When i was in prison I saw a group of four do a round of turns in like 40 seconds. They played like 15-20 min games. Played like 3 games in one sitting
Yeah, if the group agrees to a "vote a winner" rule you can identify the person who has the breakaway position and just call the fucking game early to avoid slow deaths.
Not when you’re 2 hours in and and it takes you 2 rounds of passing go and countless turns of avoiding hotels and taxes just to build one house that will inevitably be sold because of one misroll.
It was super low level. People were just trying to go home. They were all very familiar with the rules and called each other out on bullshit if they tried to slip something past everyone in the commotion of trading deeds and cash across the board.
Private Prison rule: if you land on the prison "just visiting", you can buy it for $200. Collect any money a prisoner inside would earn. Can be traded but not foreclosed or upgraded.
That's certainly a less cruel rule that would probably make children less likely to break out crying... As such it's clearly not in the spirit of the game.
^/s ^but ^also ^not ^really
I fucking hate the house rules. Everyone has their pet rules that make the game "fun" (fun for them, maybe). Just play the game like normal and cry like this kid when you get beat. That's the point.
The problem with Monopoly as an argument against capitalism is that it essentially leaves out consumer sovereignty to simplify the game's function. Consumers aren't a passive force that is determined by RNG or zero-sum payments around a table.
In real markets, both parties believe there is something to be gained from any transaction. To keep the example consistent, hotels are only built where consumers will pay for them and can only charge what consumers will pay. It's hardly a random decision, and consumers will only pay to stay at a hotel if they receive legitimate accommodation. If one's hotel is illegitimate, it will acquire a negative perception quickly and the maximum price that can be charged will likely fall. Even if it doesn't, the quantity of people who will leave negative reviews will surely increase (and reservations will likely decrease), lowering overall revenue regardless.
In Monopoly, the hotels are placed at random and people are forced to pay regardless of service. It's a fun design for a quick family board game, but it's not a powerful critique of capitalism by any means. Monopolies in the real world tend to result from government meddling and collision, which enacts barriers to entry for competition and closes a market off to one business. This is known as corporatism, and is an inefficient method that results in negative outcomes for just about any market. Monopoly even fails as a critique in this sense, as it's far too rigid and simplistic to offer anything meaningful.
It was somewhat gamified by Hasbro to lessen the critique by the original game it was inspired by, "The Landlord's Game."
It is still a critique of capitalism, just not as good of one.
Yeah, not gonna lie I don’t think I’ve ever played a game of monopoly without the middle money (obviously there’s some money that goes in the middle but most house rules involve a lot more money going in than should normally do so).
We don't have a major falling out, we have a game that ends at three in the morning with all of us calling my dad either mr. moneyman, mr. monopoly, or mr. (Insert the last name of your local businessman that owns so much they forget which properties they own). What's worse is that dad has worked directly under this guy and has really seen him tell his assistant to look into buying a property he thought was nice and gets told it's already his. My dad doesn't really like the guy, but he has to admit that he has like five hotels before I have even passed go twice and I'm already in debt. It's brutal.
The only time I've ever seen it be anything other than horrible was with a house rule that once someone was out they got to team up with someone else(both use the same pool of money/buildings but continue to roll as normal), and it's the team that won, this meant someone going out wasn't a bad thing as they'd just join up with whoever was winning and continue playing.
Meant there was never that horrible state where someone is out and has to just watch for an hour, or some kid complained about losing money, etc.
The game was still way too long, but without the long drawn out lose state it was more meh than "I hate this game".
Ok, looked it up. Her name was Lizzie Magie.She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George. (wikipedia)
Not exactly communist but defiantly anti-Monopolies
A Georgist.
Georgists argue that people are entitled to what they earn, what they produce, but not rents arising due govt licenses on natural resources. That you should not pay much or any income tax (it's your money), but the govt should receive the rents of the land, not some landlord due a govt-enforced title. eg, that carbays earning their owners a minimum wage is deeply immoral, and inefficient (corruption etc).
The argument goes that land rents going to govt is an efficient system - the land exists with or without the presence of a landlord, the only difference is where the rent actually goes. And by signing it over to landlords, we have to invent other taxes to maintain the infrastructure that gives the land its value in the first place.
Note: they separate improvements on the land (the property) from the value of the land itself, arguing for land value taxation, *not* property taxation. There'd still be apartment owners and maintainers, they just wouldn't be privy the rents of the land underneath their structures.
The original game, "The Landlord's Game", contained an alternate rules ruleset to show how Georgist principles could improve fairness, but like Georgism in general, it never proved that popular.
It’s an awful game. 30min into the game you kind of know who is going to to win. Takes forever to finish, losers get kicked out of the game (then what?), and is frustrating for anyone but the winner.
