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w0nderer

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72. So much truth in this post

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:48 PM

Nov 2015

My former boss used to think i lived high on the hog

he or she (married couple were owners of company) would look at where i lived and say..this is not a nice neighborhood
then every once in a while they'd drive some of us 'workers' somewhere and they'd try to make 'conversation'

like saying, hey w0nderer, this is a nice neighborhood (pointing to an area where apts go at $2000 a month )
or asking if i had eaten at restaurant X (where standard bill is 50-60 bucks)

after politely saying no for a couple of years, i started answering, 'you sign my paycheck, every month, and you think i can afford that?'

probably not a clever thing to do but i had a better job lined up

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Are there any poor people on the internet? [View all] Fumesucker Nov 2015 OP

Oh good grief. polly7 Nov 2015 #1

wish du had a like w0nderer Nov 2015 #62

Paycheck to paycheck, hand to mouth JackInGreen Nov 2015 #2

Thery would need a service to connect to the internet. It is hard to do if you have poor credit and upaloopa Nov 2015 #3

More and more, you can't look for employment, polly7 Nov 2015 #10

I'm not saying they should live without it. I work with grants to provide housing upaloopa Nov 2015 #23

That's great! polly7 Nov 2015 #25

Anyone can use the internet at their local library for free. cwydro Nov 2015 #24

You can connect to the internet on a smart phone. And you can get a pay-as-you-use smart phone now. MADem Nov 2015 #55

cheap contract less smartphone w0nderer Nov 2015 #71

Whoever said that was an idiot. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #4

Me Too, Exactly ruffburr Nov 2015 #11

My SS is a little bit less than that... Fumesucker Nov 2015 #17

Fuckin A. Iggo Nov 2015 #32

Same here and I qualify for everything...well under the poverty line. haikugal Nov 2015 #64

Define "on the internet" jberryhill Nov 2015 #5

Let's say able to read and post to DU Fumesucker Nov 2015 #6

Yes jberryhill Nov 2015 #42

Fascinating maps and article, thanks for posting the link Kilgore Nov 2015 #28

Fascinating that Google play is so BIG in Japan vs. other countries dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #58

AS one of the- ruffburr Nov 2015 #7

And it is very cheap entertainment and very cost effective. I saved up and bought a heat pump water LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #16

+1 2naSalit Nov 2015 #54

computers at public libraries n/t Cairycat Nov 2015 #8

Of course. demmiblue Nov 2015 #9

Obviously it depends on what you want to call 'poor'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #12

I've seen apparently homeless people using the library PCs TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #13

Your first inclination was correct: he's full of shit. Good call.... marble falls Nov 2015 #14

The library Android3.14 Nov 2015 #15

I vote full of shit pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #18

Not sure 1939 Nov 2015 #31

My butler screens the internet for me so that I'm not exposed to poor people Orrex Nov 2015 #19

Your butler is a hit man for the 99 percent pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #20

You know, he has been acting kind of funny lately. Orrex Nov 2015 #21

If you'd just pay off the guild JackInGreen Nov 2015 #27

Lot's of poor afford beer and smokes, why not the innerwebs also. ileus Nov 2015 #22

This person ever heard of libraries? Eom Rebkeh Nov 2015 #26

Comcast has a program ... sunnystarr Nov 2015 #29

Only for families with kids TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #67

Many at the public library roody Nov 2015 #30

Yup, and McDonalds TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #41

Do you mean poor Faux pas Nov 2015 #33

Yep, the library. I did a year-long job search from the public library. eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #34

yes, libraries as many have mentioned restorefreedom Nov 2015 #35

I agree with you. Also, many are able to connect at their local library tenderfoot Nov 2015 #36

There are many millions who do not have internet. PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #37

Correct, but that is not what was said. ohnoyoudidnt Nov 2015 #60

I would agree with that. eom PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #61

damn right there are Union Label Nov 2015 #38

I'm here. redwitch Nov 2015 #39

Even the winter we spent with no heat... bunnies Nov 2015 #40

I just bought an Internet capable iMac for 84 bucks. MrScorpio Nov 2015 #43

That's the secret. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #45

I got the 21in white 2 Core Duo 2.16GHz model MrScorpio Nov 2015 #46

Dam, that thing is worth at least 3-4 times that price. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #47

Here you go� MrScorpio Nov 2015 #48

I'm on the internet living on a small Social Security check Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #44

I'm in the same boat, small income from SS but everything is paid for Fumesucker Nov 2015 #49

Yes there are loyalsister Nov 2015 #50

can i repost in working poor (even better with a url) w0nderer Nov 2015 #51

please feel free to give ingnoramus the url to w0nderer Nov 2015 #52

I've seen that meme on DU before Hydra Nov 2015 #53

How are we defining poor in this context? SheilaT Nov 2015 #56

Family of four living on my disability check. Half-Century Man Nov 2015 #57

I would be considered poor, according to the federal government guidelines. xmas74 Nov 2015 #59

It really depends zalinda Nov 2015 #63

I got a flat screen monitor for $12.00 at thrift store. 840high Nov 2015 #65

+1000 Melurkyoulongtime Nov 2015 #66

I see them on computers at my local libraries. B Calm Nov 2015 #68

I know very poor people on the internet. Homeless people are on the internet. gollygee Nov 2015 #69

They are probably looking at their 100mb home internet as normal. A lot of DUers think of a LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #70

So much truth in this post w0nderer Nov 2015 #72