Sorry, I didn't read the entire thread because some of the posts were rather long. Damn, if you saved $25000 delivering pizzas that is some serious saving. The answer to your question is tough. Are you delivering less pizzas or are you getting less tips per pizza or both? You can still do a lot with $25000 even now.
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Why don't Americans save?
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Sorry, I didn't read the entire thread because some of the posts were rather long. Damn, if you saved $25000 delivering pizzas that is some serious saving. The answer to your question is tough. Are you delivering less pizzas or are you getting less tips per pizza or both? You can still do a lot with $25000 even now.
Sorry about that. Yes I know my posts can get a little long. Itâs a combination of vetting a little and the fact that I donât get this sort of mental exercise elsewhere. Everywhere I go, everywhere I work, and most everbody I know is not quite so engaging. I like arguing, in case you havenât noticed. Nobody I know wants to make money and change the world. I try to meet people, but havenât found any, except online.Quote from harkm:
Sorry, I didn't read the entire thread because some of the posts were rather long. Damn, if you saved $25000 delivering pizzas that is some serious saving. The answer to your question is tough. Are you delivering less pizzas or are you getting less tips per pizza or both? You can still do a lot with $25000 even now.
$25,000 can go a long way. I donât have any money any more. I lost it all in trading and business, and have some credit cards to pay off now. Like I said before, that is perfectly ok. Thatâs how business goes. The problem is that I canât make the money anymore to invest in other things. So I am faced with the reality now that I need to make a career change to make up for it and lack the skills and experience to do that. Getting those will inevitably take more time and money.
Why isnât pizza delivery what it used to be? Well that would take a while to explain. Business is down thatâs for sure. I actually get paid less by the company than I did 5 years ago. The $2 delivery charge that the company charges goes to them, not me. So customers think I get it and donât tip or tip less. The good customers donât order as much any more because they donât have money either. The bad, poor customers will always spend money though. I only get 86 cents per delivery for mileage, and that is nowhere near enough so I have to pay out of pocket for car repairs. The price of gas is the least of my concerns. The labor market is very tight now and there are a lot of other drivers now and we have to all split the few orders left. Meanwhile it seems the cost of living never stops going up. I'm sure many other jobs are facing the same challanges right now.
You think so? Everytime I hear the Europeans talk about their Socialistic programs, they seem to point to Jesus as the first Socialist. I disagree with this completely, but it does seem like the Bible focusâs on the needs of the poor a lot and protecting them. But Jesus told the rich man to sell all his possessions and give it to the poor, not for Caesar to take all the rich manâs money and give it to the poor while keeping a big chunk for himself.Quote from vhehn:
the first thing you need to understand is the bible was written as a means of keeping the poor under control.
I was raised in a very Christian home, but for all intensive purposes, I donât really care about that anymore. Thatâs a discussion for another day.
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the first thing you need to understand is the bible was written as a means of keeping the poor under control.
Yes, because all of the other religions do so well comparitively to Christians in regards to economics. This must be true. Great point, with tons of factual information to back it up!!!!!!!
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I was raised in a very Christian home, but for all intensive purposes, I donât really care about that anymore. Thatâs a discussion for another day.
Not trying to be a prick or the Grammar Police because I hate that, but for future reference it is actually "intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes"
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So again. Iâll ask the question nobody has answered. If I used to make lots of money doing a worthless job, how come I canât anymore?
Because you don't want it bad enough.
Instead of wasting time on et, go get a second job at a pizza joint since you claim that is the only skill you really have, or since you like delivering, go get a newspaper route from 3 to 6 am for an extra $1000 a month income.
There are 2 kinds of people in life. Those that let things happen, and those that make things happen.
You think you are the only person that ever struggled financially in life ? I too came from a poor family. I can remember once when my parents had to pawn their wedding rings just to make ends meet. Have you ever been to a grocery store and had to help your mom count out $10 in change just so you could eat that night ? When I was 15, I worked 72 hours a week in the summer to just to help pay the bills. During high school I worked 40 hours a week. Was it easy ? No. Did I miss out on fun ? Yes. But it forced me to have to grow up at a young age and to understand that if you want something bad enough, you bust your a$$ and find a way to make it happen. So you have 2 choices, you can either stay held down by the chains that bind you and be miserable the rest of your life or you make the CHOICE to CHANGE your life forever. I've already told you how. The rest is up to you. I made my choice a long time ago, but even with everything that I have now, I will never forget where I came from .
Iâm no historian, but for the most part it seems up until the past 200 years, religions pretty much ruled the governments and the people. And just think of how far weâve come in technology, medicine, and economic progress since then. Weâre more âworldlyâ than ever, yet better off. Although it seems we have just as many wars. Bottom line, we are the answer to our own problems, not God.Quote from clacy:
Yes, because all of the other religions do so well comparitively to Christians in regards to economics. This must be true. Great point, with tons of factual information to back it up!!!!!!!
My bad. Iâd blame it on my schooling, but if I told you where I went to school, Iâd never hear the end of it from you guys.Quote from clacy:
Not trying to be a prick or the Grammar Police because I hate that, but for future reference it is actually "intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes"
primitive rulers created concepts like justice in the afterlife to keep the peasants under control. after all if the peasants felt that some god would do justice in the afterlife they would be less likely to rise up and kill the rulers now. if they could be convinced there was a heaven in theiir future they might be less unsatisfied in this life.Quote from clacy:
Yes, because all of the other religions do so well comparitively to Christians in regards to economics. This must be true. Great point, with tons of factual information to back it up!!!!!!!
"Religion is regarded by the common man as true, the wise man as false, and the rulers as useful."
~Seneca the Younger 4 b.c.- 65 a.d