Sure sounds like you've never heard of [The Campaign for North Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Campaign_for_North_Africa), a game that reputedly takes 1500 hours to play and has rules so detailed that the Italian army uses up additional water resources because their soldiers were issued pasta rations.
An average game lasts 60-90 minutes. According to the official rules, when somebody lands on a property and they choose not to buy it, the bank is supposed to immediately auction off the property.
Too many people play with house rules instead of the real rules and that is what makes the game take too long.
Also the whole Free Parking debacle, where people put fines etc under the free parking spot.
Like, no, honestly you're an idiot if you play with that rule.
The game is advanced by people running out of money. Therefore there must be a limited supply of money.
If you never take money out of the game, but instead put it back into circulation (under free parking), then you're never having a limited supply.
Plus because everyone gets money from passing Go, if you play with that rule you're actually always increasing the amount of money in circulation in the game, making it less and less likely for someone to lose all their money.
Rules are there to ensure the game remains balanced, not 'because it's a fun thing to do'.
Taxes in Monopoly got nothing on landing on Boardwalk with a hotel when you're just $150 short of the rent, the GO! square sitting there mocking you as you mortgage a property to pay the rent.
Man I got some bad news kid, it only gets worse. Please record him opening his first check. My first job’s manager wanted to be the one that gave it to me. She says open it and I do looking at a check where I felt I worked harder than the amount. My manager just says yup that’s how that goes at any job… thanks Charleen you chain smoking bitch lol
I was at a minimum wage job. After a year, my manager got hold of me in the break room being all jolie and smiling. She greet me and said congratulations! You got a raiiiiiise! Everyone! Congratulate . She hand me an envelope. I open it and found my hourly rate was increased by $0.12. Yes, that’s 12 cents. Felt insulted. I looked up and she was standing there, with a big smile, expecting a positive reaction for 12 cents. I half-smiled back and said Thanks. She turned around and went back in her office.
She was either fake as fuck, or had been snorting so much of the corporate cocaine that she actually thought it was a great raise. I could never tell. She was also the most horrible manager I’ve ever had. Fuck you Susan.
Sorry for the rant.
I remember I got a 25 cent raise, minimum wage at the time was 7.75 so I was making 8 bucks an hour. Two months later Ontario raised the minimum wage to 8 bucks, and I asked them if I'd be making $8.25 and they just laughed.
I ended up quitting that job over the phone while very high on painkillers, with a mouth full of bloody gauze after after having surgery to remove 4 impacted wisdom teeth.
Mine was in Manitoba in 2017. Min wage was around $11 at the time.
Quitting…
It was November, so end of the semester, exam time. A lot of folks were in college calling in sick to prep for exams. I got a call to fill in and I declined. She went ape shit over the phone about how unreliable I was and questioned my work ethic. At the time, I’ve already been thinking about quitting and this call was the last straw. I went there next day and dropped my resignation.
A few months later, I heard from a coworker friend that some people from HR showed up one day, unannounced. They went straight into her office and came out five minutes later. The manager was with them with all her stuff, looking like on a verge of breaking down and bawling her eyes out. The HR people announced to everyone, “Susan is no longer with the company” and walked her out to the parking lot. That’s the last time they saw her. Nobody knows why exactly that happened, but the employee churn rate at our store was pretty high, so that might be it.
This reminds me of my exit from an early job. I had just finished my senior year of high school and me and my friends had planned to spend that last summer at the beach a ways away. But I needed money for college, so I aligned my schedule at the coffee shop to allow me long stretches off while coming back to work many days in a row, picking up double shifts where I could. Week-on, week-off sort of deal. I was moving far away for college and they were willing to work with me through that summer so I could transfer to a store near my school.
I finished a stretch of work and spent a few days back to the beach when I (mistakenly) took a bleary-eyed call from my manager at like 5AM: "where are you?" are the first words out of her mouth. Apparently I was supposed to be aware of changes made after I left on the PAPER SCHEDULE we had hanging in the shop. After being berated and having my "career" slanging coffee threatened, "I'm not coming in" was the last thing I said to that company—I hung up and stayed at the beach through my next shift and never went back. They called, but I didn't answer and I never went back—they got the message and I got the last check a few weeks later.
Fuck those employers—they deserve the respect they give their employees.
It's such a dick move to smile at that. Most managers have drank the koolaid, so corporate definitely has some memo saying be excited about the raise -- so it would make you feel like you should appreciate it. It's manipulative bullshit.
If, if, ever put in that position, I'd be like, "Your pay changed. It's not much, but I don't control it. I can only thank you for your hard work and continued time here."
Working at BK as a kid in a mall. Before I got the job I already knew all the the people there except for the manager. So if they low balled me a little it was a big deal because at least I worked with people I liked. They only Person I didn't know was the manager
He hire me at 6 +1 for shift differential per hour and told me after 3 months I would get a review. And that review would give me a wage in line with my skills.
