"didnt you know there is a recession going on" - a phrase used by cheap-o's?

LighterGuy · 29-01-2011 04:20AM #1

Guess this is inspired by the "stingyest" thread in AH.

Now there are alot of people in tight situations. Being on the social welfare for example where spending has to be kept in check. Or if you're working you arent splashing out as much as you used to because you dont know whats around the corner. Absolutely wise on both counts. And lets not forget Ireland is a rip off. But its still a persons choice to buy things.

But do you think some of this "ah there is a recession on" by people is just some bull****? To hide there cheapness or wanting to get into you?

Some examples (to help with the context of what im talking about):

- Person goes in to buy something in the shop. That'll be 'XX euro please' - "what?! thats a bit much. theres a recession on" - but still buys it :rolleyes: ... similiar to what someone posted on here a while ago about winning free cinema tickets and then buying popcorn for her kid. Saying its too expensive (lets be honest, cinema popcorn is a rip off) BUT! she proceeds to pay for it :rolleyes:

- A tight git. Money isnt as bad as they let on but if you ask them "sure the recession is on"

etc etc.
You get the idea im talking about :P

Discuss. Discuss. :P

29-01-2011 04:30AM

Whats worse is the people who still use the word in any shape or form.

We left the recession a long time ago. We haven't returned to significant growth but we are not in a recession. It's categorically wrong to say.

hondasam · 29-01-2011 04:34AM

I was never in a recession.

congo_90 · 29-01-2011 04:39AM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Whats worse is the people who still use the word in any shape or form.

We left the recession a long time ago. We haven't returned to significant growth but we are not in a recession. It's categorically wrong to say.

despite explaining this to people daily im my place including the boss, they dont wanna hear it!
If a customer complains then proceeds to purchase then they're morons imo as they wasted their time arguing with me over.. maybe 20cent?

If i'm not happily then I would shop elsewhere or just pay the damn price.

jimmycrackcorm · 29-01-2011 05:09AM

I formally declare this recession "over".
Please, everyone cancel your Oz and Canadian visas.

jd007 · 29-01-2011 05:58AM

Whats a recession?

jackie1974 · 29-01-2011 06:21AM

I detest the word 'recession' it's so bleak, we're in a recession, oh you mean your still at your own pity party and expect to get things for half nothing, and i'm a socialist

Conor Bourke · 29-01-2011 11:41AM

I lived with a girl two years who owned the house we were in. She also owned another house up the country. She had a permanent, pensionable, well-paying job, had just been to SE Asia/Australia for 10 weeks and went on 2 more holidays that year and bought a brand new car. When I asked her for a small reduction in the rent (I knew that she had fixed her mortgage at a rock-bottom rate when she was on a tracker to begin with) she was offended and replied "eeeh there's a recession on, you know!? I have to pay my mortgage somehow!"
She used the same spiel for turning off the heat on us and buying cheap ****e household stuff with the (compulsory) kitty. I opted out of the kitty as I like my Barry's tea and Avonmore milk too much, there was war.
Ended up moving up the street to an almost identical house, no drop in standard but a drop of €100 in rent. Nice!

mikemac · 29-01-2011 11:43AM

Was at a bus stop last year, rain lashing down and me struggling with a heavy sportsbag. And I mean seriously heavy, I don't drive so I'm well used to carrying it everywhere

Feck it, I flagged a taxi

Que the three biddies look in horror and me and sneer
"oh no recession in that lad's house" :rolleyes:

Hate that phrase!

Remmy · 29-01-2011 12:11PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Was at a bus stop last year, rain lashing down and me struggling with a heavy sportsbag. And I mean seriously heavy, I don't drive so I'm well used to carrying it everywhere

Feck it, I flagged a taxi

Que the three biddies look in horror and me and sneer
"oh no recession in that lad's house" :rolleyes:

Hate that phrase!

bitches be steppin':rolleyes:

knird evol · 29-01-2011 01:12PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Whats worse is the people who still use the word in any shape or form.

We left the recession a long time ago. We haven't returned to significant growth but we are not in a recession. It's categorically wrong to say.

Are you using the phrase here as economists or people in finance use it/ define it or how the general population use the term?

Nolanger · 29-01-2011 01:45PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Discuss. Discuss. :P

We're in a huge recession.
Some people still have jobs.
These people with jobs are discouraged to spend because we're in recession.
The recession will now last longer because people with money are now spending less!

iPlop · 29-01-2011 01:55PM

If you're still working ,the recession isn't that bad.Prices have come down in many areas.I haven't cut back on spending because I didn't spend like a loon like some people did in 2006.I remember one of my mates telling me to get 30k off the bank to buy a car."Your car is 3 years old ffs and it's not even a beamer"
What the fook does that mean??

