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What do you mean joking? I'd love an iPhone!
But I'm not going to pay £270 and then £35 for 18 months nor am I going to try to earn that kinda money to try and pay for it and I certainly won't ask my dad! It's criminally priced!
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Posted: 2008-03-21 13:59:42
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The problem with saturday jobs for teens?
Name some jobs for teens. Paper rounds are about it.
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Posted: 2008-03-21 17:36:23
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Yep, paper rounds is a job, so what if thats one of the only choices, its there for you to go do, if you want the money so bad you'd do it. If it's clearly not that important, you wouldn't go do it.
As arien617 just pointed out, he got his bought ones from washing cars. Thats something teens under 16 can do, go do that too.
I'm glad arien617 has a sense of realism about his situation. Rather than pleading to his parents or whining all the time about why he hasn't got an iPhone, he's made the sensibile statement of saying he probably won't ever get one (anyway mate, don't touch it, you'll regret ever getting one anyway, but I'll say no more or else this thread will get flamed by 'the fan boys').
If you want something, you earn it is the bottom line. Whining and pleading goes out when you stop being a baby (age wise), if you want more then you go get it yourself.
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Posted: 2008-03-21 18:56:31
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On 2008-03-21 17:36:23, thomas93 wrote:
The problem with saturday jobs for teens?
Name some jobs for teens. Paper rounds are about it.
washing up in a kitchen... doing odd jobs for people... paper rounds... washing people cars...
if 'kids' want things so bad, they don't try hard enough looking. it's there for them to do, but most 'kids' don't want to work for anything these days and expect too much from parents/family.
like i said, i had a paper round i hated it!
but i did it so i could buy things I wanted, without having to scrounge off parents, it gave me an enormous feeling of well-being, having something
I worked for.
I'm 22 now, and i'm still the same, everything i want, i save up for it. simple.
** steps down from soap-box **
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Posted: 2008-03-21 19:02:53
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thts cul fr u guys living in london and us.fr us guys in india.....its unimaginable..doing newspaper rounds..lol
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Posted: 2008-03-21 20:50:11
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If you want something, you earn it is the bottom line. Whining and pleading goes out when you stop being a baby (age wise), if you want more then you go get it yourself.
the bottom line is that its up to the parents.
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Posted: 2008-03-21 21:06:34
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On 2008-03-21 21:06:34, A L 3 X wrote:
If you want something, you earn it is the bottom line. Whining and pleading goes out when you stop being a baby (age wise), if you want more then you go get it yourself.
the bottom line is that its up to the parents.
Still disagree on that, but whatever. I just know how I'd bring my kids up, ie not to want and only to need. There's a strong difference.
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Posted: 2008-03-21 21:25:38
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Its not shocking and sickening, Its normal..... The way we live changes all the time and today you can easily go to a primary school and asks who has a mobile phone and I can gurantee that over half will own one.
This is a reply to page 6 or 7 sorry.
May I add most of the phones that I have had, I've had to buy it and buy credit for the handset.
[ This Message was edited by: hydro- on 2008-03-21 20:27 ]
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Posted: 2008-03-21 21:26:08
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On 2008-03-21 18:56:31, Daedalus85 wrote:
As arien617 just pointed out, he got his bought ones from washing cars. Thats something teens under 16 can do, go do that too.
I'm glad arien617 has a sense of realism about his situation. Rather than pleading to his parents or whining all the time about why he hasn't got an iPhone, he's made the sensibile statement of saying he probably won't ever get one (anyway mate, don't touch it, you'll regret ever getting one anyway, but I'll say no more or else this thread will get flamed by 'the fan boys').
No I've made up my mind, as soon as I'm done with uni, have my own place and a well paid job, I'm going on an iProduct spree.
Well that's the plan anyway, apartment in Monaco someday would be grand.
I've a lot to work for before then.
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Posted: 2008-03-21 21:59:39
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On 2008-03-20 23:45:04, paul101 wrote:
On 2008-03-20 23:37:11, Miss UK wrote:
hallelujah to CPW and other retailers selling £10 phones though,
kids should have those I think anyway especially for parents checking up on them if there late home from school/pals etc..
my brothers got a (£5) j110i... and he gets a phone of his choice up to £100 (like i did) for his birthday IF he looks after it, if he wants a better phone... he has to save up money and put it towards the better phone...
how it should be
, i had to suffer a crapy nokia for a year before my first phone that i chose myself...!
I don't never recall my mother spending £100 on me when I was he's age esp on my Birthday, i'd be lucky if I even got a pair of Trainers which was the rage back in my old skool days.. I remember getting a really nice pair of Reeboks and everyone admiring them at school ! lol
if you were good back then and your parents had the money they'd give you, not like today where kids force something outta there parents in a strop lol
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Posted: 2008-03-25 03:49:36
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