Comments on: Nicely played, sir.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:24:49 +0000

I like the cut of your gib, Ferv.

By: interchangeable

interchangeable — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:34:27 +0000

Here’s a thought: maybe Dad needed parking money and wouldn’t have time to stop at an ATM.
Fact is, daughter presupposed that her need was greater than dad’s need and did whatever she damn well pleased. Furthermore, it probably didn’t even OCCUR to her that dad would have a need (such as lunch in the form of bread and cold cuts) and if it DID occur to her, she quickly dismissed it and fucked dad over with nary a backward glance. Her thought process being something along the lines of *I have no idea if he needs this for anything or not but I NEED IT and that’s what counts*

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:01:36 +0000

More clearly given end…sorry the edit feature is really screwed up lately.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:50:31 +0000

Sorry, I took “kids these days…” as sarcasm, as I’m sure others did without a more clarity given end to the story.

The moniker “bad mood” probably threw me off a bit in my interpretation of your comment.

Thanks for that additional info.

By: bad mood

bad mood — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:41:46 +0000

CB, the moral of the story is that my students were correct, and the the adult (me) was wrong. I guess that didn’t come across. I told the class that they were right and even though parents will usually share and love to help their kids, one should not remove items from their home without permission. Man, I can’t believe I had to eat crow twice!

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:12:58 +0000

Did you explain to the 6 year-olds that used brooms and dustpans from your parents’ basement isn’t the same as if you’d stolen legal tender from their wallets?
Did you explain why it was impossible for you to purchase such low-cost items for yourself because you are employed and can now buy what you need tor your household without relying on your parents?
That you can afford to do so because you got enough education to fend for yourself and that’s why it’s important that they take their educations seriously?
Or was your lesson supposed to be…”If you need something, go see if your mom and dad have spares they happen to be saving and if so help yourself to their belongings?”

Kids these days seem to have you beat on the moral plane.

My mom had two ice coolers in her garage. The type you put Ice and sodas into for picnics. I had no cooler, so I asked if I could have one. She informed me that she uses them both when transporting food to her church for the needy, so I bought my own cooler. One I noticed she had about eight cases of bottled water. Rather than help myself to one case, I asked if I could have one and was informed that the water was for the homeless. I bought my own water.

Ask and ye shall receive. Ye shall receive either a yes or a no…but ask nonetheless.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:46:19 +0000

But isn’t a communal petty cash jar very different than a private wallet, kermit?

Tell me, why would it be harder to track dad down than his wallet? Do most men leave home without their wallets very often?

But then again, I should also ask if most people think of dad’s wallet as a piggy-bank these days, huh?

Let’s say there’s not enough money in the family petty cash jar. Is it then alright to steal from mom or dad?

One should have an expectation that what’s in his or her pants pockets when they removed their pants will be there when the go back for it. An expectation of both privacy and of security. I’d not like someone rifling through my pants pockets or my wallet lest something I may consider more private than my money be found…a note from my doctor, a warning from my employer, the phone number of a known prostitute or whatever the case may be. Even if you don’t consider it to be theft to steal a loan, surely you can understand an invasion of privacy.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:18:51 +0000

You miss one other thing about Boomers. While younger people may currently have college loan debts, they have the education and the time to make the money to pay them off. That’s what the loans were for after all, to get you good paying jobs.
Boomers on the other hand are supporting both our children and our senior citizen parents.
Talk about being squeezed during a bad economy? Try having your adult children moving back in with you and caring for an elderly parent all while trying to save for your own retirement.

Young families in the US also have many more tax credits and much higher tax deductions for dependents when they’re raising children now than we had a few decades ago

Sure, Boomers may have more right now than younger people, but our earning years are either behind us or soon to be so.

By: TippingCows

TippingCows — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:08:33 +0000

That would tick me off, actually. Anyone borrowing money without asking FIRST is being disrespectful to some degree. One never knows what that other person might have NEEDED and planned out with that money. Even if they didn’t plan, it’s still not cool.

By: TippingCows

TippingCows — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:00:26 +0000

It’s a matter of principle. Just because it is your dad/mom and someone with whom you are comfortable does not mean it is ok to take anything from them without permission. I would never have though to take anything from the wallet of any adult in my house. It was not even an option. I only do it with my husband if I ask him first. He won’t take from me even if I give him permission; he hands it to me so I can extract the currency.

Dad is uber cool for responding the way he did; it could have been much worse. Even at 32 and having just stayed with my father for 2 months between moving residences I still would not breach that respect and consideration for his “stuff”.

I maintain this standard even though he likes me eat my restaurant leftovers without asking. Mutual respect and personal standards, people!

By: Trogdoor

Trogdoor — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:14:54 +0000

In regards to all the “wtf trade jeans for food?” questions. There are stores that buy used clothing

By: Oh Geeee

Oh Geeee — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:36:23 +0000

I dunno why I’m throwing my hat in at all but:

Rattus, the increase in tuition prices has far outpaced inflation. Kids are graduating with more debt.

BUT, that’s no reason to bitch because it is still possible to go to school without racking up the debt. I graduated in 2005 with no debt by commuting to a public university, busting ass at Toys ‘R’ Us to make tuition payments, and, thankfully my grandparents helped by letting me live there and paying $5,000 towards my education. It’s still possible to avoid crushing debt.

Funny story… I was at a partner’s house for dinner and his in laws were there. His mother in law started complaining that she had to pay property taxes to education in their town. Now my husband (crazy socialist) was ready to explode. I said “yah, but I hate paying for your social security, which will be gone before I need it.”. Outraged she said “I paid that money into the system.”. To which I replied “and governments YOU elected spent your money.”. Now I’m not against paying social security taxes, it was really by way of a point… Each generation has its own shit. Mine is buried in student loan debt. The boomers are getting older and soon their need for healthcare will be astronomical. Gen X is getting screwed by the economy, losing jobs and when folks hire again being replaced by younger workers who companies can pay less. And for the kiddos, our next generation is increasingly failed by an educational system that doesnt prepare them to compete in a global marketplace.
So it does very little good to point fingers now, since we all need to pull together or life’s going to suck. Oh, and I am totally Republican so don’t think this is some communist rant. But I would hope that even Republicans recognize the debt we owe to prior generations who paid for our public schooling and the necessity of protecting our children who may someday end up supporting our asses. For realz, can’t we all just get along?!?

By: cizzerhand

cizzerhand — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:57:09 +0000

When your Dad is the VP he can do whatever he wants.

By: jennyrose76

jennyrose76 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:07:06 +0000

Taking without asking is NOT OK. I repeat, NOT OK. You act as though people are saying Laura should be shot-I am on Team Dad, and I got the definite impression he was being tongue-in-cheek in his reply.
I think he handled it well-he didn’t leave a note saying he was going to kick her ass, merely did the same thing that she did, an action that you apparently were OK with when Laura did it.
I think it was a quick way for Dad to point out that taking money out of his wallet without asking wasn’t allowed. He did it in a non-confrontational, relatively clever way. So try not to get all wound up about “Poor Laura.”