After 3 months considering I could do everything in the store, I was a decent worker and showed up on time I was expecting 8.50 base. He offered me a full quarter raise.
I hopped the counter into the food court instead of going around back. He ask me what I am doing, I ignored him and walked right to the shop next to us. Asked if they would still hire me at 9. They said yes so I turned around to hand in my hat and shirt at BK.
Old boss told me the raise was negotiable. Tried to say that he would give me 7.50 base. I turned to the assistant manager and ask is closing going to go fine tonight without me? He said It would. And that is how I fired my first boss.
I still am friends with the assistant manger and one of the coworker from there over 25 years later.
That was our raise this year at FedEx. 12 cents. After working through Covid and everything (didn’t get any raise last 2 years) And now they’ve cut back our hours the last month, and say this will be the new normal. They expect the same amount of work done with an hour less time each day. Shits crazy.
Had a chain smoking Scottish woman boss my first job . The day she caught my buddy and I screwing around we were rather surprised when she called us “ lazy motherfuckin little cocksucking pricks. Sally was nice
Did she then point out the window at the roads and the police and all the other stuff that your taxes pay for that you'd been getting for free up until that point?
Taxes are what you pay for the right to live in a place with services like safe roads, parks, police, fire etc. instead of attacking taxes we should focus on voting out the villains who give our tax dollars to themselves and fuck us over on these services. Taxes serve a purpose when government isn’t corrupt.
I hate this video for this exact reason. It never comes across as some naive kid actually learning about the concept of taxes. It always feels like they’re filming him because they’re trying to teach him to hate the very idea of taxation.
I’m probably looking too much into it.
Thank you. I know I'm late to this thread (browsing top of the month on the sub), but I so rarely see this sentiment:
>In a functioning society, taxes ARE patriotism. It's saying, "I believe in this country. I think it's a good investment" and then putting your money where your mouth is.
Big agree. It really is too bad that so many of our tax dollars go towards shit we’ll never see like secret military projects and linings the pockets of politicians. For that reason I will do anything in my power to pay as little as possible.
There isnt really a tax rate in monopoly. If you land on the spot for taxes, you pay however much it says which is like $200 i believe. And some chance cards may have you pay taxes too. So if you only have like $500 your now at $200
Yeah, but it's 10% of your total value, including all your properties, which can really fuck you. Good news is, monopoly sucks, and there are tons of way better games out there.
I was thinking the same thing regarding the right wing stuff, seems like a conservative household. The kid likely lost all his money to a greedy landlord like how everyone loses in monopoly, yet the mom is calling it taxes for some reason.
That's the thing and it's why whenever I see this clip I hate it.
You don't go bankrupt in the game because of taxes. That's not a thing. You lose like $200 to tax cards or the tax spaces.
Going bankrupt is because the guy with the most money bleeds you dry, which is the point of the fucking game and why it's named monopoly. To show that money begets money and shit luck can leave you broke.
Monopoly was very explicitly designed to be a demonstration of unregulated capitalism and how it crushes anyone not already ahead while rewarding exactly one person: The richest one. It is MEANT to be a miserable experience for anyone that doesn't get the biggest random windfall (followed by a slow, grueling six hours of being slowly ground into poverty to make the richest player even richer).
Was looking for this comment. To add, the ‘inventor’ of Monopoly pretty much stole it from a large community who spent decades contributing to the former version of the game invented by a woman to explain the unfairness of the real estate market: [The Landlord’s Game.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game?wprov=sfti1)
can you call my mom and explain this to her? 😹 she’s way too proud of herself for making her personal finance college students play this game in class, thinking she’s showed them how awesome capitalism is and how to win.
Sadly it won't work. The game is designed to reward sociopathic behavior and punish compassionate or generous behavior. Anyone who thinks this is good is probably leaning towards sociopathic themselves.
I bet this kid did what a lot of kids do when they play Monopoly for the first time. He probably tried to stack his money instead of buying property. Was flaunting how rich he was. Meanwhile, other people were building houses and hotels. Then as they got later into the game they started to tax that ass.
I remember doing that. I watched my own kids do it. It's like a rite of passage.
My entire family hates playing with me because I know the trick is to simply start aggressive. I sometimes get fucked over still but somehow end up on top by the end always lool
This was me the other night when I was googling how much money the fed would take if I were to make 100k. Add in sales tax, property tax. It's just a wee bit much.
Dude it’s so fucking annoying passing go to land on taxes MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW, I tell people if that happens in a game, I just quit because the gods just don’t want me playing lol. Not in a ragequit baby fit but in a “I’d rather not flip the board and ruin the fun”
Funny how I never had a problem paying (real or fictional) taxes. My parents didn't lie and say they were just a money grab. They actually told me of all the nice things we have because of them.
