POLL: You know we are in

sumstarles

I thought of this "poll" this morning in the shower and I hope people enjoy it as much as I was thinking of things.  Basically if you know Jeff Foxworthy he does the jokes "you might be a redneck if,"  this poll is a version I came up with.

Fill in the blank after the following statement and do one per post for those of you needing the points/posts:

"You know we are in a recession when __________________"

sumstarles

Starbucks revises their plan for coffee on every corner to coffee on every other corner.

sumstarles

the neighborhood guy trying to sell his Hummer never sells it.

sumstarles

you aren't sure if you can afford to go to work anymore.

sumstarles

you see men in khakis and nice shirts riding a motorcycle to work.

Whateley05

Your father cannot ever retire to make ends meet for the household and is hitting age 70 and working like he is 25.

 

MrsEAM

JD tells me he wants a scooter to drive to work. Yeah, we're on a waiting list. Hell, for 100 MPG, even I won't mock him.

clstar

Gas and other necessities are so expensive that people are having to trade one for the other.

clstar

The housing market is doing poorly.

clstar

The dollar is worth nothing on the foreign exchange market.

sumstarles

foreclosure is so common that no one even blinks.

clstar

The price of dairy and farm products has risen substantially.

clstar

You are contemplating eating ramen noodles for dinner every night.

clstar

You've decided that you just can't afford to have kids in this economy.

sumstarles

you have decide between eating healthy and eating cheap. 

clstar

MrsEAM:

JD tells me he wants a scooter to drive to work. Yeah, we're on a waiting list. Hell, for 100 MPG, even I won't mock him.

Haha, yep.  There is a Vespa store right down the street from us in Winter Park.  It's packed all the time.  No kidding.  

clstar

sumstarles:

you have decide between eating healthy and eating cheap. 

Oh yeah, I totally feel that one.

clstar

You can no longer go out and do as many fun things as you used to do.  Or maybe you can't do fun things at all.

sumstarles

at the MINI dealership they can't keep cars in stock. 

clstar

You can't find a job.  Better yet, you can't find a job because you're limiting yourself to a certain area for fear of the cost of gas driving to and from work.

sumstarles

you can't afford to go to a GTG and afford to go to work.

sumstarles

there is a waitlist for the Prius.

clstar

You actually care about the upcoming election. 

(I always care, but just saying.  Hard times make people think about things more, I think.)

clstar

sumstarles:

there is a waitlist for the Prius.

No way.  Really?  I like those.

clstar

sumstarles:

you can't afford to go to a GTG and afford to go to work.

Haha, mine is I can't afford to go to a GTG because I don't have a job.

clstar

I'm about to let 5 people stay in my 2/1 condo because they couldn't afford gas for the 8.5 drive here and a hotel. 

Jacki05

sumstarles:

you have decide between eating healthy and eating cheap. 

 

good one!

MrsEAM

clstar:

sumstarles:

you have decide between eating healthy and eating cheap. 

Oh yeah, I totally feel that one.

Me too - and it's one of those that makes me more frustrated than some of these other ones. But that's true outside of a recession. Processed food will always be cheaper. It's annoying.

A&AHutch

You buy groceries on your credit card

Jacki05

You decide to learn ways to do more things yourself instead of paying someone else to do them.

A&AHutch

Celebrities have foreclosures on their house.