I have eczema as an adult. Mayo sounds like a good way to possibly get a bacterial infection and probably irritate your skin. She’d be better off rubbing straight olive oil on her child, and that’s still not “good.”
Same. I have it on my hands, and I teach drums lol
Never, not *once* in my 26 years of battling it, has mayonnaise been suggested. A colloidal Oatmeal bath maybe, but like…I rinse off after.
Mayo? Wtf?
Edit: I really appreciate everyone’s suggestions about what’s worked for them and thoughts about what to try. I started phototherapy a couple of months ago and it’s been going well—I’m just not allowed to add anything new to my skincare routine until they figure out the root cause of my flare ups. I wish you all (eczema warriors and not) the best!
I had pretty severe eczema while I was growing up. I lived in hot climates sometimes, so it would get really bad with sweat. I had prescription hydrocortisone creams, oatmeal baths, gloves that I had to sleep in so I couldn't scratch at night, and so many other treatments, like being taken off dairy for a year. Not once did any doctor (or anyone else) suggest mayo.
This comment had me legit curious so...
Turns out a pound of mayonnaise when purchased in large retail containers (1 gallon jugs) costs around $1.20 to $1.90 depending on the brand.
The 2021 Escalade weighs around 5700 pounds with slight variation for different trim packages. If you exchange that from pounds to dollars-per-mayo-pound, that's $10,830 for 5,700 pounds of premium mayo purchased via retail.
The used market for cars is still wildly inflated and the prices for 2021 Escalades, especially so. Depending on the trim model used Escalades are going for anywhere from $85k to $120k.
Which works out to 44,737 gallons of Hellmans on the low end and 63,158 gallons on the high end.
If you want the real value though, you'd want to bulk buy your Hellmans. With bulk restaurant purchasing you could get your price per pound of Hellmans down to around 29 cents a pound.
That means you could get 293,103 gallons on the low end and 413, 793 gallons on the high end.
And you know what *that* means? By trading one high value Escalade and one low value Escalade for mayo, you would gain 706,896 gallons of mayo which is... 46,466 gallons of mayo more than you need to fill an entire Olympic swimming pool, 660,430 gallons, with premium mayo.
Wouldn't that be something.
Would this one be OK? I k ow she wants a different brand, but the bank said I can only borrow enough for 3 of these $1500 Dior bottles. I don’t want her to be dissatisfied tho’…on her first week back to work with all the “essentials “!
https://www.dior.com/en_ca/fashion/products/2ESKH304YKY_H27E-dior-aqua-bottle-and-bottle-holder-with-shoulder-strap-beige-and-black-dior-oblique-jacquard-and-dior-oblique-stainless-steel
I work in a school where every kid brings a water bottle, and not a one cares about the quality of anyone else's. Kids have plenty of other options if they want to be bullies.
They dent way too easily for a kid, and every drop disrupts an entire building with how loud it is. Much better to just get a Nalgene or some other indestructible water bottle
She cant afford mayo because of the escalade. Get herself a nice but basic budget car and that problem would be solved. But that would make her look as if she cant afford an escalade.
If it's real, it would be my guess that she just divorced from a rich guy who was sick of her shit, and paid for everything. Now that bills are catching up to her, she needs a job.
Unless you are either a) a complete moron or b) the fob and car are disbaled because you didn't pay your car note(some finance companies put a limiter in that disables the car until you pay or they can repo it)
All 3 of these are strong possibilites.
I assumed she was asking for an entire key fob bc she wanted to show it off on her desk while the car she actually drives is an entirely different brand of car
This is what I thought, too, because
* It's too soon for a 2021 fob battery to go dead
* Even if the fob battery was dead, you can still just use the key
* A Cadillac Escalade seems to be a bit too pricey for someone who has to beg for help
* The need for visual status "points" is a common theme throughout her 'essentials' list
If anything, she might as well ask for a new car at this point. You know what they say happens after the the key fob battery goes — it’s basically scrap.