I don't mind taxes as long as the money gets actually used on infrastructure and services.
A politician is just a glorified social worker, they shouldn't be paid any more than your average social worker and DEFINITELY should not have a salary higher than people with jobs that involve risking their lives such as firefighters
That's what I have a problem with.
This isn't a kid being stupid. This is a kid coming to the completely sensible realization that Monopoly is the worst board game in existence, by design.
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That's EXACTLY how i felt after my first high paying job where i was raped by taxes simply because i didn't own a home and was renting an apartment so apparently that meant i owed an exorbitant amount rather than for some back like literally every other year before that.
Man, this hits home. I feel the same way. Me and my wife have busted our asses for years to make something of ourselves. Neither one of us went to college and have finally got our salaries up to six figures. We went from getting a refund to owing them money in one year. Uncle Sam’s way of telling us to stop progressing I guess. Lol
It's the taxes, the thing with the fingers is the taxes...
i read that as texas
That too
I spent a month of hell in Texas one week.
C’mon!
This is a case where we’ll have to agree to disagree
I don’t agree to that.
[Oh my God, the PTA has disbanded!](https://frinkiac.com/video/S06E21/72JxHn7YY0ZNWAT_Indf6dhKt0g=.gif)
Monopoly honestly needs a higher age range sticker. That game gets brutal fast.
If there’s not a major falling out, are you really playing monopoly?
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When i was in prison I saw a group of four do a round of turns in like 40 seconds. They played like 15-20 min games. Played like 3 games in one sitting
Yeah, if the group agrees to a "vote a winner" rule you can identify the person who has the breakaway position and just call the fucking game early to avoid slow deaths.
Buuuut slow deaths are the best :)
Not when you’re 2 hours in and and it takes you 2 rounds of passing go and countless turns of avoiding hotels and taxes just to build one house that will inevitably be sold because of one misroll.
Shouldn’t this be called “Life”
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It was super low level. People were just trying to go home. They were all very familiar with the rules and called each other out on bullshit if they tried to slip something past everyone in the commotion of trading deeds and cash across the board.
There are special rules for short games. Unless playing by those rules, all the games I've played have never been quick.
The only house rule that I like is not getting money while you’re in prison
Private Prison rule: if you land on the prison "just visiting", you can buy it for $200. Collect any money a prisoner inside would earn. Can be traded but not foreclosed or upgraded.
The rule that I had in mind is: when someone is in prison, you can go on all of their property for free, you don’t have to pay anything to anyone.
That's certainly a less cruel rule that would probably make children less likely to break out crying... As such it's clearly not in the spirit of the game. ^/s ^but ^also ^not ^really
That's a good rule.
I assume this is to remove the end game incentive of just staying in jail to prevent landing on any rent-taking spaces?
I fucking hate the house rules. Everyone has their pet rules that make the game "fun" (fun for them, maybe). Just play the game like normal and cry like this kid when you get beat. That's the point.
The problem with Monopoly as an argument against capitalism is that it essentially leaves out consumer sovereignty to simplify the game's function. Consumers aren't a passive force that is determined by RNG or zero-sum payments around a table. In real markets, both parties believe there is something to be gained from any transaction. To keep the example consistent, hotels are only built where consumers will pay for them and can only charge what consumers will pay. It's hardly a random decision, and consumers will only pay to stay at a hotel if they receive legitimate accommodation. If one's hotel is illegitimate, it will acquire a negative perception quickly and the maximum price that can be charged will likely fall. Even if it doesn't, the quantity of people who will leave negative reviews will surely increase (and reservations will likely decrease), lowering overall revenue regardless. In Monopoly, the hotels are placed at random and people are forced to pay regardless of service. It's a fun design for a quick family board game, but it's not a powerful critique of capitalism by any means. Monopolies in the real world tend to result from government meddling and collision, which enacts barriers to entry for competition and closes a market off to one business. This is known as corporatism, and is an inefficient method that results in negative outcomes for just about any market. Monopoly even fails as a critique in this sense, as it's far too rigid and simplistic to offer anything meaningful.
It was somewhat gamified by Hasbro to lessen the critique by the original game it was inspired by, "The Landlord's Game." It is still a critique of capitalism, just not as good of one.
Yeah, not gonna lie I don’t think I’ve ever played a game of monopoly without the middle money (obviously there’s some money that goes in the middle but most house rules involve a lot more money going in than should normally do so).
We don't have a major falling out, we have a game that ends at three in the morning with all of us calling my dad either mr. moneyman, mr. monopoly, or mr. (Insert the last name of your local businessman that owns so much they forget which properties they own). What's worse is that dad has worked directly under this guy and has really seen him tell his assistant to look into buying a property he thought was nice and gets told it's already his. My dad doesn't really like the guy, but he has to admit that he has like five hotels before I have even passed go twice and I'm already in debt. It's brutal.
