SC's that put luxury ahead of priorities

[Boozy]

What's your company's stance on reporting conditions in your clients' homes to social services? (Or is it not quite that bad?)

I mean, if someone wants to live in their own filth, that's one thing. But I'm concerned about their toddlers crawling around in soiled diapers on filthy floors.

[OfficeSlug]

One of my former friends lost his job (legit layoffs), and eventually his fed-up jobless wife moved out with the 3 kids (to live with a friend).

Instead of bucking up and getting a job, any job, to keep his wife and kids, he took what little he had and bought pizza, beer, and cigars for himself while some local charity paid his rent and electric - and his wife got WIC for the kids.

I cannot tolerate this type of thinking! I work 2 jobs to pay for what I need; what I want comes WAY after the necessities!

(edited) She eventually went back to him, and they rented a tiny 2 bedroom place for the 5 of them, but they wanted a big house so now they're renting a way too expensive house, HE's going on trips while she stays at home, and she's complaining AGAIN that they have no money for electric/food, yet he is always buying dvds/games ... she didn't learn the first time...

[Catwoman2965]

An old boyfriend used to work for Nielsen, the tv rating company. His job was to sign people up to be Nielsen raters, and go and install the equipment in their homes and the stories he would tell! His territory was some of the poorest, most rundown areas in the state, and he had many of the same experiences…he’d go in to install the equipment, and some of these places were just filthy, roaches, clutter, etc., obviously none of these people had a pot to piss in, yet they’d have 3 or 4 tvs, vcrs (back before DVD), etc. one in every room, and sometimes more tvs than people actually living there!

[AriRashkae]

These are the people DSS is supposed to catch

[AirHostess]

I've had passengers buying champagne to down inflight and leaving poor little baby crying for food

[greensinestro]

I have several stories I could tell on this one, but I think I will only tell a couple I can think of off hand. This relates to people who buy things they don't need, putting luxuries ahead of things like their families, their homes, and things more important, at least to us.

Earlier this month, my company finally started offering DSL, although it's been disasterous so far. Because of this, we've had supervisors actually visiting the customer's homes to do self installs for them, because of faulty equipment. What really gets these supervisors later on are the conditions of the homes they enter. One entered a home that was so nasty and unkempt, and the children were also not taken well care of, yet this person had the funds to have DSL and other luxuries.

Another story was one my dad told back when he was a phone technician for Bellsouth, long before one could own their own telephone. Back then, the techs came in and wired everything, including the phone, and you had to pay for each phone you had. He was called out to this really bad area of town and came upon this run down, two bedroom house. The lady had reported her phone not working, and when he got there, the scene was deplorable. The house looked like you could just blow on it and it would fall apart, the kids were in diapers that looked days old, and the inside was just in disarray. Yet, this lady had a Princess (AKA Trimline) phone of each and every color in her home! She had previously had a technician wire ten jacks and then installed these phones for her. With a house like this, it makes one wonder where you can find room for ten jacks.

I have some luxuries in my home, but I still put my family and home first.