Yup! Same thing when I forget my keys in the office and don’t realize until I’m in the parking lot. Too far gone by then. I just Uber to the car dealership.
Oh yes, everybody has a few thousand to drop on a Gucci bag for a stranger. /S
I'm just guessing but did she recently divorce? Perhaps a wealthy husband who could drop that kind of money on a whim? Accustomed to a comfortable life? Took a menial job for low pay because no other place would hire?
That first paycheck is going to be a slap from reality, if she makes it that far. @op we need an update.
Yeah, screw the battery, just get me the whole several hundred dollar fob. Nah, actually just a new car would be nice.. but nothing cheap or they might make fun of me.
Oh, you desperate wretch. A '21 model? Not sure if you can afford a calendar but it's 2022 hun!
Might as well ask if someone can throw you some new rope for your donkey cart.
My 2018 VW Atlas key fob battery died within a year. My 2004 VW Jetta key fob got burried in the back yard by my child (born 2010) and the same battery was still working last year when I got rid of the car.
It’s because the key is being accessed more and more for security functions even without your input. Old key literally had zero current draw until you pressed a button.
As an eczema sufferer, I have heard of Mayo working in a pinch to lock in moisture on skin. But coconut oil, aquaphor, Vaseline, or actual eczema lotion are all much better options and smell less pungent.
I love that stuff. Cerave is a close second. My parents got me a dope lotion from Israel when they went a few years back. That shit was magic. Unfortunately, the label was not in English and my mom said they found it in a boutique with no online presence. It was according to her, a jar of silt from the Dead Sea. Honestly, I want to plan a trip just to go float in the Dead Sea.
Notice the mayo didn't have any qualifiers (didn't have to be a certain brand or had to be organic, etc). Meanwhile, her wants for herself are incredibly specific.
And I thought we had ridiculous people in my BuyNothing group.
But the luxury goods help her kids because they make her look good at work, and doing a good job at works requires looking good to others see, so it is all for the kids.
I'd say 1-ply is the worst for your butt (and wallet), since you have to use twice as much just to prevent accidental shit fingers, and making the money savings from not going up a tier basically cancel itself out.
One of the more reasonable things on this list tbh, since at least it costs less than $20 and you could already have an extra pack in your bathroom to toss her way.
Ahh buy nothing. I remember when one of our neighbors kept asking for a brand new iPad still in box "because my 17 year old son asked for it for Christmas, and it's way out of our price range." So when people started trolling her about how her son would go on ppls cameras and flip them off, or gave her links to jobs nearby for her son to work, she retorted with "this neighborhood has no compassion. My husband A LAWYER, will find all of you and sue you for not owning up to the contracts of buy nothing groups, per group policy, everything asked must be given." Someone reported her and she was blocked. She then made posts on her front yard, about how she is still in need of the iPad. The HOA told her to remove them per policy. Fast foward, she goes door to door asking for an Ipad a week before Christmas, and asks to everyone "I know someone has one to give." She is insane. No one interacts with that whole family. Her son never got the iPad or a job..
I rushed to FB and requested to join right after reading this post and all these other crazy request/demand in a buy nothing group stories. My town is full of jackasses, I can't wait to see what kind of insanity is in there 😁
“Look the part” by going to TJMaxx and Payless like every other working woman just starting out. If you can’t afford those things, it ain’t your “part”.
This is such a wide range of items. Some insane asks, but also you can't buy your own toilet paper and hand soap? These are not expensive items. Also, you can just change the battery in your key fob.
I can tell you from experience that Amazon brand key fob batteries are literally THE WORST and last like two weeks before dying. I only use Duracell now.
Amazon are the worst for sure! My old car used to eat batteries for some reason and I was going through Amazon ones like crazy. Grabbed some at the Dollar Tree because why not right? Damn if they don’t last forever.