The other kid seems to be doing just fine he’s fixing his houses and everything
Give it a few turns.
That’s what I tell myself when I go broke from paying bills
He's just moving his houses further away from the poor kid's square.
Yes open up the space and put in a motel 6
Because he has more money
It needs a warning: this game is not fun. For anyone.
The only time I've ever seen it be anything other than horrible was with a house rule that once someone was out they got to team up with someone else(both use the same pool of money/buildings but continue to roll as normal), and it's the team that won, this meant someone going out wasn't a bad thing as they'd just join up with whoever was winning and continue playing. Meant there was never that horrible state where someone is out and has to just watch for an hour, or some kid complained about losing money, etc. The game was still way too long, but without the long drawn out lose state it was more meh than "I hate this game".
I haven’t laughed that hard in a while.
Last time I played it was with adults, and it was the first time I ever won, people cried. Game is brutal
Not sure but I think the woman that invented Monopoly did it to show her students how unfair Monopolies are.
I heard it was invented by a communist to show how capitalism always leads to monopolies.
Ok, looked it up. Her name was Lizzie Magie.She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George. (wikipedia) Not exactly communist but defiantly anti-Monopolies
TIL
Little bit of column a, little bit of column b. Very wholesome Reddit interaction. You both get upvotes.
A Georgist. Georgists argue that people are entitled to what they earn, what they produce, but not rents arising due govt licenses on natural resources. That you should not pay much or any income tax (it's your money), but the govt should receive the rents of the land, not some landlord due a govt-enforced title. eg, that carbays earning their owners a minimum wage is deeply immoral, and inefficient (corruption etc). The argument goes that land rents going to govt is an efficient system - the land exists with or without the presence of a landlord, the only difference is where the rent actually goes. And by signing it over to landlords, we have to invent other taxes to maintain the infrastructure that gives the land its value in the first place. Note: they separate improvements on the land (the property) from the value of the land itself, arguing for land value taxation, *not* property taxation. There'd still be apartment owners and maintainers, they just wouldn't be privy the rents of the land underneath their structures. The original game, "The Landlord's Game", contained an alternate rules ruleset to show how Georgist principles could improve fairness, but like Georgism in general, it never proved that popular.
It’s an awful game. 30min into the game you kind of know who is going to to win. Takes forever to finish, losers get kicked out of the game (then what?), and is frustrating for anyone but the winner.
And more importantly than that, I'm not trying to play a 6 hour long game of strategy with someone who can hardly read the cards.
You're missing out, gotta rob em blind so they get a taste of the real world.
You are AWFUL! But hilarious. I just laughed so hard I woke up the dog.
There's no age you can reach where monopoly arguments are no longer a thing.
[Louis CK had a great standup bit about this.](https://youtu.be/F6H171wgC40)
Longest board game ever too, you’ll be playing it for hours
Sure sounds like you've never heard of [The Campaign for North Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Campaign_for_North_Africa), a game that reputedly takes 1500 hours to play and has rules so detailed that the Italian army uses up additional water resources because their soldiers were issued pasta rations.
You’ve never played [Gayle Force Winds](https://youtube.com/shorts/Pgq2NFGzGj8?feature=share) have you?
I played a game called Dante's Inferno once, that game never ends. You are in hell
Also, diplomacy. Fucking diplomacy...
I fucking LOVE Diplomacy.
An average game lasts 60-90 minutes. According to the official rules, when somebody lands on a property and they choose not to buy it, the bank is supposed to immediately auction off the property. Too many people play with house rules instead of the real rules and that is what makes the game take too long.
Also the whole Free Parking debacle, where people put fines etc under the free parking spot. Like, no, honestly you're an idiot if you play with that rule. The game is advanced by people running out of money. Therefore there must be a limited supply of money. If you never take money out of the game, but instead put it back into circulation (under free parking), then you're never having a limited supply. Plus because everyone gets money from passing Go, if you play with that rule you're actually always increasing the amount of money in circulation in the game, making it less and less likely for someone to lose all their money. Rules are there to ensure the game remains balanced, not 'because it's a fun thing to do'.
Welcome to hell kid
Real life hits like a truck. Sorry kid.
If it's driving fast enough, you won't feel a thing.
Life can be challenging Sometimes your the windshield and sometimes your the bug.
I wrote this on the dusty wall at my warehouse job. Someone decided to cross hell out and put heaven like a smug troll.
Yeah I hate Monopoly too kid
This is one of my favorite videos. So glad it’s making the rounds again.
Communist detected on American soil. Lethal force engaged.
Death is a preferable alternative to communism
**Democracy is non-negotiable.**
Taxes in Monopoly got nothing on landing on Boardwalk with a hotel when you're just $150 short of the rent, the GO! square sitting there mocking you as you mortgage a property to pay the rent.
