Overheard at the LFGSS golf club bar

Ah shit, I got distracted by deservedly being put in here myself.

When mine went a local tailor.

Yay, my mate got elected

I was going to say ‘clothing alteration place’ but thought the price tag would be enough to keep me out of this thread. I’ve learnt nothing in here

clothing alteration place

Crap 'Buzzwords' thread >>>>

Members only club though (I am one).

my friend who rents his house out for lots of money and decamps to France for the summer

Not to mention the sheer volume of money getting wasted on cycling lanes

That whole rant was pretty ripe for here, wasn't it?

Encouraging that I'm not the only one to object to the spunking of public cash on cycle lanes.

What can you even buy in Sainsbury's for £1.25 these days?

I have a very niche requirement for a bag for a Champagne sabre at the moment

Fantastic.

having to buy a new device for Golf as lost my Approach G12 this week out on course and went for a G80 as a replacement

Hasn't it become almost impossible to recruit a cheap au-pair since Brexit?

😂🤣

I knew that was heading here when I wrote it, but thought being a man of the people and sewing my own one might save me!

We had four au-pairs over a little more than 3 years

There is definitely some exploitation going on

we paid Au Pairs £120 for a 25 hour week

If there is a silver lining in Brexit, surely it must be cutting off the supply of cheap, exploitable domestic servants.

I don't think the Philippines were part of the EU.

Isn't the understanding/expectation that food and board costs make up the other significant % of the wage such that it isn't exploitative? I'm SURE there are plenty of examples who have not been paid fairly, but I don't think the above quoted £120 for 25 hours seems bad when the cost of rent and food is factored in.

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I don't think the above quoted £120 for 25 hours seems bad when the cost of rent and food is factored in

National living wage £11.44 hr.
Annual living wage @ 25 hr/week pre tax £14,872.00 post tax £14,227.44
Monthly living wage post tax £1,185.61

Vs.

Weekly wage £120
Hourly wage @ 25 hours week £4.80
Yearly wage £6,240, no tax
Monthly wage £520

So monthly rent and food is £665 or 56% of LLW salary (delta between the two)

Feels fairly comparable.