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Asking how much money someone makes

Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:43 pm
Posted by Lickitty Split
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Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:43 pm
I find it tacky and trashy and yet people ask it so frequently. I’m beginning to think I’m in the minority. Do you find it tacky when some asks how much money you make?

I never respond and try to play it off as not that much. What’s the best way to respond without being a jackass?
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 3:25 pm
Posted by 3HourTour
A whiskey barrel
Member since Mar 2006
21925 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:44 pm to
Tell them to mind their own fricking business.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86706 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

yet people ask it so frequently.


Do they?

Posted by Pico de Gallo
Member since Aug 2016
1894 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:44 pm to
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I find it tacky and trashy


It is. However, if it comes up in conversation while talking about other opportunities, I don't see it as negative.
Posted by TRUERockyTop
Appalachia
Member since Sep 2011
16881 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:44 pm to
It depends on my relationship with said person.
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:45 pm to
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try to play it off as not that much.


Subtle baller brag?
Posted by 995webmaster
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
3780 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

I find it tacky and trashy


I feel you. We live in a tacky, trashy time of history. Have you checked out our president and his supporters?
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
39015 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

What’s the best way to respond without being a jackass?

"Why do you ask?" or
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 1:47 pm
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
111638 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:46 pm to
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I find it tacky and trashy and yet people ask it so frequently. I


Sounds to me like you just hang out with trashy people.

I never have this happen.
Posted by CorkSoaker
Member since Oct 2008
9823 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:46 pm to
Ask them to guess, then laugh at whatever they respond with.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
102353 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:47 pm to
Maybe when you are dealing with $12 to $20 an hour this type of discussion happens.

I can't recall in a very long time talking annual salaries with someone. None of their fricking business, or mine.
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13527 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:47 pm to
In my experience, it's the hookers that ask this the most.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70176 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

Do you find it tacky when some asks how much money you make?


I've never really been asked...of course fry cooks don't make much

I find it just as tacky when people announce what they make

quote:

What’s the best way to respond without being a jackass?


I usually just say not enough
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76777 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:48 pm to
always answer "not enough"
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
8699 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

Do you find it tacky when some asks how much money you make?


Yeah, the same person asks me every year. Trashy IRS
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Hammond
Member since Feb 2013
10172 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

I’m in the minirotiy


probably because they can't imagine how you have a job that pays your bills..
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23348 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:48 pm to
Not enough to be rich, to much for government assistance
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Hammond
Member since Feb 2013
10172 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:49 pm to
quote:

I feel you. We live in a tacky, trashy time of history. Have you checked out our president and his supporters?



Posted by al_cajun
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2017
2442 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:50 pm to
I usually say $1 more than they say they make just to piss them off
Posted by RandySavage
9 Time Natty Winner
Member since May 2012
35818 posts
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:51 pm to
I find it silly that it's so taboo but I never, ever hear anyone ask it.
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