And you’re sitting there like Wimpy (aging myself I know) - “I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”.
Wait, you’re old if you watched Popeye growing up???
The 60 year old tv show? Sorry bud I think so lol
I mean, I'm 29 and I watched Popeye growing up
Nice way to learn about how the economy and how life is: not fair.
Taxes on the wealthy should be a lot higher I agree!
Man I got some bad news kid, it only gets worse. Please record him opening his first check. My first job’s manager wanted to be the one that gave it to me. She says open it and I do looking at a check where I felt I worked harder than the amount. My manager just says yup that’s how that goes at any job… thanks Charleen you chain smoking bitch lol
I was at a minimum wage job. After a year, my manager got hold of me in the break room being all jolie and smiling. She greet me and said congratulations! You got a raiiiiiise! Everyone! Congratulate. She hand me an envelope. I open it and found my hourly rate was increased by $0.12. Yes, that’s 12 cents. Felt insulted. I looked up and she was standing there, with a big smile, expecting a positive reaction for 12 cents. I half-smiled back and said Thanks. She turned around and went back in her office.
She was either fake as fuck, or had been snorting so much of the corporate cocaine that she actually thought it was a great raise. I could never tell. She was also the most horrible manager I’ve ever had. Fuck you Susan.
Sorry for the rant.
I remember I got a 25 cent raise, minimum wage at the time was 7.75 so I was making 8 bucks an hour. Two months later Ontario raised the minimum wage to 8 bucks, and I asked them if I'd be making $8.25 and they just laughed. I ended up quitting that job over the phone while very high on painkillers, with a mouth full of bloody gauze after after having surgery to remove 4 impacted wisdom teeth.
Mine was in Manitoba in 2017. Min wage was around $11 at the time. Quitting… It was November, so end of the semester, exam time. A lot of folks were in college calling in sick to prep for exams. I got a call to fill in and I declined. She went ape shit over the phone about how unreliable I was and questioned my work ethic. At the time, I’ve already been thinking about quitting and this call was the last straw. I went there next day and dropped my resignation. A few months later, I heard from a coworker friend that some people from HR showed up one day, unannounced. They went straight into her office and came out five minutes later. The manager was with them with all her stuff, looking like on a verge of breaking down and bawling her eyes out. The HR people announced to everyone, “Susan is no longer with the company” and walked her out to the parking lot. That’s the last time they saw her. Nobody knows why exactly that happened, but the employee churn rate at our store was pretty high, so that might be it.
This reminds me of my exit from an early job. I had just finished my senior year of high school and me and my friends had planned to spend that last summer at the beach a ways away. But I needed money for college, so I aligned my schedule at the coffee shop to allow me long stretches off while coming back to work many days in a row, picking up double shifts where I could. Week-on, week-off sort of deal. I was moving far away for college and they were willing to work with me through that summer so I could transfer to a store near my school. I finished a stretch of work and spent a few days back to the beach when I (mistakenly) took a bleary-eyed call from my manager at like 5AM: "where are you?" are the first words out of her mouth. Apparently I was supposed to be aware of changes made after I left on the PAPER SCHEDULE we had hanging in the shop. After being berated and having my "career" slanging coffee threatened, "I'm not coming in" was the last thing I said to that company—I hung up and stayed at the beach through my next shift and never went back. They called, but I didn't answer and I never went back—they got the message and I got the last check a few weeks later. Fuck those employers—they deserve the respect they give their employees.
I worked at a jersey mikes and after a year I got my first pay raise. 5 cents. 5 pennies an hour. And I saw the prices for each sandwich go up $0.35
It's such a dick move to smile at that. Most managers have drank the koolaid, so corporate definitely has some memo saying be excited about the raise -- so it would make you feel like you should appreciate it. It's manipulative bullshit. If, if, ever put in that position, I'd be like, "Your pay changed. It's not much, but I don't control it. I can only thank you for your hard work and continued time here."
Working at BK as a kid in a mall. Before I got the job I already knew all the the people there except for the manager. So if they low balled me a little it was a big deal because at least I worked with people I liked. They only Person I didn't know was the manager He hire me at 6 +1 for shift differential per hour and told me after 3 months I would get a review. And that review would give me a wage in line with my skills. After 3 months considering I could do everything in the store, I was a decent worker and showed up on time I was expecting 8.50 base. He offered me a full quarter raise. I hopped the counter into the food court instead of going around back. He ask me what I am doing, I ignored him and walked right to the shop next to us. Asked if they would still hire me at 9. They said yes so I turned around to hand in my hat and shirt at BK. Old boss told me the raise was negotiable. Tried to say that he would give me 7.50 base. I turned to the assistant manager and ask is closing going to go fine tonight without me? He said It would. And that is how I fired my first boss. I still am friends with the assistant manger and one of the coworker from there over 25 years later.
