Thread 21427940

Is a working class man like me who makes $15 an hour supposed to afford beef at all???

Sounds like you make more than enough, are you financially illiterate or something?

>>21427940 (OP)
You're not.
Beef is overrated anyway. Take the porkpill.

>>21427940 (OP)
But a vacuum sealer then wait until beef goes on sale.

>>21427940 (OP)
Ground beef is $3 a lb at my local meat market.

>>21427940 (OP)
You just need to work almost 1 hour for that stew meat. Get to work, buddy.

>>21427940 (OP)
Work one hour

>>21427940 (OP)
>Is a working class man like me who makes $15 an hour supposed to afford beef at all???
Um, how can you NOT afford to buy that when you are a a working class man that makes $15 an hour?
I can't be the only one here wondering if you are being overpaid.

>>21427963
>Um

Why would you type out a verbal stumble? I'm not being a dick. Please justify your choice here.

>>21427955
>>21427958
>>21427963
$15 an hour in legal wages is $10 take home. If he is not being paid under the table the stew beef would cost an hour and a half to pay for for less than 3 meals. If he's doing manual labor it's probably closer to 2 meals. If he has to support his wife and 10 children it would be a week's wage to feed them off that beef.
The real question is why a poor man is shopping at Publix to begin with.

>>21427940 (OP)
You'll eat the whole one and a quarter lbs... in one sitting?

Do they not have food banks and/or soup kitchens where you live? What about food stamps?
Alternatively, have you ever considered less expensive meats?
What about getting a couple extra credit cards so you can buy as much beef as you can, um, handle?

>>21427940 (OP)
Why can't you spend 1/8th of your daily wage for food?

>>21427980
Is that unreasonable? I eat 0.75-1lb of meat in one sitting every day along with some veggies and rice and a few glasses of water. I feel like 1.25lbs of meat wouldn't be much different if I got rid of the rice or something

>>21427976
Um, why isn't the wife working?

>>21427992
>Is that unreasonable?
Only if you can't afford it.

>>21427940 (OP)
Work for an hour?

>>21427987
>What about getting a couple extra credit cards so you can buy as much beef as you can, um, handle?

>>21427993
Child rearing, the cost of sending a child to daycare is literally unsustainable if both parents make less than 100k combined. My brother's daycare he sends my nephew to costs about $1000 a month. For 10 hours of supervison and some lunch.
Sure you can find someone to watch your kids while you're at work but then you end up having your child in a shitty home with shit smeared on the walls and your kid comes home with a rash that might be an STD.

>>21427999
>Sure you can find someone to watch your kids while you're at work but then you end up having your child in a shitty home with shit smeared on the walls and your kid comes home with a rash that might be an STD.
Yeesh. I guess daycare really is better than having a girlfriend or wife.

>>21427976
Okay okay
>>21427995
Anon replied well

>>21428004
The problem in that scenario is that you are forced to pay the mother of your child, plus will have to pay for the child's care and alimony if you were married. You will be government mandated to lose 60% of your pay check.
If you don't have a good day care you end up like my coworker, her granddaughter had a blow out and the bitch watching her just let her sit in her shit soaked diaper for hours. The parents are lucky the kid didn't develop sepsis and die. No legal grounds because she wasn't a licensed business but it was affordable!

>>21427940 (OP)
Work 8hrs quietly for securing three square meals for yourself & your woman, boy, as H1B Indian immigrants wouldn't have this problem.

>>21428016
>The problem in that scenario is that you are forced to pay the mother of your child, plus will have to pay for the child's care and alimony if you were married. You will be government mandated to lose 60% of your pay check.
>If you don't have a good day care you end up like my coworker, her granddaughter had a blow out and the bitch watching her just let her sit in her shit soaked diaper for hours. The parents are lucky the kid didn't develop sepsis and die. No legal grounds because she wasn't a licensed business but it was affordable!
You linked to my post, but I don't think you actually responded to what I typed up in my post.

>>21428024
>Yeesh. I guess daycare really is better than having a girlfriend or wife.
I guess explain to me what you meant by this then. You need a woman to have a child, if you aren't together anymore you have to pay this woman at least in the US.

>>21427940 (OP)
r/antiwork posters are not allowed on this board anymore.

>>21427940 (OP)
Buy a chuck roast for maybe $6/lb and cut it into pieces. Gonna be consistently better than "stew meat" since that's gonna be trimmings from all sorts of shit that might not be suited for braising/stewing.

