Fixed income.

[myswtghst]

Just cause I keep seeing it misspelled, it's Queue, not cue.

Thanks. At my work, people put que in their case notes all the time, and it drives me a up a wall. Queue. Not that hard.

[Imogene]

Just cause I keep seeing it misspelled, it's Queue, not cue. Queue=line, cue=a place to start, like a musical cue.
No offense meant to anyone, I'm just sayin'.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I've heard the cashiers and service desk workers tell stories about people who try to haggle for discounts on certain items (sometimes after they've been caught switching tags), claiming they're on a "fixed income" and we don't want them to take their "fixed income" to Wally World, do we?

One of the service desk ladies told me she saw one person who tried that plow drive off in a newer BMW.

Yeah, she was on a "fixed income" all right. If I gave her an enema I could bury her in a shoe box.

[Reyneth]

Well, I'm *not* on a fixed income, and I think that entitles me to a discount!

I've gone from working 36-40 hours a week to 24. TWENTY-FOUR! This is the most they have ever cut post-holiday hours at the place I am working, and I wasn't quite making it before this happened.

My income has changed - therefore is not fixed. And because it went down significantly, I deserve a discount, darnit!

[TNT]

There are a few words I dislike more than "ridiculous": "outrageous," "compensation" and "monopoly" spring instantly to mind: As in, "your prices are outrageous and I deserve compensation for my trivial difficulties because you're a monopoly."

I hate to say this, but every time I hear "fixed income" I translate it into "low income." I try to be sympathetic, and I am, especially towards people who found themselves disabled. But if people want a rich retirement, they're going to have to put some money away while they're working. My sister's ex-father-in-law worked in a factory and never made a whole lot of money, but he always kept some out to invest in stock. He didn't live poor, but he gave up a few luxuries to do it. By the time he retired, his investments brought in more money than he made working. I never heard him say anything about a "fixed income."

[Spiffy McMoron]

"I'm on a fixed income."

Really? What did you do when it was broken?



-Spiffy, punny.

[ginlyn32]

That cracks me because I am on a fixed income too....it just happens to be higher than most peoples.

But I wouldn't go into a store and complain and even when we were struggling to make it, I never said that.

There are programs that help people who need it, for utilites and whatever. There's also TANF and Food Stamps and WIC. Those are all government supported programs who help people who need it.

I have a friend who is currently making $1,000 a week. Should HE say he is on a "fixed income"? Most people wouldn't think so.

Basicly, the people who say that are those who want "Us" the CSR to feel bad because they can't manage their money.

Too bad!

ginlyn

[Silvercat]

My sister is on a 'fixed income' (disability) and she'd NEVER ask for a discount because of it. She does get special treatment at restaurants we go to a lot, but only because she's super nice and easy going. (if only they knew the truth )

[Rapscallion]

"I'm on a fixed income, which is why I'm trying to buy the most expensive thing you have."

Of course, if you point them towards something more economy-oriented, they get offended.

Rapscallion

[HawaiianShirts]

I'm sure most of these customers are just using it as an I-need-a-discount ploy. If you feel sorry for them, then you'll "help them out."

We are all on "fixed incomes" if you use the direct definition of the term. But I think what most of those people mean is that they are unable (or believe they are unable) to change their income. We can go get a better-paying job if we really try. Retired folks most likely can't get a job. People with disabilities may not be able to get the higher-paying jobs they would like.

At least, that is my hope. Knowing SCs, it's probably an empty hope.

[AFpheonix]

I had a similar one the other day from a woman who's pissed enough that I hope she never comes back. She was carping that the cost for 80 sudafed (rx) was $11.99, and then after she bought it she was horrified to learn that it was a generic rather than brand, and then proceeded to go on and on about how she was on a limited income (I would dearly love to have an unlimited one) and that she probably wasn't even going to take these, blah blah blah blah....

I offered to call a manager back and refund her the money, but no, "she didn't want to inconvenience anyone". I guess she just wanted to give me stinky poop eye and complain endlessly.

[protege]

I hate that phrase too. Usually it means "I'm a cheap bastard who spent all my cash on porn and am now broke and trying to get every discount I think I deserve."

[greensinestro]

Slight threadjack:

"But I've got TWO KIDS!!" (or three, or four, or ...)

This bugs me just as much as the "fixed income" ploy. It's the whiny tone of voice and the implication that they are sooooo burdened by this horrible thing that mysteriously happened to them.

Um, hello, you chose to procreate. There are zillions of folks who would have loved to have had their own kids and didn't. Just like the OP says, you need to deal with it the way the rest of us deal with our circumstances, whatever they may be.

I have twins, and they are no burden to me at all. My so-called "fixed income" goes toward the things needed for them as well as the toys and other gifts they get from myself as well as their mother. I would never throw my kids in as a way of getting a break on something like a luxury item. As you said, there are people out there who never had kids because they couldn't and really wanted them, then there are the scumbags who pop out eight and nine children to get breaks on their taxes, let alone so they can mooch off the government instead of working.

[skeptic53]

Slight threadjack:

"But I've got TWO KIDS!!" (or three, or four, or ...)

This bugs me just as much as the "fixed income" ploy. It's the whiny tone of voice and the implication that they are sooooo burdened by this horrible thing that mysteriously happened to them.

Um, hello, you chose to procreate. There are zillions of folks who would have loved to have had their own kids and didn't. Just like the OP says, you need to deal with it the way the rest of us deal with our circumstances, whatever they may be.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

You know, that's a very good point. I make a salary working a good job. That's a fixed income.