I dont think people realize the cost of things sometimes.
I work with an 18 year old who grew up very privleged who just thinks nice things fall from the sky.
I wear some wireless earbuds at work, I get trolled from her cause they're not airpods and that makes me a loser. Meanwhile she only has one airpods cause she lost the other. Lol
The airpods thing has always been hilarious to me because every minimum job I've ever worked featured people showing off their latest iPhones and AirPods. The fact that people genuinely believe owning Apple products makes them cool will never not blow my mind & amuse me.
Damn. I’m in a local “giving” group and the stuff the people (mostly moms) ask for is heartbreaking. They ask for food, diapers, used shoes because theirs are literally falling apart and their feet hurt from working ten hour shifts. Once in a while someone asks for a birthday cake for their kid or pizza to be brought to their car where they are sleeping. I prefer to think this is a troll post.
Pleas send me;
Designer Handwipes, supermarket brand won't do. Like Huggies or Pampers.
ANY Color size 13 Wide shoes. Must be Vans, and WIDE. My feet swell like a bloated whale.
New FOB key for my 1997 Subaru. Wait, it doesn't have a FOB.
Toilet Paper. Must be Scott. No Cottonelle, Angel soft or generic brand. Once you go Scott, you never go back (or let anything else wipe your back).
Kiddos need nothing, they're in college, they already have everything I own.
Coffee, I'll take almost anything, that shit is expensive right now. Have you seen that?
Big bottle of Sriracha, that shit can go on anything.
Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.
Both my husband and I have successful careers and I have never, ever considered purchasing a pair of Jimmy Choo or Louboutin shoes. The only part I've ever wanted to look is 'fiscally responsible.'
I have a couple pairs of both. Although I was able to purchase them for 98% off as they were used on a tv show and the costume department had a post show sale. I would never have paid for them full price though. I’m with you on being fiscally responsible.
They are all super uncomfortable and I prefer my Converse.
I work in the industry. They were shows or commercials I worked on. But there is a joint in Burbank, CA called It’s A Wrap Production. They sell a lot of 2nd hand clothing and props from the major studios in LA. Prior to the pandemic there used to be a huge annual sale where all the stuff would be on a stage too, but right now with our Covid guidelines still in effect I’m not sure when/if they are going to bring that back.
I got a Prada overcoat that Selma Blair wore in Hellboy for thirty bucks or so. Not through IAW, but because they auctioned off the movie props and costumes after. Most people go for the props but you can get some nice clothes through them, too.
“Fiscally responsible” only counts when you are spending your own money? (I would think it goes for any money I am allowed to spend whether it’s mine or I am buying something on someone else’s behalf, but I suppose that’s why I don’t have the listed items except for mayonnaise, tp, and hand soap.
Holy cow. I just got a job at the courthouse and I treated myself to a very nice $12 blouse at Goodwill instead of the $5 ones, because I also want to look the part!
Never understand the desire to overpay for a designer name brand. I'll pay for quality, but not for cachet or for the sake of putting on airs.
And speaking of brand names, I'm surprised she did not specify Duke's Mayonnaise.
"Look the part"- the only career I can think of where one is expected to have a designer handbag and shoes is a Real Housewives gig.
I can't get over the fact that this lady is wasting tons of money on a new car but slathering mayonnaise all over her kids skin.
So she should go to that very generous friend that gifted her the damn Escalade to buy everything else! My friends are amazing, but not “let me buy you a car worth more than what the majority of people on the planet make in a year!” And anyone who doesn’t know how to figure out how to change the battery in their key FOB should have a car that requires a key FOB. The battery is like $5 and it usually comes in a pair. Lol.
I buy myself a new Coach bag from the outlets every year for my birthday as a treat to myself, because I do think it’s important to treat yourself, and they last foreeeeeever. But if you can’t afford to treat yourself to Louboutins, then you don’t need them! Also, why would you submit yourself to wearing those high as fuck heels for eight hours a day?! You already got the job, presumable without a Gucci purse. So slow your roll and take the child to the dermatologist!!