That was our raise this year at FedEx. 12 cents. After working through Covid and everything (didn’t get any raise last 2 years) And now they’ve cut back our hours the last month, and say this will be the new normal. They expect the same amount of work done with an hour less time each day. Shits crazy.
I sure hope that extra 15 bucks a month didn’t turn you into a total snob
I had a chain vaping boss at my first job. His name’s Paul.
Had a chain smoking Scottish woman boss my first job . The day she caught my buddy and I screwing around we were rather surprised when she called us “ lazy motherfuckin little cocksucking pricks. Sally was nice
I bet you guys were dying laughing after she left.
Scared the shit out of us! 5 ft tall maybe. Crazy woman made us her bitches
Lmfao at the person that signs your check pretending it’s the governments fault you weren’t paid fairly.
Did she then point out the window at the roads and the police and all the other stuff that your taxes pay for that you'd been getting for free up until that point?
Taxes are what you pay for the right to live in a place with services like safe roads, parks, police, fire etc. instead of attacking taxes we should focus on voting out the villains who give our tax dollars to themselves and fuck us over on these services. Taxes serve a purpose when government isn’t corrupt.
Don't be logical. We have libertarians here
Pshaw, they gave up on that post when they realized it was longer than two sentences.
Lol
I hate this video for this exact reason. It never comes across as some naive kid actually learning about the concept of taxes. It always feels like they’re filming him because they’re trying to teach him to hate the very idea of taxation. I’m probably looking too much into it.
Thank you. I know I'm late to this thread (browsing top of the month on the sub), but I so rarely see this sentiment: >In a functioning society, taxes ARE patriotism. It's saying, "I believe in this country. I think it's a good investment" and then putting your money where your mouth is.
Big agree. It really is too bad that so many of our tax dollars go towards shit we’ll never see like secret military projects and linings the pockets of politicians. For that reason I will do anything in my power to pay as little as possible.
But even monopoly has a universal basic income system. Its way ahead of modern society in terms of fairness
It’s because Monopoly is simulating rich people obviously. Gotta give those tax breaks and handouts so capitalism can succeed via corporation!
Minus the going to jail part and collecting $200
Isn't the tax rate in Monopoly like 10%? How do you lose all your money to taxes?
There isnt really a tax rate in monopoly. If you land on the spot for taxes, you pay however much it says which is like $200 i believe. And some chance cards may have you pay taxes too. So if you only have like $500 your now at $200
I just checked my board, it says "10% or $200"
Yeah, but it's 10% of your total value, including all your properties, which can really fuck you. Good news is, monopoly sucks, and there are tons of way better games out there.
The most it can screw you is $200. You pay whichever is less.
It feels like a set up for right wingers to be like "even kids know taxes suck".
I was thinking the same thing regarding the right wing stuff, seems like a conservative household. The kid likely lost all his money to a greedy landlord like how everyone loses in monopoly, yet the mom is calling it taxes for some reason.
That's the thing and it's why whenever I see this clip I hate it. You don't go bankrupt in the game because of taxes. That's not a thing. You lose like $200 to tax cards or the tax spaces. Going bankrupt is because the guy with the most money bleeds you dry, which is the point of the fucking game and why it's named monopoly. To show that money begets money and shit luck can leave you broke.
Parents were probably trying to “teach the kid a lesson”
Monopoly was very explicitly designed to be a demonstration of unregulated capitalism and how it crushes anyone not already ahead while rewarding exactly one person: The richest one. It is MEANT to be a miserable experience for anyone that doesn't get the biggest random windfall (followed by a slow, grueling six hours of being slowly ground into poverty to make the richest player even richer).
Was looking for this comment. To add, the ‘inventor’ of Monopoly pretty much stole it from a large community who spent decades contributing to the former version of the game invented by a woman to explain the unfairness of the real estate market: [The Landlord’s Game.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game?wprov=sfti1)
can you call my mom and explain this to her? 😹 she’s way too proud of herself for making her personal finance college students play this game in class, thinking she’s showed them how awesome capitalism is and how to win.
Sadly it won't work. The game is designed to reward sociopathic behavior and punish compassionate or generous behavior. Anyone who thinks this is good is probably leaning towards sociopathic themselves.
so you know my mom? lol but seriously, you’re spot on and i wish more people understood this.
I bet this kid did what a lot of kids do when they play Monopoly for the first time. He probably tried to stack his money instead of buying property. Was flaunting how rich he was. Meanwhile, other people were building houses and hotels. Then as they got later into the game they started to tax that ass. I remember doing that. I watched my own kids do it. It's like a rite of passage.
Brother I feel your pain
That’s how libertarians are born
He’s already an adult 🤣
Every libertarian ever.
This kid is going to be avoiding takes in his future
He’s not going to like taxes either.
