25-11-14, 10:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-11-14, 10:32 PM by noggythenog.)
Ha ha!...yeh fair play Joe for revealing that you're a banker......perhaps the admins can now make a special section for you, a few bars, big heavy doors, nice little toilet :b
I can see what you're saying & im pretty sure that you're being honest about it and it's good to hear that type of stuff.......i wouldnt go as far as to say "poor bankers".....but theres always a side that most of us dont hear about and it makes me a little smug because i earn a half decent wage yet i never went to Uni and i only have a 15 mile commute to work in area that affords me a decent if modest house for normal money......ok ive had to move about the country and ive had some pretty shit times.....im away from my family......more of a butterfly effect that just turned out ok rather than a planned approach but ill be stuck on this wage for a while and like you say you are talking about your starting wage so will hopefully fingers crossed progress quickly. It's still been your choice to go down that route though hasn't it ....i also have negative points...15 miles away is my max allowable distance from work i can live, i do unsociable hours and hardly get any weekends off, no bank holidays and no extra pay for working them......but the balance as a whole is very good...so i agree that i could move on again if the money was purely my drive...but personally im happy.....but i shouldnt criticise those who do want it......i suppose money doesnt always buy you happiness.....but having no money sure will get you misery...IMO....i've struck "my" happy medium.
& you're right.....we mostly all have some power to get a top earning job....but only if we have a little helping hand....we need some backing....it has now been proven that if you are born into a poor family then statistically the odds are poor of you ever getting there.....exceptions of course....sounds like you've done it yourself.....at a guess id say you're from an average working family......but not from a poor one....there is the least ammount of social mobility now that there has been in a long time in the UK.......the fact is that to make money you need money.....or to be provided that springboard from an early age by a decently well off family........the 2 things we use the most are banking and housing and if you are into any of those 2 then it's a win/win situation.............you also need to work your arse off as well..........but little Mavis the cleaner isnt gonna achieve that level of prosperty or social standing no matter how many hours she works.
We're still on a bit of a tangent here though arent we...end of the day banks are self serving and like you say they are in it for profit so why not.....if they are operating within the rules and under the normal culture for that proffession wth seeming impunity from any laws that they do break then happy days why shouldnt they..........it is indeed the politicians who run the country, have the power to change things........they are the ones that turn millions of honest people in their country into dishonest people......because they are leading by example as some of the most dishonest creatures on the planet.
I can see what you're saying & im pretty sure that you're being honest about it and it's good to hear that type of stuff.......i wouldnt go as far as to say "poor bankers".....but theres always a side that most of us dont hear about and it makes me a little smug because i earn a half decent wage yet i never went to Uni and i only have a 15 mile commute to work in area that affords me a decent if modest house for normal money......ok ive had to move about the country and ive had some pretty shit times.....im away from my family......more of a butterfly effect that just turned out ok rather than a planned approach but ill be stuck on this wage for a while and like you say you are talking about your starting wage so will hopefully fingers crossed progress quickly. It's still been your choice to go down that route though hasn't it ....i also have negative points...15 miles away is my max allowable distance from work i can live, i do unsociable hours and hardly get any weekends off, no bank holidays and no extra pay for working them......but the balance as a whole is very good...so i agree that i could move on again if the money was purely my drive...but personally im happy.....but i shouldnt criticise those who do want it......i suppose money doesnt always buy you happiness.....but having no money sure will get you misery...IMO....i've struck "my" happy medium.
& you're right.....we mostly all have some power to get a top earning job....but only if we have a little helping hand....we need some backing....it has now been proven that if you are born into a poor family then statistically the odds are poor of you ever getting there.....exceptions of course....sounds like you've done it yourself.....at a guess id say you're from an average working family......but not from a poor one....there is the least ammount of social mobility now that there has been in a long time in the UK.......the fact is that to make money you need money.....or to be provided that springboard from an early age by a decently well off family........the 2 things we use the most are banking and housing and if you are into any of those 2 then it's a win/win situation.............you also need to work your arse off as well..........but little Mavis the cleaner isnt gonna achieve that level of prosperty or social standing no matter how many hours she works.
We're still on a bit of a tangent here though arent we...end of the day banks are self serving and like you say they are in it for profit so why not.....if they are operating within the rules and under the normal culture for that proffession wth seeming impunity from any laws that they do break then happy days why shouldnt they..........it is indeed the politicians who run the country, have the power to change things........they are the ones that turn millions of honest people in their country into dishonest people......because they are leading by example as some of the most dishonest creatures on the planet.
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