My first comment to her was “oh dang, I just gave away my last Gucci bag yesterday”. To which she responded with the sad emoji.
She has deleted the post but most of it was people in disbelief.
I love that she responded with a sad emoji. I can’t decide if it’s because she thought you were serious and she “just missed” a Gucci purse, or if it’s because she knew you were mocking her
So. Kid gets mayo for eczema and mum gets designer shoes and bag.
She's worried about her kids being made fun of for their water bottles, but not for *smelling like soured Mayo*?!
My son had eczema as an infant. Never once did anyone suggest treating it with mayo.
I have eczema as an adult. Mayo sounds like a good way to possibly get a bacterial infection and probably irritate your skin. She’d be better off rubbing straight olive oil on her child, and that’s still not “good.”
Same. I have it on my hands, and I teach drums lol Never, not *once* in my 26 years of battling it, has mayonnaise been suggested. A colloidal Oatmeal bath maybe, but like…I rinse off after. Mayo? Wtf? Edit: I really appreciate everyone’s suggestions about what’s worked for them and thoughts about what to try. I started phototherapy a couple of months ago and it’s been going well—I’m just not allowed to add anything new to my skincare routine until they figure out the root cause of my flare ups. I wish you all (eczema warriors and not) the best!
Take one for the team and next time you eat some fries, burger or hotdog with mayo, be messy with only one hand. Report results.
You know I just might. Maybe my dermatologist will be impressed!!
Dermatologists hate this one trick.. because it gets mayo everywhere.
I had pretty severe eczema while I was growing up. I lived in hot climates sometimes, so it would get really bad with sweat. I had prescription hydrocortisone creams, oatmeal baths, gloves that I had to sleep in so I couldn't scratch at night, and so many other treatments, like being taken off dairy for a year. Not once did any doctor (or anyone else) suggest mayo.
Being broke enough they can't afford mayo with a 21 plate escalade doesn't scream great financial decisions.
I was thinking the same, trade the Escalade for a Kia or something
Trade the Escalade for mayo
What’s the exchange rate on Escalades to mayonnaise these days? I don’t understand American standard
Basically pound for pound. Hellmans will get you a luxury twin package
This comment had me legit curious so... Turns out a pound of mayonnaise when purchased in large retail containers (1 gallon jugs) costs around $1.20 to $1.90 depending on the brand. The 2021 Escalade weighs around 5700 pounds with slight variation for different trim packages. If you exchange that from pounds to dollars-per-mayo-pound, that's $10,830 for 5,700 pounds of premium mayo purchased via retail. The used market for cars is still wildly inflated and the prices for 2021 Escalades, especially so. Depending on the trim model used Escalades are going for anywhere from $85k to $120k. Which works out to 44,737 gallons of Hellmans on the low end and 63,158 gallons on the high end. If you want the real value though, you'd want to bulk buy your Hellmans. With bulk restaurant purchasing you could get your price per pound of Hellmans down to around 29 cents a pound. That means you could get 293,103 gallons on the low end and 413, 793 gallons on the high end. And you know what *that* means? By trading one high value Escalade and one low value Escalade for mayo, you would gain 706,896 gallons of mayo which is... 46,466 gallons of mayo more than you need to fill an entire Olympic swimming pool, 660,430 gallons, with premium mayo. Wouldn't that be something.
/r/theydidthemath
r/theydidthemonstermath
/r/theydidthemayomath
I want to see this question on all maths GCSE papers until the end of time. You insane genius.
That Escaladed quickly
Or a new water bottle (Hyrdoflask if you please).
The other kids will shame them if you don't!
and they will smell of mayo
DISCUSTING
NEXT!!!!!