I said to him at the time "my car is 3 years old and I OWN IT"

PrincessLola · 29-01-2011 02:04PM

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

I lived with a girl two years who owned the house we were in. She also owned another house up the country. She had a permanent, pensionable, well-paying job, had just been to SE Asia/Australia for 10 weeks and went on 2 more holidays that year and bought a brand new car. When I asked her for a small reduction in the rent (I knew that she had fixed her mortgage at a rock-bottom rate when she was on a tracker to begin with) she was offended and replied "eeeh there's a recession on, you know!? I have to pay my mortgage somehow!"
She used the same spiel for turning off the heat on us and buying cheap ****e household stuff with the (compulsory) kitty. I opted out of the kitty as I like my Barry's tea and Avonmore milk too much, there was war.
Ended up moving up the street to an almost identical house, no drop in standard but a drop of €100 in rent. Nice!

TBH There is no difference, you're just paying for the brand name.
Just sayin'

TheInquisitor · 29-01-2011 03:03PM

I can guarantee you there is a serious difference between cheap tea and decent tea. You get what you pay for

bluto63 · 29-01-2011 03:13PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Guess this is inspired by the "stingyest" thread in AH.

Now there are alot of people in tight situations. Being on the social welfare for example where spending has to be kept in check. Or if you're working you arent splashing out as much as you used to because you dont know whats around the corner. Absolutely wise on both counts. And lets not forget Ireland is a rip off. But its still a persons choice to buy things.

But do you think some of this "ah there is a recession on" by people is just some bull****? To hide there cheapness or wanting to get into you?

Some examples (to help with the context of what im talking about):

- Person goes in to buy something in the shop. That'll be 'XX euro please' - "what?! thats a bit much. theres a recession on" - but still buys it :rolleyes: ... similiar to what someone posted on here a while ago about winning free cinema tickets and then buying popcorn for her kid. Saying its too expensive (lets be honest, cinema popcorn is a rip off) BUT! she proceeds to pay for it :rolleyes:

- A tight git. Money isnt as bad as they let on but if you ask them "sure the recession is on"

etc etc.
You get the idea im talking about :P

Discuss. Discuss. :P

It sounds more like someones sh*tty lame ass attempt at humour tbh

Mike 1972 · 29-01-2011 03:23PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Que the three biddies look in horror and me and sneer
"oh no recession in that lad's house" :rolleyes:

I hope you sodomised the corpses of two of them and offered the third to the taxi driver in lieu of a tip :pac:

Conor Bourke · 29-01-2011 03:25PM

PrincessLola wrote: »

TBH There is no difference, you're just paying for the brand name.
Just sayin'

Whatever about the tea brands, but the particular brand she was getting in Lidl was absolutely rank, the sweepings from the floor of the tea packaging plant I'd bet. I worked for the HSE for 8 years, same cheapo ****e that they used to bulk buy for use in instiutions and hospitals. Absolutely vile, I used to bring my own tea bags in with me.

As for the milk, well I love love love it. I'm very picky about it, it has to be in a tetra-pack container (as opposed to a plastic carton which I think makes the milk taste different). I've lived in a few different places around the country and am very wary of trying the local milk in case it's rank. I've even been known to buy a litre or two of our local milk up at home and bring it back with me to Galway/Limerick/Dublin/wherever.
The local milk in Galway was hideous, as is Dawn Dairies milk IMO, the only one I liked was Avonmore so that's what I bought. I know I sound absolutely nuts going on about milk like this but I felt vindicated when I chatted to about 6 different people about Dawn milk and they all agreed that it is putrid.

Back on topic anyway, the girl in the house would buy those plastic 3 litre containers of supermarket own-brand milk, but got offended when I declined to use it.

Fighting Irish · 29-01-2011 03:31PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Guess this is inspired by the "stingyest" thread in AH.

Now there are alot of people in tight situations. Being on the social welfare for example where spending has to be kept in check. Or if you're working you arent splashing out as much as you used to because you dont know whats around the corner. Absolutely wise on both counts. And lets not forget Ireland is a rip off. But its still a persons choice to buy things.

But do you think some of this "ah there is a recession on" by people is just some bull****? To hide there cheapness or wanting to get into you?

Some examples (to help with the context of what im talking about):

- Person goes in to buy something in the shop. That'll be 'XX euro please' - "what?! thats a bit much. theres a recession on" - but still buys it :rolleyes: ... similiar to what someone posted on here a while ago about winning free cinema tickets and then buying popcorn for her kid. Saying its too expensive (lets be honest, cinema popcorn is a rip off) BUT! she proceeds to pay for it :rolleyes:

- A tight git. Money isnt as bad as they let on but if you ask them "sure the recession is on"

etc etc.
You get the idea im talking about :P

Discuss. Discuss. :P

And we blame everyone but ourselves!

knird evol · 29-01-2011 03:36PM

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

I'm very picky about it, it has to be in a tetra-pack container (as opposed to a plastic carton which I think makes the milk taste different). I've lived in a few different places around the country and am very wary of trying the local milk in case it's rank.