>>21427940 (OP)
The solution to this is simple
-deport or genocide 100 million non-whites
-genocide the left
-genocide the managerial bureaucracy
-destroy the regulatory state
-take women out of the workforce
-become autarkic and restore industry
-impose laws to prevent automation that doesn’t benefit you
-instal yourself as the new nobility
-let the population decline a bit from people (not your people) not having kids

>>21428075
yeah that sounds good but i'm lazy so i just tell lab-grown meat companies to make a better product instead

>>21428075
Lmaoo, keep dreaming, chuddie.
Ho, what's that I hear? Ah yes, smoke break's over. Back to grueling work, shoo, off you go.

>>21428087
>thinking lab-grown will be better or cheaper
>ever

There’s an Asian grocery store that’s a little run down in my city that shocked me with how much cheaper their beef was. You aren’t thinking poor enough if you’re choosing publix.

>>21427946
this and you can also buy whole cuts that aren't precubed. but I agree that beef has already passed the point of being affordable on a daily basis by someone who makes 15 an hour.

>>21427999
>My brother's daycare he sends my nephew to costs about $1000 a month. For 10 hours of supervison and some lunch.
That actually seems low to me. You’re putting the raising and safety of a tiny child in a stranger’s hands, paying less than some people spend on a vehicle each month, and think you’re being ripped off?

>>21427940 (OP)
if they won't sell us beef at reasonable prices we'll just have to find alternative means of acquisition

>>21428127
fucking lmao, do americans really steal meats?

>>21428127
Why not take the cash instead?

>>21428136
You can’t eat cash duh

>>21428136
>steal the cash that you will spend buying the meat instead of just stealing the spinning meat directly
retard moment

>>21428127
>the one woman using her coworker as a human shield

must have been awkward afterwards

>>21428140
>>21428142
But, what about something cool to drink to wash down the meatun??

>>21428148
There’s literally a drink case right there. If he was thirsty he coulda just grabbed something. You can’t drink pennies and dimes though

>>21428140
>>21428142
Steal some meat from a shop, and you can feed yourself once or twice. Steal the cash from the register, and you can feed yourself for a week. Well, what now, smarty pants?
/ck/ chuds dream about satiating themselves for the weekend, /g/ refugees (me) plan for the whole week or two ahead.

>>21428157
>/g/
dumpass like you would get caught before you get down the street with all the tracking done out your devices. So unless you plan for the whole week is prison rations, I’ll be doing better thank you very much.

>>21427940 (OP)
>supposed to afford beef at all?
Yes, buy getting a better job.

>>21427940 (OP)
if you go to the store an hour or so before they close you might find meat marked down

>>21427940 (OP)
A kilo of meat can feed three to four people, depending on how it's prepared, you fat fuck!

>>21427940 (OP)
Is this the one and only working class man in America?
Everyone else self describes as "lower middle class" or higher

people didn't jump onto the insects train willingly so now they have to make alternatives prohibitively expensive
enjoy

>>21427946
Ignore this retard. Don't buy quick sale meat that is almost expired. Pay full price and get it fresh.

>>21427940 (OP)
>Is a working class man like me who makes $15 an hour supposed to afford beef at all???
First of all, stop shopping at Publix if you're not willing to pay for conveniences like someone chopping up a simple lean roast with your own knife and cutting board. Personally, I like chuck roast (when on sale) for making a nice stew-like dish. Will I pay $38 for a large roast, nope, but I'll get it when it's $17 for 3lbs.

I suggest that Save-a-Lot, BJs and Costco, Aldi, and Winn-Dixie which is the "beef people" with have the best prices on large roasts or meat in bulk, will have better dollars per pound. Aldi for chicken, BIs for whole pork loins.
Families and the working poor will understand that you never shop at 1 store only. You'll have a house, a garage, a chest freezer, and you'll buy in bulk because you have the space to buy your paper goods in bulk. You'll get your milk from CVS, where it is a loss leader prices, your boxed pastas when it is only on BOGO, where you'll stock up, and fresh produce from costco in quantity, or aldi for being a small size.

>>21427940 (OP)
Also, broke OP, this is not beef sales this week. We're coming up on 4th of July....look for good sales on BBQ staples like spare ribs. It's pork season. At Christmas, Publix will have the cheapest price all year on prime rib roasts. I'll buy 2 of the 3-rib roasts just for the freezer.

>>21427940 (OP)
Financing.

>>21428572
>food debt

>>21428123
It's actually a week, don't know why I put month.

>>21427940 (OP)
You go to a different store. Publix is a massive ripoff.
Get your stew meat from Aldi or a local butcher, they will at least look you in the eye while fucking you over.

>>21427940 (OP)
i would suggest working for an hour

>>21428127
this is our strength

>>21427940 (OP)
regional grocery price thread!!! post the price of beef stew meat from a grocery store in your area that is regional!