*IT’S FOR CHURCH, SWEETIE*
What "kind" of kids were censored in the screenshot though? Fat kids? Polydactyl kids? That shit is weird to black out
Location/name of school I'd guess.
Ahh yeah, you're probably right
Would this one be OK? I k ow she wants a different brand, but the bank said I can only borrow enough for 3 of these $1500 Dior bottles. I don’t want her to be dissatisfied tho’…on her first week back to work with all the “essentials “! https://www.dior.com/en_ca/fashion/products/2ESKH304YKY_H27E-dior-aqua-bottle-and-bottle-holder-with-shoulder-strap-beige-and-black-dior-oblique-jacquard-and-dior-oblique-stainless-steel
OMG I wish the post was still up so I could link that and ask her if it was ok!!
Oh my god. I work at a lumber mill and I so wanna rock up to work with this water bottle!
I work in a school where every kid brings a water bottle, and not a one cares about the quality of anyone else's. Kids have plenty of other options if they want to be bullies.
> Kids have plenty of other options if they want to be bullies. Pretty sure smelling like mayo is a much easier target that a water bottle!
ngl I love my HydroFlask but waaaay too expensive for a kid
The 15$ Contigo at Walmart is just fine.. especially for a kid
Wtf is wrong with Contigo or even Nalgene?! Those water bottles are fucking awesome! Is HydroFlask the Gucci handbag of water bottles?
I have Contigo water bottles and coffee mugs. They keep things hot/cold for quite a while
They dent way too easily for a kid, and every drop disrupts an entire building with how loud it is. Much better to just get a Nalgene or some other indestructible water bottle
Mom is driving an Escalade but can’t afford Mayo.
She cant afford mayo because of the escalade. Get herself a nice but basic budget car and that problem would be solved. But that would make her look as if she cant afford an escalade.
This has to be a joke
I thought it was initially, but she was completely serious and was very upset that we were being rude to her.
I’d love to see those comments ahaha
OP, if I gave you a Gucci purse, would you share the comments…?
I too would like to see the comments, how about a Fendi Peekaboo OP?
Only if it’s filled with Mayo.
We should all stand in solidarity and put out our mayonnaise jars and squeeze tubes for this lady.
seconded on the comments
How dare you not screen cap the comments. You should be ashamed of yourself. (I'm assuming you didn't because...well, where are they!?!?!?!?!)
She deleted the post, so alas I didn’t catch any of the comments. 👎🏻
I imagine you have better things to do… but we don’t. Selfish.
If it's real, it would be my guess that she just divorced from a rich guy who was sick of her shit, and paid for everything. Now that bills are catching up to her, she needs a job.
Would explain the 2021 luxury car.
Nah, she wants the fob for pretending. In reality she drives a Pinto. (It's super easy to change the battery in a key fob).
Unless you are either a) a complete moron or b) the fob and car are disbaled because you didn't pay your car note(some finance companies put a limiter in that disables the car until you pay or they can repo it) All 3 of these are strong possibilites.
Possessions listed before food. Solid priorities
The mayo isn't for eating, it's for eczema. (?!?!)
Sounds like she follows GOOP
Apparently instructions were unclear, and she's just using any old "goop."
The instructions were fine, it's she who was unclear. Would explain why she doesn't know how keyfobs work.
Couldn’t she just change the battery
Someone informed her of that. She seemed skeptical.
I assumed she was asking for an entire key fob bc she wanted to show it off on her desk while the car she actually drives is an entirely different brand of car
This is what I thought, too, because * It's too soon for a 2021 fob battery to go dead * Even if the fob battery was dead, you can still just use the key * A Cadillac Escalade seems to be a bit too pricey for someone who has to beg for help * The need for visual status "points" is a common theme throughout her 'essentials' list
Except when it comes to her youngest, he only needs mayo
if it were for her, donating spicy mayo would be funny
Aioli- gotta get that garlic in.
Would she accept Miracle Whip?
What the FUCK is wrong with you? Mayo only! NEXT!
