Being old-stylers when others aren't

Islandmaid

I have now been part time for 2 years, last week a colleague kept on and on about 'how lucky' I was and it's not fair.... After about the 4th time she raised it, I pointed out that she had just returned from their 3rd holiday this year and was in the process of booking another, as well as buying a new car - being part time is easy, I said, you apply for it and then loose 50% of your salary, to me the additional time each week to spend with my family, was more important than holidays and stuff, each to their own - she hasn't mentioned it since.

upoiupou

Handbag59 wrote: »

Wow who knew Kitchen roll was so controversial LOL but it does show that what is acceptable for one person is quite unthinkable for another.

What's confusing me is that this is the Old Style Money Saving board. I can't see how kitchen roll is either old style or money saving. Granted, some posters are saying they see it as less economical/environmentally OK but have chosen that for whatever reason.

I don't do everything 100% perfectly with regard to budgeting or the environment, so I'm not saying that. Partly it's the justifications that are foxing me. The things I don't do great, do bother me.

And partly it's that it's so easy to use cloths instead, it isn't even a hardship. Not like dealing with poo-y cloth nappies or spending an extra hour on something. Oil on the floor, OK, but how often do you spill oil on a kitchen floor? I don't think I ever have, and if I did I don't think I'd keep doing it! And the one time I did I'd get a couple of squares of loo roll and that would be that. Napkins? Really? If you eat with cutlery you rarely need napkins. If you do need them, it's not much to add some cloth napkins to an existing wash.

It' isn't just the paper, it's the energy, water, chemicals, fuel and packaging in making and transporting these things then adding them to landfill. I get so depressed that we're ruining our planet so cheerfully.:(

Sayschezza

I confess to being a little bit cross with a friend I had staying with me when she opened the bedroom window wide because she was too hot but had the radiator belting out heat. I showed her how to turn it off. And her a householder without a lot of spare money. Odd.

GreyQueen

People are funny about part-timers, aren't they? I work two-thirds of a job due to health problems making full-time impossible. As a singleton with no partner to pick up the slack, this means I'm relatively hard up and don't have many of the things my peers regard as essentials; a car, a holiday or two every year, meals out, new clothes, a contract phone, tickets to shows and gigs.

I'm fine with this, and know how to make one penny do the work of two, but it's amazing the amount of times someone's had a little leaving already? dig when I go home two hours before they do. I just smile slightly and point out that I only get paid for the hours I work.

There are trade-offs possible. Would people forgo a car (or two), and holidays, and non-essential expenditures, to be part-time/ pay off the mortgage early/ retire early? Some would, some wouldn't, some have never considered the possibility.

lessonlearned

And yet.......part timers often do just as much actual work as full timers. :rotfl: often they are more focussed and efficient.

I can recall the 3 day weeks of the 70s. Apparently productivity didn't decline as much as everyone predicted.

Often full time working is more about simply being "present" and being "seen to be working" rather than working flat out. We've all met the workshy and loafers who are present all day and who don't actually do much. :rotfl:

miniondancer

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Sonetimes having children helps.

A conversation with them in front of the offending adult along the lines of "mummy works very hard to earn money that bought that xxxx, so if you don't want to eat it, don't throw it away as mummy can have it".

Im wondering could i have that convo with the kitten as she tries to get into the bottom of my fridge as no children or i could borrow some children

Upsidedown_Bear

How about reusable bamboo kitchen towels instead of kitchen roll?

miniondancer

jackyann wrote: »

As for the poster who wrote about their carer, I think that I would ask the carer if they are acting on agency / employer policy. It is appropriate for some carers to clear out fridges, and they have to be guided by the "use-by" date. I think that if you establish the guidelines with their employer (effectively saying that you are capable of making those decisions) then the carer will have to abide by them. You can make it a little easier on them by saying that you understand in some households this is a necessary task, but it is not in yours.

Thank jackyann that was me

i think will try that first, second explain the cost and waste issues and 3rd if needed will do the sign on fridge

GreyQueen

lessonlearned wrote: »

And yet.......part timers often do just as much actual work as full timers. :rotfl: often they are more focussed and efficient.

I can recall the 3 day weeks of the 70s. Apparently productivity didn't decline as much as everyone predicted.

Often full time working is more about simply being "present" and being "seen to be working" rather than working flat out. We've all met the workshy and loafers who are present all day and who don't actually do much. :rotfl:

Those of us in the call centre who are covering the peak mid-morning to mid-afternoon are working like nutters in the hours when the call volumes peak. So, I reckon I'm good value for money as, when I'm there, I'm working flat out. And then I go away and lie on the sofa with a cuppa and a book and rest up. With a library book or something costing under £1 and probably something from the 10 p bargain box as I don't buy new books at all.

Rosemary7391

Some of the things described here don't sound so much "not old style" as simply incredibly wasteful! I don't consider myself old style but can't understand half the things said here... why do folk do it?