One thing that really gets me these days is how expensive everything is. Juggling school, tafe, work, a decent social life and lets not forget spending time with good old mum, makes it
a) too hard to work enough to earn the money i need for basic food while I'm out, new clothes every so often ( and I'm not a shopaholic), credit for my phone and the lost goes on
b) very hard to save money for things in the future eg a car, ski trip, schoolies
c) just generally depressing to have $40 dollars in your bank after all the hard work you do
One thing that really annoys me is the inflation on food and clothes. Australia is abundant in agricultural crop, there is plenty of competition in the take away restaurants, yet they still charge almost as much as a nice sit down meal.
Clothes these days are mainly made in China, presumably by little ladies stuck in sweat shops, getting paid 2 dollars an hour, for them to then sell that piece of clothing for $80 dollars that cost them another $2 dollars to make, then making at least a $70 profit after shipping and marketing. $70 dollars is a nice small profit you may think, not much btu still good, but times that buy the amount of clothes they have in a shop like General Pants ( not saying anything bad from general pants, most of my clothes are from there, and not being a hypocrite because i'll admit i'm just as stupid to pay that much) think of the profits that these companies are racking in by the minute!!! Another good point is to think of companies such as Chanel or Gucci, they may have some gorgeous products but for the price you pay are the really worth it? Are they really that much different from the 30 dollar handbag you buy at sportsgirl??
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