 to 16. Loved it. Got me away from the house, got to drive big machines and earned a small amount of money.

Every kid should have a weekend job, regardless of family income.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:06, Reply)

exactly
i have friends in cheshire whose parents are filthy stinking rich, and they were still made to have jobs.

there is a massive difference between those people and the ones who were allowed to swan around on daddy's credit card from the age of 12.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:07, Reply)

I am sure there is a big difference.
Middle class people who think the world owes them a living are just as bad as chavs on benefits who think the same.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:09, Reply)

the only difference is that the m/c people aren't actually costing anyone except their own families.
so at least SOMEONE earned it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:11, Reply)

True. It is the attitude that annoys me rather than the source of the money.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Paperboy from 13-15, worked as a glass collector and in a shop the summer I turned 16
Think I've only been out of work for 3 weeks altogether since I was 13.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:11, Reply)

Rentboy from 13-15 surely?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:17, Reply)

You're only 17 now aren't you?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:25, Reply)

Next month

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:30, Reply)

23

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:33, Reply)

From about the age of 8 or soo, working saturdays in one of dad's shops. Cheaper than a baby sitter, taught me stock control and lots of maths.
My favorite was when the hockey finals were on, setting up a stole inside Wembley Arena (and later the manchester ninex or whatever it's called), on the day before packing up the van, on the day working from about 6 in the morning 'till around midnight. I loved it.

I can honestly say, if I wasn't skilled at computery stuff, I would probably be working in some sort of market capactiy, I loved all of it, I'm fucking wicked at the banter.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:24, Reply)

I can imagine you on a fishmonger stall with a sign next to you saying 'ASK ME FOR RECIPE SUGGESTIONS'

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:40, Reply)

What an utterly vile thing to say, to imply that because someone comes from an afluent family that they can't attach sentiment to an object.
Like you have to worry about your stuff being nicked by other homeless people every night.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Morning Gonz.
Yes I am in a fortunate position. Doesn't mean I can't take the piss out of Swipey though.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:05, Reply)

Mornin' Battered.
Yeah', true.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:21, Reply)