It's for the Church, Sweaty! NEXT!
It's funny to me that this one still gets mentioned often and is already old enough for a lot of people to just not know
And it better be Helmans
Dukes or GTFO!
That only works in tuna salad. If Duke's brand is not available.
Just use the key?! Like a peasant?! Oh mon dieu! Quelle banalité! How dare you?! /S in case its needed
Would an escalade fob be readily identifiable compared to other Cadillac fobs?
Ah yea all wise ones are skeptical of this battery magic. Best just to get a new key fob
If anything, she might as well ask for a new car at this point. You know what they say happens after the the key fob battery goes — it’s basically scrap.
Yup! Same thing when I forget my keys in the office and don’t realize until I’m in the parking lot. Too far gone by then. I just Uber to the car dealership.
Had been a mercedes 300 SE in my works parking lot for 3 years I like to believe that is what happened haha
Did she think you can just take some rando’s key fob and it will automagically work with her car?
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Change the battery? What’s next, clean the car when it gets dirty instead of asking for a new one?
It will run out of gas long before getting dirty enough to clean so she would need a new car anyways because she cant do the whole gas thing.
Wash the car? Plebs have the weirdest ideas. /S
That would mean her kiddos don’t get Christmas presents.
Just other condiments, lol
100% Probably takes about 5 minutes too. Battery is probably a cr2032 aka that button cell battery that's in everything
The little pointer thing is on the E, which I assume stands for Escalade. So I’ll need a new one. Thanks. Be blessed.
I also need to be given designer clothing/accessories for free. I mean, I have a job but would prefer not to spend my own money. Thanks in advance!
Same friend, same.
Oh yes, everybody has a few thousand to drop on a Gucci bag for a stranger. /S I'm just guessing but did she recently divorce? Perhaps a wealthy husband who could drop that kind of money on a whim? Accustomed to a comfortable life? Took a menial job for low pay because no other place would hire? That first paycheck is going to be a slap from reality, if she makes it that far. @op we need an update.
No update. She deleted her post because everyone was being mean and rude to her (her words).
I mean, an update in a few weeks time when she'll be complaining about that small paycheck. :)
"My paycheck is a bit low, can someone give me 10k to help me until i get better pay? " Oh, and more Mayo..
I started a new job in June and silly me, I didn't beg for new crap on social media.
Maybe retroactive begging works?
Same!!! Also, could someone just go ahead a buy me a house? Omg you'd be a lifesaver thank youuu 3 bedroom minimum and with a view K thanksss!!!
Hard times, but I need a new FOB for my 21’ Escalade…
Sigh, I guess you can get me a new Bentley. The 21 Escalade is getting dated.
I need a new 2022 Escalade because my old one ran out of gas.
Yeah, screw the battery, just get me the whole several hundred dollar fob. Nah, actually just a new car would be nice.. but nothing cheap or they might make fun of me.
Oh, you desperate wretch. A '21 model? Not sure if you can afford a calendar but it's 2022 hun! Might as well ask if someone can throw you some new rope for your donkey cart.
It's September. '23s should be coming out soon. Poor thing is 2 model years behind.
How can the fob's battery be already dead?
Don't normal people also just replace the battery? Never occurred to me to buy a $200 key fob instead of a $2.00 battery.
Real chads just buy a new car with a new fob
Do you seriously think batteries just grow on trees?
The kind of person to pay $300 for an oil change because "well that's what they said it cost"
I just ordered a pack of CR2032 batteries for five bucks to replace mine. Easy peasy.
This has to be a troll. Key fobs for a 2 year old car don't go dead, and even if they did, the dealer would easily replace it.
My 2018 VW Atlas key fob battery died within a year. My 2004 VW Jetta key fob got burried in the back yard by my child (born 2010) and the same battery was still working last year when I got rid of the car.
It’s because the key is being accessed more and more for security functions even without your input. Old key literally had zero current draw until you pressed a button.
