Has the recession affected anyone here personally?

[Farzin]

I bought cheap real-estate and refuse to pay retail prices.

This is the perfect timing for first time buyers or people with money to make more money LOL

 

[Rahim]

i think it might affect the adult film industry. and yes, that does affect me personally and millions of others.

 

[masta247]

Come to think of it I don't have a job yet but some friends tell me that it sucks.
Funny thing is that a bad situation is caused mostly by media telling about the recession and all that. Many companies fire people just to get ready for it while they are not suffering from it directly yet. That's the reason why I think that it's all sorts of media that make this recession going on so hard.

The prices went up and salaries went down a bit. A guy with an average job in my country could buy 4 of those shitty mcdonalds "cheeseburgers" for an hour of his work while now he can only get 3. Wow, yeah that's the difference.

 

[_carmi]

Nah it hasn't affected me yet. Although I don't think I'll lose my job as I work for a bank in the collection department, a department that will get busier as the recession gets worse.

But if I had money I'd invest. Now is the time to invest while everything is cheaper.

 

[Flipmo]

Carmi uses other people's despair to further her career. lol

 

[_carmi]

Carmi uses other people's despair to further her career. lol

That's what rich people do. Why shouldn't I? If I could I would.

 

[Flipmo]

Woman, you as cold as ice! :amazed:

 

[Elmira]

My school tuition is rising substantially every year, but it's been that way long before the recession. There were always wage cuts and inflation and such, as a matter of fact this country had a big deficit even before 9/11 hit and before we started spending trillions on the war. My mother's real estate business has plunged. Boston city workers had their wages frozen and my friend's mother can't get a raise. It's not that bad, she makes enough really. But I guess it affects everything.