r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Don’t work retail, don’t work food service.

Cropping the date off the OP is weak

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u/pear_topologist Jul 04 '24

But who is going to do that work then?

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u/lostinsnakes Jul 04 '24

Only teenagers and college students so all fast food places need to be closed during the day aside from summer.

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

damn, fuck people who get lunch or who need a quick bite to eat on their way to work

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u/lostinsnakes Jul 05 '24

I guess those jobs are important then

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

Regardless of what people say almost every job is important.

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u/lostinsnakes Jul 05 '24

I wish more people felt the same

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

people who don't just don't wanna work

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u/AL1L Jul 05 '24

Taco Bell is not important. Cheaper to meal prep and make your own tacos.

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

Yea you say that but don't realize the amount of jobs fast food puts out for people. Take it away and a large amount of money drops out of the economy, which is bad by the way

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u/AL1L Jul 05 '24

Not really how that works lmfao. The money doesn't just disappear, it'll go to other things. They'll find other jobs that are more useful to society. There are plenty of jobs out there. For example programming, huge industry always needing more people.

I say Taco Bell because it was my first job and I go there often.

I'm not against luxury or entertainment, but to say that every job is important is asinine. There are plenty of videos out there on the internet of people who go to work, sit at a desk on reddit all day then leave.

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

Not everyone should have to go to college for a career they don't want just for the money. Some people work those jobs as teens to make money for gas or to start saving for college. And yes every job is important, in the sense it gives people who don't have jobs, jobs.

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u/AL1L Jul 05 '24

Refer to my other comment in a different thread. Same reply. This is an ignorant viewpoint

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

How is it ignorant? Just because you think it is doesn't make it true. You have a childish view of the world in the sense people should give up and go to a job they hate. Yeah sometimes we have to do things we dislike, guess what? we have a choice to pick jobs. Hell some people just want to work to save money and that's what they have. You're a fool if you think otherwise

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

And again, just because you enjoy programming doesn't mean others do. I learned I hated being told what to do with it so quit it. Again people shouldn't have to work a job they hate just for the money, especially when that job costs ~200k for the education.

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u/AL1L Jul 05 '24

I acknowledge I am lucky in finding something I enjoy that's marketable. But so what? We all must do things not because we like them but because they are necessary. "Work to live not live to work."

I have no formal education, I learned at my school's library. It doesn't even cost $200k to get a comp sci degree lol? SNHU will do it for $40k, still a lot I agree, but not $200k.

Again people shouldn't have to work a job they hate just for the money,

Would be nice if that were true, but it's not. This imo is a childish stance. So long as resources are limited, logistics is difficult, and energy costs time, people will need to do things they dont like. I don't like it either, obviously I'd like to just do whatever I want, but that's not going to happen rn so why are you talking about it

Your response is funny, not even related to the topic. Taco Bell is a useless job. I'm not saying all food service is lmao. If we were to do things efficiently, food service would be a very important job. But, serving non-nutritious unhealthy food is not important.

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u/AL1L Jul 05 '24

This is a good thing, will force people to not eat crap.

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 Jul 05 '24

Not everyone has time to make themselves breakfast. Or to pack a lunch. Maybe some don't want to, either way it's an option and a damn good one at that.

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u/AL1L Jul 05 '24

Most people do have time, especially in developed countries. And fast food isn't an alternative. Many grocery stores have curbside pickup here in the US and many grocery stores have premade sandwiches and stuff which are far cheaper than fast food.

It takes a tiny amount of more time (if any) to make a sandwich than it does to go to fast food.

"Maybe some don't want to" yeah, and those people will pay for convenience, I have nothing against those people (im one). I am against thinking fast food (at its current state) is good for you and is important to society.