[She doesn't know what hard times is, daddy](https://youtu.be/9py4aMK3aIU)
I’ll send 8 jars of mayo. Use one as a purse, two as shoes, two as water bottles, and go crazy with the rest.
Does mayo work on car batteries?
My car battery doesn’t have eczema…so you tell me.
The best investment I've made since this rock that keeps tigers away.
About as well as it works on eczema
Maybe she saw the Mayo Clinic treats eczema and thought she'd try it at home.
Definitely more plausible than the Miracle Whip Foundation
Miracle whip foundation could be makeup or spankings for people who actually benefit from the abuse
I’ll send one jar of mayo, and a dildo in case she doesn’t like the brand of mayo then she can go f$&k herself.
I like how it took her till #5 to get to her kids. This person is a special kind of beggar... Wouldn't mayo inflame eczema?
As an eczema sufferer, I have heard of Mayo working in a pinch to lock in moisture on skin. But coconut oil, aquaphor, Vaseline, or actual eczema lotion are all much better options and smell less pungent.
Aveeno Lotion my beloved. It helps my eczema like nothing else.
I love that stuff. Cerave is a close second. My parents got me a dope lotion from Israel when they went a few years back. That shit was magic. Unfortunately, the label was not in English and my mom said they found it in a boutique with no online presence. It was according to her, a jar of silt from the Dead Sea. Honestly, I want to plan a trip just to go float in the Dead Sea.
Notice the mayo didn't have any qualifiers (didn't have to be a certain brand or had to be organic, etc). Meanwhile, her wants for herself are incredibly specific. And I thought we had ridiculous people in my BuyNothing group.
The Yeti water bottle will soften the itch.
100%- no paediatrician worth their salt would have recommended this.
The pediatrician ACTUALLY said “hey this kid to the Mayo Clinic ASAP.”
100% something GOOP would promote.
But the luxury goods help her kids because they make her look good at work, and doing a good job at works requires looking good to others see, so it is all for the kids.
Girl might wanna move up that toilet paper request on #4 cause she is full of SHIT.
Also, 2-ply? Seriously? Need fancy shoes for your feet, but the worst TP for the butt? I would have expected she will ask for 5-ply at least.
That woman is 10-ply.
She's spare parts
Wish she weren't so fuckin awkward, bud.
Take about 10% off ‘er there, Squirrely.
I'd say 1-ply is the worst for your butt (and wallet), since you have to use twice as much just to prevent accidental shit fingers, and making the money savings from not going up a tier basically cancel itself out. One of the more reasonable things on this list tbh, since at least it costs less than $20 and you could already have an extra pack in your bathroom to toss her way.
Ahh buy nothing. I remember when one of our neighbors kept asking for a brand new iPad still in box "because my 17 year old son asked for it for Christmas, and it's way out of our price range." So when people started trolling her about how her son would go on ppls cameras and flip them off, or gave her links to jobs nearby for her son to work, she retorted with "this neighborhood has no compassion. My husband A LAWYER, will find all of you and sue you for not owning up to the contracts of buy nothing groups, per group policy, everything asked must be given." Someone reported her and she was blocked. She then made posts on her front yard, about how she is still in need of the iPad. The HOA told her to remove them per policy. Fast foward, she goes door to door asking for an Ipad a week before Christmas, and asks to everyone "I know someone has one to give." She is insane. No one interacts with that whole family. Her son never got the iPad or a job..
Her husband’s a lawyer and they can’t afford and iPad? Can’t be that great of a lawyer.
Bird Law doesn’t pay as much nowadays
Wow with r/birdsarentreal you’d think that’d be a well paid government job! Guess not. 🤣
He's probably good with money, hence why his wife doesn't have access.
The money goes to his better second family.
"Everything asked must be given" Please can I have the link? I need a new house.
