re: Is Gen Z etc totally out of touch about salaries?

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Move where housing is cheap

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Where exactly is this?

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Buy a mobile home for a while

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Used ones are over 40k

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Not everyone is 5'2. A 6'0-6'3 male is going to need at least 500 more calories a day than a shorter person.

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I eat almost 3k calories a day.

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What year?

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2002. What I was doing back then paid about $6.00 more per hour than our warehouse folks. They are now making $15.00 or higher if I’m not mistaken.

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Now these kids think they deserve the 50k lifestyle on a 30k budget.

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Agree but Id say 80k lifestyle on 30k budget.

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Thinking one person needs to eat $800/month of rice, beans, and chicken is just as absurd, tbf

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my husband and I spend about $80 week on groceries, give or take. Neither of us eats breakfast during the week. Just coffee. We both bring our lunches(usually a smoked turkey wrap with swiss), a bag of chips and a water.

Dinner could be a salad(bag of spinach, tomatos, cucumber, boiled egg, bacon bits, blackened chicken strips(5 lbs Costco $14), red beanss with sausage and rice, pot roast(bought when on sale for like $7 a roast), mashed cauliflower, frozen broccoli, etc. Spaghetti and meatballs, tacos, grilled chicken breasts(big bag from Costco) etc We decide what we're eating for the week and buy accordingly. We buy whatever veggies are in season, look good and are on sale. We buy store brand stuff like shredded cheese. We don't eat a ton of premade meals. We meal prep whenever possible. This works for us.

What is an 18 yr old eating that costs $800 month? I got by on Mac & cheese, frozen pizza, grilled chicken, hamburgers, hamburger helper, ramen, chips, cereal etc

I'm pretty sure housing is relatively cheap in rural Oklahoma. I have a cattle farm, so I only stay on top of unimproved acreage values, not homes.

But every factory and the casino are all paying 18-20/hr which is pretty good for here.

And for the CDIB holders, the tribes give them free medical care and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes will basically give people houses. I am not a CDIB holder but a lot of people I know here are.

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You would be surprised how much money in tips you can make waiting tables or bartending at a good restaurant. I used to work a Friday night shift at a busy bar and would walk out with $300 plus my hourly pay every night.

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Ruth's Chris in BR is booked out 2 weeks in advance pretty much all the time, and they require all waitstaff to be full time employees. You just know those folks are making bank considering the prices of the food/drinks.

5-6 shifts per week bringing home $300+? That's a damn good annual salary.

Yeah I don't know how New Orleans is anymore because I refuse to go back, but I know for sure there are professional waiters there that make a good living.

He has chickens and hunts. But heck it's like 15 min to town.

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Are these people retarded?

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I can roll up to any construction site and make 18+ an hour gen labor, day work, OT included with actual room for advancement if you get in on a good crew.

I think they can just see that your deal is shite. If you're the one complaining you can't find work, it isn't everyone else's fault. It's yours. Your incentives are not good enough to work for.