Breakfast t.v. this morning

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Anyone see the lady on the t.v. this morning about the increase in food prices .She was complaining that she had to pay £2.00 per day for her childrens school meals and that because of the rising prices she couldn't afford the hairdressers and had to grow her own fennel and bake her own cakes and biscuits .now I'm sorry but knowing how some folk on here have to streeetch their budgets around the little money they have coming in I hardly think she was a particularly good example of being 'hard up' I was yelling at the t.v. (yes I know I can be a grumpy old woman at times) look on the OS site and see how the 'normal folk manage and stop complaining about having to cook properly.:mad::mad:She apparently has a well-paying job as well.

Toonie

I didn't see it, but I can well imagine it happening. I know a lot of parents who were complaining about losing child benefit because it means they won't be able to put aside the money for their little ones for later in life, but when you point out that many people have to use that money for surviving every week they don't know what to say.

foxgloves

I didn't feel she had particularly been chosen as someone who was now 'hard up'. She just seemed to be illustrating the price rises & things that are happening. I agree there will be people in a far worse situation than that particular lady. I think the more these issues are hilighted in the news, the better. The Government is expecting us all to spend Britain out of the recession and need to realise (there are 18 millionnaires in the Cabinet) just how many cutbacks ordinary people are having to make at a time when unemployment is rising & many of those who are lucky enough still to have a job are on a pay-freeze for the next few years. I'm winding myself up now.....I shall be making a placard in a minute at this rate!

mummyjane

Blimey - reminds me haven't had my hair cut in a while (a while being around a year and a half )

It makes me cross too, you have to remember than the people making these programmes all earn decent salaries and probably don't have to budget for anything :eek:

LittleLauz

mummyjane wrote: »

Blimey - reminds me haven't had my hair cut in a while (a while being around a year and a half )

It makes me cross too, you have to remember than the people making these programmes all earn decent salaries and probably don't have to budget for anything :eek:

Haven't gotten my hair cut at the hairdressers for about 5 years, I cut it myself every few weeks. Lol.
Not really because I can't afford it, just because I begrudge paying when I only have a trim and can do it myself for free.

ally18

Hi,
I saw that on breakfast as well.

I'm almost sure she said she could only give her children £2 per day for their dinner money now but that was each child and she said she had 3!
So unless I heard wrong, thats £30 per week!

My daughter was watching at the time as well and when this was mentioned, she looked at me hopefully but I had to smile and say no way, you're sticking to sarnies I'm afraid.

MummyOfTwo

it was a bit hard to swallow from a woman with expensive makeup and a perfectly highlighted and blowdried hair!

BitterAndTwisted

Eh, I do understand that even people on a "decent wage" are feeling the price-rises for food but in my book having to make your own biscuits and cakes hardly constitutes a hardship in any way, shape or form. Now, if they interviewed someone who couldn't even afford the ingredients or the fuel to bake them with I'd be feeling a tiny tad more sympathetic. Even so, when I visited my favourite pound-shop this weekend they had some lovely, plain rich tea/morning coffee-type bikkies at £1 for four two-hundred gramme packs, so even beggars could afford a treat of some description every now and then.

Alison_Funnell

I'm discussing this with my mum. My school lunches where 60p a day. I am now 42. Granted we had the most amazing school dinners ( choice of 3 hot, various colds with accompanying salads etc and a selection of desserts - an this was in the early to mid 80s) but when it seemed too much I had sandwiches.

As for hairdressers I have long straight hair and haven't seen a hairdressers since I was in my teens.

So what that she grows her own fennel some people have never had the money to buy it in the first place. If you ask me TV people are far too over paid and can't spot real poverty because they don't experience it.

BitterAndTwisted

You're right, I used to work in the TV business and for convenience and cheapness they often used to get their pals in to be interviewed. I expect that fennel-growing mum was one of the researcher's more presentable or persuadable chums. She probably lived very close to the studio as well, so keep the cab-fares down.

If the middle-classes are feeling the price-rises they should get some of us in to give our viewpoint. Mind you, with some of the keen frugalisers on this part of the forum, the govt will be raising taxes and cutting benefits even more, believing we can all live on about tuppence ha'penny.

redkids1972

I think to be fair the lady interviewed has seen her income become more stretched over the last year and has had to readjust her budget accordingly. I know her income and lifestyle is well above many others but to her it is real and she is aware that she needs to make changes to her and her families lifestyle.
People form all types of classes are being affected by the recession although I agree its the lower classes being hit hardest.
I think the lady should be given a bit of credit for making those changes and lets just hope she embraces the change and enjoys some of the pleasures from such things as baking biscuits etc.
Times are tough for lots of people