It's all Bovinae Lactation.
The same manufacturing process for all of it

Conor Bourke · 29-01-2011 03:44PM

knird evol wrote: »

It's all Bovinae Lactation.
The same manufacturing process for all of it

Having grown up on a farm where we drank our own cows milk as kids, I'd have to disagree with you there. At different times of year, milk can taste different, eg: if the cows change from eating fresh grass to silage. I was delighted when started buying milk, up until then I hated drinking our own cow's milk.

Similarly around the country different grass quality due to weather/fertilizers/whatever, can have an effect on the taste of the milk.

With regards to the packaging, it's sitting in it for anything up to a few days and that can also affect the taste, due to destruction of light sensitive vitamins and the fact that tetra-pack cartons are better insulators, helping to keep it colder.

UpTheSlashers · 29-01-2011 05:08PM

knird evol wrote: »

It's all Bovinae Lactation.
The same manufacturing process for all of it

Same general process, different influencing factors. Breed of cow, what the cows are fed, how long the milk is stored at farm before going to factory, different factories use different additives.

talla10 · 29-01-2011 05:29PM

Sink The Banana wrote: »

If you're still working ,the recession isn't that bad

I'm working and have taken 7 pay cuts in just over 2 years earning less now than i did when i started my job 6 years ago would be better off with the social and all the benefits than what i take home!

LighterGuy · 29-01-2011 05:48PM

Fighting Irish wrote: »

And we blame everyone but ourselves!

exactly.
People just got into others with prices and the nation accepted alot of it.

saywhatyousee · 29-01-2011 06:19PM

PrincessLola wrote: »

TBH There is no difference, you're just paying for the brand name.
Just sayin'

lies barry's tea is the nicest tea if by some freak chance i couldnt get any i wouldnt buy any other
same with milk.milk outside sligo tastes weird and i dont like it

Fighting Irish · 29-01-2011 06:26PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Ireland is a rip off. When compared to prices of other countries. Which is the only true impartial way to say a country is too expensive - when its compared to the others.

Agreed

But people talk like it's not their fault, ultimately customers set the price range of products.

I have never been ripped off in Ireland without knowing and accepting it before i pay/

Conor Bourke · 29-01-2011 06:38PM

saywhatyousee wrote: »

lies barry's tea is the nicest tea if by some freak chance i couldnt get any i wouldnt buy any other
same with milk.milk outside sligo tastes weird and i dont like it

You sound like a man after my own heart...

NCF (I'll die before I refer to it as Connacht Gold) FTW!!!

Celly Smunt · 29-01-2011 06:41PM

Nolanger wrote: »

We're in a huge recession.

Some people still have jobs.

These people with jobs are discouraged to spend because we're in recession.

The recession will now last longer because people with money are now spending less!

note,we are no longer in a recession

Dudess · 29-01-2011 06:52PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Whats worse is the people who still use the word in any shape or form.

We left the recession a long time ago. We haven't returned to significant growth but we are not in a recession. It's categorically wrong to say.

I agree it's annoying when people use it as an excuse for everything. As pointed out, if people don't spend, it will jeopardise things, not benefit. With respect though, I think you're being a bit pedantic. Even if we aren't literally in a recession, we're definitely still in the throes of its fallout, and will be for a long time. That's what people mean.

Fighting Irish wrote: »

And we blame everyone but ourselves!

What's this "we" business about? Do you blame YOURself? I will concede that by living here I got to enjoy the conditions created by the boom (wasn't gonna go cutting myself off from society and living in a cave just to make a point though) but other than that, I didn't take the piss whatsoever - and I am not alone.

saywhatyousee wrote: »

lies barry's tea is the nicest tea if by some freak chance i couldnt get any i wouldnt buy any other
same with milk.milk outside sligo tastes weird and i dont like it

Even though, being a Corkonian, I'm apparently programmed to love Barrys Tea, I think it's ****ing piss. And I hate their ads too. Lyons ftw!

TaraFoxglove · 06-02-2011 02:20AM

Dudess wrote: »

I agree it's annoying when people use it as an excuse for everything. As pointed out, if people don't spend, it will jeopardise things, not benefit. With respect though, I think you're being a bit pedantic. Even if we aren't literally in a recession, we're definitely still in the throes of its fallout, and will be for a long time. That's what people mean.

QFT

Dudess wrote: »

but other than that, I didn't take the piss whatsoever - and I am not alone.

Yup, my Dad told me if he had taken some of the advice he was given during the boom, he'd be bankrupt right now. He's involved in the construction industry and as such is not working at the moment, but has savings and is tipping along whilst most of the guys he worked alongside in the booms years are seriously in debt now.

Dudess wrote: »

Even though, being a Corkonian, I'm apparently programmed to love Barrys Tea, I think it's ****ing piss. And I hate their ads too. Lyons ftw!

Once again, QFT. Lyons >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Barrys

LighterGuy · 06-02-2011 02:35AM

pmcmahon wrote: »

note,we are no longer in a recession

I have actually heard a few people say this and not just you pmcmahon.

Can people seriously believe we are not? are they living in their own bubble? :rolleyes:

"didnt you know there is a recession going on" - a phrase used by cheap-o's?

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