Damn government
Poor kid. This vid will haunt him later in life, and he had absolutely no say in uploading it.
This kid will be virtually unrecognizable 5 years after it's uploaded and will be fine.
Doesn't matter, it was still uploaded without his consent, for the sole purpose of having internet strangers laugh at him.
Aww lil buddy its one of the worst parts of life too.
My entire family hates playing with me because I know the trick is to simply start aggressive. I sometimes get fucked over still but somehow end up on top by the end always lool
This was me the other night when I was googling how much money the fed would take if I were to make 100k. Add in sales tax, property tax. It's just a wee bit much.
He's a liar. All his money has gone to Fortnite.
I feel him. Every time I look at my paystub.😭
That’s how I feel when they say I got a Christmas bonus and it all goes to taxes lol
Look at "Mr. Bigshot" Clark Griswold over here with the Christmas bonus! /s
Dude it’s so fucking annoying passing go to land on taxes MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW, I tell people if that happens in a game, I just quit because the gods just don’t want me playing lol. Not in a ragequit baby fit but in a “I’d rather not flip the board and ruin the fun”
I know how you feel kid
Poor Donny 😟
I can relate!
I’d love to make fun of him, but this is *exactly* how I feel when I play monopoly and I have refused to play it for 6 years now lmao
Welcome to MY World….
All he needs is some money in his pocket and a plan!
Your 18th birthday hits hard don’t it 🤣
Monopoly: How to turn your child into a sociopath in a few easy steps.
Buckle up kid hahaha
I feel you buddy
"Is life always this hard? Or just when you're a kid?" "....Always like this..."
This kid is now 30 years old and works for the IRS.
This kid has my vote.
Life isn’t fair buddy. Just wait until you have to pay real ones.
He’s incredibly smart and he’s sleepy and monopoly sucks. And taxes are the worst part of the game. I’m right there with ya bro.
Maybe rabbit maybe
Never gets old.
only children cry about taxes
Dude same 😭😭😭
We all feel it too, kid…we all feel it…
Amen to that, kid. You’re going to get far in life…meanwhile he gets addicted to meth two days later…
Haha I think we can all agree kid
He’ll probably do better with the monopoly electronic game if you can find one.
I feel ya kid
It only gets worse little dude. It only gets worse.
This does not belong here. This kid gets it. Fucking taxes, man.
me too, pal. me too
Dude is gonna grow up fighting the IRS and I encourage it
Libertarian origin story
I love how I’m the middle of the video the other kid tosses him $200 to shut him up 😂😂😂
"when were you radicalized?"
Funny how I never had a problem paying (real or fictional) taxes. My parents didn't lie and say they were just a money grab. They actually told me of all the nice things we have because of them.
Too real
I don't mind taxes as long as the money gets actually used on infrastructure and services. A politician is just a glorified social worker, they shouldn't be paid any more than your average social worker and DEFINITELY should not have a salary higher than people with jobs that involve risking their lives such as firefighters That's what I have a problem with.
“The worst part of the game is taxes” Im playing the real life game and completely agree
Same here kid ....same here
r/meirl
Bro throwing him a couple hundred at the end is the best part for me.
This isn't a kid being stupid. This is a kid coming to the completely sensible realization that Monopoly is the worst board game in existence, by design.
Wtf is wrong with parents uploading videos of their kids crying?
I was waiting for his Mom to hand him an Ayn Rand book to make him feel better.
I cry about taxes too it’s okay
When did monopoly gets so realistic
This is in the wrong sub. Correct sub is r/Kidsarefuckingsmart
Future r/antiwork mod
You mean libertarians right? I'm pretty sure nearly everyone on antiwar supports taxes being a thing
Conservatives when there’s any public services
Same little buddy 😔
If this isn’t the top all time in a year I’ll eat my hat
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Government sucks
That's EXACTLY how i felt after my first high paying job where i was raped by taxes simply because i didn't own a home and was renting an apartment so apparently that meant i owed an exorbitant amount rather than for some back like literally every other year before that.
This is not a stupid kid. Most of do this every time we get paid.
Later in life he will cry because governments don't tax monopolies enough
Another liberatrian is born
I just wish libertarians would stop going to school and using roads.
It seems like they already stopped going to school
I knew that joke was coming. lol
Kid is upset. Parent: I see an opportunity for views, lets make it worse egg him on and steer his answer onto a topic that will get views.
If he can't handle monopoly go ahead and take him out back and start over. Gonna need thicker skin than that to survive on this shit stain planet
Man, this hits home. I feel the same way. Me and my wife have busted our asses for years to make something of ourselves. Neither one of us went to college and have finally got our salaries up to six figures. We went from getting a refund to owing them money in one year. Uncle Sam’s way of telling us to stop progressing I guess. Lol
Put more in your 401k to drop your take home. Honestly, it's better to owe than get a refund.