Post AjJiwVMHcAgSMLVAkS by jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt
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(DIR) Post #AjJijb7krniUTcYH2G by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-26T10:48:00Z
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Which of the following would *your parents* consider “rich spoiled brat” behavior? Do you agree with them? Hiring someone to…
(DIR) Post #AjJiuwzbtrVRUE9i52 by WhyNotZoidberg@topspicy.social
2024-06-26T10:50:02Z
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@futurebird all but no 2, so can't vote.
(DIR) Post #AjJiwVMHcAgSMLVAkS by jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt
2024-06-26T10:50:07Z
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@futurebird all of the above (my dad, my mom knows people can't do everything well nor have the time to do it, she's my hero because apart from house repairs, she did everything else with high proficiency, for years on end, at home and on other people's homes).
(DIR) Post #AjJizgzQpG3LIoKicS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-26T10:50:53Z
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@WhyNotZoidberg I thought it was a multi poll.
(DIR) Post #AjJjBaNhDqNIHUM0GG by WhyNotZoidberg@topspicy.social
2024-06-26T10:52:54Z
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@futurebird dot keeps moving. 🫤
(DIR) Post #AjJjDm2opUU327dFbM by Jennie@pagan.plus
2024-06-26T10:52:55Z
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@futurebird it would depend on how disabled you are, but if you're abled definitely the first and the last
(DIR) Post #AjJjFUyFHRP2evJbpQ by simrob@social.wub.site
2024-06-26T10:53:19Z
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@futurebird @WhyNotZoidberg not a multi poll for me
(DIR) Post #AjJjNPIOGQfNNIVcG0 by RolloTreadway@beige.party
2024-06-26T10:55:10Z
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@futurebird None of them. My parents understand the value of hiring a professional if it's something that you can't do yourself for whatever reason.And I agree with them. All those are valid jobs and we should respect the people who do them, which means respecting the business itself.
(DIR) Post #AjJjRfu6SNhI2iBSgy by snork303@toot.community
2024-06-26T10:55:57Z
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@futurebirdNone of them were mentioned at my house. I didn't know such things existed.
(DIR) Post #AjJl0wtxLs5uqjV0HA by kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com
2024-06-26T11:13:29Z
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@futurebird None of the above? Nor any task that I can think of.They would consider it "Rich spoiled brat" behavior if someone complained about not being able to hire someone to do a task for them, or gave "just hire someone!" -style advice to someone who probably couldn't afford it, or maybe spent money they didn't have (or didn't seem to have) on something like this when more important bills went unpaid. A rich person hiring someone to do all of these things would just make them rich enough to hire someone to do those things.(My parents would sometimes criticize rich politicians for being out of touch and not i.e. necessarily knowing how a grocery store worked, but that isn't (or at least has never felt to me to be) about them having those things done for them per se, so much as the fact that they were trying to look normal/"like someone you could have a beer with" when that wasn't really the case.)I personally also can't imagine considering someone a rich spoiled brat just because they hire someone to do domestic tasks.
(DIR) Post #AjJl9OExageXxKLf7o by stormcauldron@mas.to
2024-06-26T11:15:00Z
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@futurebird listen my mum is loaded, but if I wasn’t doing her yard work well… then I was being a brat. On the other hand she let me and my friends counter bid against a landscaper who way over quoted her on the price of removing some giant ornamental yard stones.Even after buying up a cart and some pickaxes we came out massively ahead. So kind of was spoiled on that one.
(DIR) Post #AjJmDVTui5AVWhrz16 by thecrushedviolet@mstdn.games
2024-06-26T11:26:59Z
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@futurebird Definitely cooking and cleaning. My dad was a contractor and I was taught to do all the household repairs "in case there's no man around" with the heavy implication there should always be a man around. I've appreciated being able to handle all of my apartment repairs without calling maintenance into my house.I don't agree that any are spoiled behavior, I only get judgmental if someone thinks they, personally, are above the work or the workers.
(DIR) Post #AjJsaOzJcOenlxrGYS by cshlan@dawdling.net
2024-06-26T12:38:17Z
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@futurebirdMy parents weren't very well off until I was in my late teens but have hired someone to do all of these things. I'm trying to think about my grandparents... I think they would have either hired someone for any of those or if they couldn't afford it considered them desirable luxuries, not a sign of being spoiled.
(DIR) Post #AjJv6igI8QFy1bUvUO by promovicz@chaos.social
2024-06-26T13:06:34Z
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@futurebird None of them. I grew up middle-class - we see both sides of work. I agree - it‘s a whole spectrum.
(DIR) Post #AjJyGBtnAmxB6w1KZU by VampiresAndRobots@writing.exchange
2024-06-26T13:41:56Z
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@futurebird a rich spoiled brat would be the person who disdainfully referred to the anyone doing the work above as "the help" while paying them paltry wages. My parents are currently still able bodied, but if they get to the point where they need someone for these tasks, even if it's me or a sibling, I can absolutely see them being the type to try and clean before the cleaners show up because god forbid anyone see dust.
(DIR) Post #AjK1MvXIhvRYFhP6ae by karoshi@todon.nl
2024-06-26T14:16:43Z
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@futurebird i guess non of the above since my parents hired someone to clean and cook so my mom could work part-time again in kindergarden (which was financially about ±0, but she got do do the work again she wanted to do, which I can understand a lot). For the garden and craft stuff it would depend on the level of professionalism required. Hiring someone do your laundry for you though.. They might find that unnecessary and I would very much agree with them, of one is physically able to it themselves
(DIR) Post #AjK2LUjWyRNin10OTg by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2024-06-26T14:27:39Z
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@futurebird Futzing around with electricity or plumbing is one of those “this can get real dangerous/pricey real fast” things, so I’m not surprised it’s the least chosen option.
(DIR) Post #AjKdWlvR5icvbCoYm8 by jayalane@mastodon.online
2024-06-26T21:24:12Z
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@futurebird when I got out into the world I tried doing my own plumbing a few times till I broke stuff totally; apparently trialand error works better for equations, words and software than for metal pieces; particularly for an ignorant person such as myself, or a person subject to frustration and the odd excessively hard whack, also such as myself.
(DIR) Post #AjKf8BtRbdZgo1I0Rs by aprilfollies@mastodon.online
2024-06-26T21:42:17Z
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@futurebird Mom said that any cooking, cleaning or mending service that we could afford would be exploitative, so she did most of it (with some chores taken up by Dad or us kids). Dad did the yard work and mowing. I mostly agree on the cooking, cleaning and mending, but as my parents got older - and as I got older - I can definitely see that someone might need assistance with physically demanding tasks (for whatever value of demanding is appropriate to your capabilities).
(DIR) Post #AjKp1DklI8Jm5ZXkkS by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2024-06-26T23:33:04Z
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@futurebird Since some of my family members did housecleaning for a living, I'm pretty sure they'd pick that one.
(DIR) Post #AjKxi8Z1GDLS501fpg by nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social
2024-06-27T01:10:28Z
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@futurebird I think in the end the only one would probably be just if I could (somehow) hire someone to cook and clean for me. (I can't, but if I could, lol.)Personally I would say any and all of these can easily be either the product of a rich, spoiled person, or not, depending on the circumstances. Sometimes people just can't do those things for various reasons. A lot of their sort of generation (and even worse the one before their's) have troubles accepting that because they just didn't.