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Sun 6 Aug, 2006 09:45 pm
So the other day, I was on a little outing with some of my co-workers.
A guy who works for another company, but who often does business with us, sort of dropped in for a while and joined us. He's a young guy, about 23 years old.
One of my co-workers is a 19 year old female. She's a sweetheart, a real cutie, so we all started nudging her, saying things like, "there's a cute guy for you!" She smiled and seemed interested.
As the guy was leaving, one of the women there said, "let's check out what kind of car he drives."
The guy drove away in a perfectly respectable Honda Civic.
"Well, it could be better," the women sighed. Even the men joined in. "Yeah, not exactly a great car.....ok......but not great."
"Give him time," I said. "He's only 23....he can't be driving a Lexus yet."
Everyone agreed with me....but what I really wanted to say was:
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? HE'S ONLY 23!!!! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO BE DRIVING......AN EFFING LEXUS?????!!!!!
I mean, sheesh! I like nice things as well as the next person....but sometimes the materialism in this country just gets me!
It seems to be this never ending race for bigger and better homes, cars, clothes, big-screen TVs, and every other kind of toy.
They're all maxing out their credit cards in their pursuit of brand names, designer labels and linens with a high thread count.
And it never....ever....seems to be enough!
Phew! I feel better now....thanks for letting me rant.
there there dear....I do understand.
I think a lot of peoples priorities are just messed up.
Also, I think people have less patience today, and want it NOW!
I know someone who's a prime example....she has the income, but she goes out and buys the damndest things....usually I think "not for me to judege"...but it'll be some kind of gizmo, and as soon as she get it out of the box and sets it up...she never thinks about it again.
This person has EXTREMELY little patience, and I believe it's the reason behind it. No thinking of "what do I want this for" Auto-pilot
Stray Cat
This guy could be a keeper. Maybe he's putting any extra $ into paying back school loans or saving for a house. Maybe he doesn't want to be poster boy for the "got so far over my head in debt I had to declare bankruptcy at 25" club.
When my son finished high school he took some time off to work before starting university so he could save some money. His grandmother was going into a senior's residence and asked if she could give him her car. He was thrilled because it meant he could take a higher paying job that wasn't on a bus route and save more (but still pay car insurance, gas and have some fun). I ran into a woman I knew with a son the same age and we got to talking. She snorted out loud and said, "An Escort! He'll be a laughingstock among his friends!" and went on to tell me about how she leased a brand new Suzuki Tracker (?) for her son, blah blah blah. I agree with you Stray Cat, and her too -- people can be very judgmental. Even me. In my judgment, that woman was an idiot.
Tai (when I met my husband he was driving a Colt) Chi
Reminds me of Home Exercise Crap. People go out and buy (us included) These ghastly Mideaval looking instruments of exercize.
We set em up in a spare room so we can go and work out in a routine
We use em once and , when we leave the room, we turn around and look at the stuff and say."WTF did I buy all this sghit for?" I could just jog to the grocery and back.
Then, to top it off, we go to yard sales in which the most popular item that people cast off is what?--Home Exercize Equipment.
My wife caught the joke first. Because her sister bought a "STAIR CLIMBER"
We havre a house with 3 floors, so we have built in stair climbers.
We bought a BOWFLEx,It is now the most expensive ladies underwear dryer known.
So we had a yard sale.
Now were looking at HOME Theaters.
Thinking of what tai chi said...
Actually, if I see a 23 year old driving a Lexus, I don't think that they have a really great job...I think they spent a lot of money and have big car payments...and are not saving for a home.
Just googled a Lexus.
Send the guy to me, il have him!!
material girl wrote:Just googled a Lexus.
Send the guy to me, il have him!!
Can I just point out that im not as materialistic as I must have siunded.I just thought it was a nice car and he wouldnt need to improve it for me.
I did happily go out with a guy that had some sort of 80's hatchback(Im useless with car types)
[/QUOTE]I ran into a woman I knew with a son the same age and we got to talking. She snorted out loud and said, "An Escort! He'll be a laughingstock among his friends!" and went on to tell me about how she leased a brand new Suzuki Tracker (?) for her son, blah blah blah
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I hear you, Tai Chi. When did we get to the point where someone who is in their early twenties, and just starting out on their careers, is supposed to be driving a Porche or something?
It's not only a sense of entitlement -- it's "I'm entitled
and impatient as hell! I want it all and I want it now!!"
How spoiled is that? Whatever happened to the concept of "working your way up," and earning things
gradually? Whatever happened to "paying your dues?"
And for all the people out there who think their houses aren't big enough, their SUV's aren't big enough, and their toys aren't trendy enough --
I came across this article about the victims of Katrina the other day. It had quotes from some of the survivors at the time. This one in particular got to me:
Quote:Think about it for a second from my chairÂ… (I'm not whining but) I'm almost 40 years oldÂ…. Here is the sum total of all my worldly possessions: 4 pairs of shorts, 5 shirts, 2 pairs of shoes, 4 pairs of underwear, 1 pair of blue jeans, a box of family pictures, 2 flashlights, a piece of trench art my grandfather brought back from WWI and my father's hammer. (Hey, it means a lot to me!) That's it. Everything else is gone. And BTW, I'm unemployed.
Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it?
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