Over the past few months ive spent a lot of time with a particluar tradie on a reno, ive been to his house, had drinks with him, drank with his mum, had dinner with him
He is unreliable, temperamental, cheap but is honest, is a nice guy and has a good heart and works hard when he actually turns up, isnt hungover, or consumed too many illicit drugs
Being in a low socio economic area, in his mid 20s, living in a town with high unemployment., rampant drug use you are not far off stereotypes.
Naturally, money is always an issue. He never has any, he works for me a few days a week and also gets unemployment benefits,
he lives with his mum who also doesnt work, and rents a cheap but nice house, (i doubt she will ever be able to buy a house)
both him and his mother smokes a pack of cigarettes each per day, drink jack daniels pre mix (which arent cheap)from 9am, and also smoke bongs
ive also never met anyone who can spend $20+ for lunch at mcdonalds, or hungry jacks, per person for every meal
he constantly pawns his phone, stereo, guitar and other electronic equipment at cash converters for cash.
The morning after I pay him, he is always broke,
he also loves his tropical fish, $1k on an awesome fishtank thats worth $2k, $50 here for some rare fish that he wants to breed thats wroth $300 on the open market
A shitbox in the drive way thats worth a zillion dollars but doesnt have an engine in it
he'll call in sick once a week, always coffing, always sick, often hung over, over too stoned out to come to work,
mother is not much different, often doesnt have enough money for petrol but enough for booze, cigs and drugs. both of them have lost their licenese, and have heaps of unpaid fines
their days consists of waking up, looking for the next hit, worrying if the pawn shop is going to sell their goods, scrounging a few dollars together to go splurge at mcdonalds, and wonder why at the end of the day, they are coughing and spluttering along with a headaches and nausea
BUT what I realised is that they are relatively happy!!! They dont woryr about the future, they dont worry about their health, they dont worry about the next bill coming in the mail, they dont worry about what happens if one of them is struck down with an illness/injury that costs money
I used to feel sorry for them but maybe they are happier then me!!!
I envy the fact that they dont worry about what the are going to do in retirement. if life were only that simple
end/ of my thought of the day
He is unreliable, temperamental, cheap but is honest, is a nice guy and has a good heart and works hard when he actually turns up, isnt hungover, or consumed too many illicit drugs
Being in a low socio economic area, in his mid 20s, living in a town with high unemployment., rampant drug use you are not far off stereotypes.
Naturally, money is always an issue. He never has any, he works for me a few days a week and also gets unemployment benefits,
he lives with his mum who also doesnt work, and rents a cheap but nice house, (i doubt she will ever be able to buy a house)
both him and his mother smokes a pack of cigarettes each per day, drink jack daniels pre mix (which arent cheap)from 9am, and also smoke bongs
ive also never met anyone who can spend $20+ for lunch at mcdonalds, or hungry jacks, per person for every meal
he constantly pawns his phone, stereo, guitar and other electronic equipment at cash converters for cash.
The morning after I pay him, he is always broke,
he also loves his tropical fish, $1k on an awesome fishtank thats worth $2k, $50 here for some rare fish that he wants to breed thats wroth $300 on the open market
A shitbox in the drive way thats worth a zillion dollars but doesnt have an engine in it
he'll call in sick once a week, always coffing, always sick, often hung over, over too stoned out to come to work,
mother is not much different, often doesnt have enough money for petrol but enough for booze, cigs and drugs. both of them have lost their licenese, and have heaps of unpaid fines
their days consists of waking up, looking for the next hit, worrying if the pawn shop is going to sell their goods, scrounging a few dollars together to go splurge at mcdonalds, and wonder why at the end of the day, they are coughing and spluttering along with a headaches and nausea
BUT what I realised is that they are relatively happy!!! They dont woryr about the future, they dont worry about their health, they dont worry about the next bill coming in the mail, they dont worry about what happens if one of them is struck down with an illness/injury that costs money
I used to feel sorry for them but maybe they are happier then me!!!
I envy the fact that they dont worry about what the are going to do in retirement. if life were only that simple
end/ of my thought of the day
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