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What cost of living crisis?

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pagopago · 31/08/2022 21:51

Beauty salons mega busy and some with waiting lists of a month or two.

People piling trollies high in supermarkets, carrying bags of shopping in shopping centres

Airports and flights busier than ever.

Tradesmen e.g. plumbers, painters/decorators, carpet fitters booked well into next year.

Is this people burying their heads in the sand? Or making the most of things while they can still afford to?

Right now it doesn't really feel like there is a shitstorm approaching.

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Bubblebubblebah · 04/09/2022 14:26

There is a difference between protesters and rioters

Swimmingpoolsally · 04/09/2022 14:29

I don’t understand threads like this, why people find it so confusing. Op how can you not know that people have varying levels of disposable income and will be hit differently. Some will struggle some will barely notice and everything in between

and the answers are always the same with folks saying oh it must be credit card, well no. Many of them will just earn enough for it not to impact.

RunningSME · 04/09/2022 14:30

Bubblebubblebah · 04/09/2022 14:26

There is a difference between protesters and rioters

Let’s hope the police can differentiate but actually I think we all know they don’t look at the Sarah Everard vigil.

Swimmingpoolsally · 04/09/2022 14:34

Clutterbugsmum · 01/09/2022 13:02

I don't understand how people can be so blind as to what is coming in the next few months.

Yes people have had holiday's, eat out now, but going forward will people be able to afford to or even will these places still be open once their energy costs go up 300%.

Perhaps read this and maybe you will get an inkling that people will lose their income as they lose their jobs through no fought of their own

No one is blind except you on understand that this is for a portion of the population,many others can afford it

Cliffordthebigreddog · 04/09/2022 14:36

We are continuing as normal for now as we have been overpaying elec & gas for 12 months + as we wanted to build up a credit for this winter. The amount we overpay by is the amount our payment will now go up so we’re already used to paying it. I appreciate that we are lucky in this respect as we can afford it.

Rinatinabina · 04/09/2022 15:01

PerfectlyPreservedQuagaarWarrior · 01/09/2022 16:30

There is a difference between cheap and expensive shoes, but you are deluding yourself if you think people with money never wear cheapo stuff. It might be possible to discern expensive clothes, though obviously the rise of Ebay and the like has somewhat widened access, but it simply isn't the case that a person who doesn't appear to have spent much on their appearance is poor. It's an assumption.

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Yup both my sister and I have comfortable household incomes. Both wear clothes from the supermarket as well as bog standard high street. Don’t dye my hair (often don’t “do” it either, pluck own eyebrows, no beauty treatments and my shoes were a tenner (I’m in the park a lot) So I can imagine someone with quite a bit more being fine with the same. We didn’t really change that much in our behaviour as incomes rose. Dh has two pairs of shoes, one fancy pair for work and one utterly battered pair. We can afford more but neither of us care that much tbh.

antelopevalley · 04/09/2022 15:23

Rinatinabina · 04/09/2022 15:01

Yup both my sister and I have comfortable household incomes. Both wear clothes from the supermarket as well as bog standard high street. Don’t dye my hair (often don’t “do” it either, pluck own eyebrows, no beauty treatments and my shoes were a tenner (I’m in the park a lot) So I can imagine someone with quite a bit more being fine with the same. We didn’t really change that much in our behaviour as incomes rose. Dh has two pairs of shoes, one fancy pair for work and one utterly battered pair. We can afford more but neither of us care that much tbh.

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Supermarket clothes are not cheap clothes necessarily.

CherryGenoa · 04/09/2022 15:37

You can’t tell income by what people wear! Christ, my mate who earns six figures in IT shops in old pyjama bottoms and a stained hoodie. 😂

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