CITY AM--- Housing no longer overvalued

geoffky

chucky wrote: »

sorry i forgot it's all about affordability innit Geoffrey

Hence i bear no grudge what so ever to people who are lucky enough to get social housing at a far less cost than buying your own..and long may it continue as the unfairness in our housing system is a crime and will divide society in future if not already.. i am no better than a shelf stacker in tesco and my housing needs are the same but i can buy a house were most 20 to 30 year old stacker will never get the chance to own...how sad..

Harry_Powell

geoffky wrote: »

Hence i bear no grudge what so ever to people who are lucky enough to get social housing at a far less cost than buying your own..and long may it continue as the unfairness in our housing system is a crime and will divide society in future if not already.. i am no better than a shelf stacker in tesco and my housing needs are the same but i can buy a house were most 20 to 30 year old stacker will never get the chance to own...how sad..

Can't the shelf stacker retrain and get a better paid job?

chucky

geoffky wrote: »

Hence i bear no grudge what so ever to people who are lucky enough to get social housing at a far less cost than buying your own..and long may it continue as the unfairness in our housing system is a crime and will divide society in future if not already.. i am no better than a shelf stacker in tesco and my housing needs are the same but i can buy a house were most 20 to 30 year old stacker will never get the chance to own...how sad..

what's wrong with working at tesco?

why would you want to look down on someone who works for tesco.
as far as i know they are quite a good employer and have lots of benefits.

Graham_Devon

chucky wrote: »

what's wrong with working at tesco?

why would you want to look down on someone who works for tesco.
as far as i know they are quite a good employer and have lots of benefits.

Oh for christs sake chucky. He said he is no better than a shelf stacker at tescos.

You turn that into "why would you want to look down on someone who works for tescos".

I mean, come on! We used to have people twisting other peoples posts, now we don't bother with twisting, we just simply change to suit to get jab in.

As for a shelf stacker retraining ,yes, they could, and everyone should try to better themselves. However, we will still need shelf stackers, we still need people doing all these lower paid jobs which mean others can go about their everyday business. There will always be a need for them, and those people have the same need in housing as the rest of society on a larger pay packet.

geoffky

Harry_Powell wrote: »

Can't the shelf stacker retrain and get a better paid job?

And if they do not have the mental capacity to do so? what then...

geoffky

chucky wrote: »

what's wrong with working at tesco?

why would you want to look down on someone who works for tesco.
as far as i know they are quite a good employer and have lots of benefits.

pathetic.....grow up

Harry_Powell

geoffky wrote: »

And if they do not have the mental capacity to do so? what then...

Then does he have the mental capacity to manage his finance and mortgage payments, balance the books and ensure that he pays his bills on time?

The DFW and BR boards are filled with people who cant seem to manage this, yet have far more mentally demanding jobs than shelf stacking.

chucky

geoffky wrote: »

And if they do not have the mental capacity to do so? what then...

you're getting yourself all excitable Geoffrey - behave yourself...
as for Graham's comments - pffff

why would a shelf stacker be mentally incapacitated?
what's stopping him having a good financial mind...
just because he's a shelf stacker it doesn't matter. that's why you're looking doiwn on him.

i've humoured you now on this ramble of yours... but what was your point?

Harry_Powell

Graham_Devon wrote: »

As for a shelf stacker retraining ,yes, they could, and everyone should try to better themselves. However, we will still need shelf stackers, we still need people doing all these lower paid jobs which mean others can go about their everyday business. There will always be a need for them, and those people have the same need in housing as the rest of society on a larger pay packet.

I worked at M&S shelf stacking when I was a student. The people I worked alongside were either people like myself who did it to support themselves through college, mums who did it because it was flexible to work around school times and older people who were supplementing their pensions. No one saw it as a long-term career.

You're confusing the right to have a home to live in, which I do beleive in, with the right for everyone to be able to buy a home, which I don't.

andykn

chucky wrote: »

you're getting yourself all excitable Geoffrey - behave yourself...
as for Graham's comments - pffff

why would a shelf stacker be mentally incapacitated?
what's stopping him having a good financial mind...
just because he's a shelf stacker it doesn't matter. that's why you're looking doiwn on him.

i've humoured you now on this ramble of yours... but what was your point?

I think Geoff's point is that the many people who will, for a variety of good reasons, always be at or about the minimum wage should still be able to purchase their own home.