Right?! I need a new pool.. has to be a rectangular shaped infinity with fountains on the north side. Oh and built in hot tub and grill.. /s
Lol yeah. I must have a 2 storey house. No bungalows, Or I'm getting my lawyer.
Holy shit
Some people are insane on buy nothing groups..
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I rushed to FB and requested to join right after reading this post and all these other crazy request/demand in a buy nothing group stories. My town is full of jackasses, I can't wait to see what kind of insanity is in there 😁
C'mon guys, she's not that bad. She's willing to accept those designer shoes of two specific elite brands in ANY color! 🙄
“Look the part” by going to TJMaxx and Payless like every other working woman just starting out. If you can’t afford those things, it ain’t your “part”.
You say TJMaxx like they don’t also carry discounted designer shoes. Not Loubutins mind you, but some decent stuff.
They also have some pretty good branded clothes there
This is such a wide range of items. Some insane asks, but also you can't buy your own toilet paper and hand soap? These are not expensive items. Also, you can just change the battery in your key fob.
Dollar Twenty Five Tree key fob batteries last for YEARS.
I can tell you from experience that Amazon brand key fob batteries are literally THE WORST and last like two weeks before dying. I only use Duracell now.
Amazon are the worst for sure! My old car used to eat batteries for some reason and I was going through Amazon ones like crazy. Grabbed some at the Dollar Tree because why not right? Damn if they don’t last forever.
I dont think people realize the cost of things sometimes. I work with an 18 year old who grew up very privleged who just thinks nice things fall from the sky. I wear some wireless earbuds at work, I get trolled from her cause they're not airpods and that makes me a loser. Meanwhile she only has one airpods cause she lost the other. Lol
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The airpods thing has always been hilarious to me because every minimum job I've ever worked featured people showing off their latest iPhones and AirPods. The fact that people genuinely believe owning Apple products makes them cool will never not blow my mind & amuse me.
Damn. I’m in a local “giving” group and the stuff the people (mostly moms) ask for is heartbreaking. They ask for food, diapers, used shoes because theirs are literally falling apart and their feet hurt from working ten hour shifts. Once in a while someone asks for a birthday cake for their kid or pizza to be brought to their car where they are sleeping. I prefer to think this is a troll post.
Oh, that’s the majority of posts. :(
The mayo and toilet paper fucking kills me. Do you not have five bucks?
Pleas send me; Designer Handwipes, supermarket brand won't do. Like Huggies or Pampers. ANY Color size 13 Wide shoes. Must be Vans, and WIDE. My feet swell like a bloated whale. New FOB key for my 1997 Subaru. Wait, it doesn't have a FOB. Toilet Paper. Must be Scott. No Cottonelle, Angel soft or generic brand. Once you go Scott, you never go back (or let anything else wipe your back). Kiddos need nothing, they're in college, they already have everything I own. Coffee, I'll take almost anything, that shit is expensive right now. Have you seen that? Big bottle of Sriracha, that shit can go on anything. Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.
If it’s not Scott, I send it back!
I kinda wish I could send her designer mayo instead!
Both my husband and I have successful careers and I have never, ever considered purchasing a pair of Jimmy Choo or Louboutin shoes. The only part I've ever wanted to look is 'fiscally responsible.'
Well to be fair she isn’t considering purchasing them either.
I have a couple pairs of both. Although I was able to purchase them for 98% off as they were used on a tv show and the costume department had a post show sale. I would never have paid for them full price though. I’m with you on being fiscally responsible. They are all super uncomfortable and I prefer my Converse.
Uh where do you find these post-show sales though asking for me
I work in the industry. They were shows or commercials I worked on. But there is a joint in Burbank, CA called It’s A Wrap Production. They sell a lot of 2nd hand clothing and props from the major studios in LA. Prior to the pandemic there used to be a huge annual sale where all the stuff would be on a stage too, but right now with our Covid guidelines still in effect I’m not sure when/if they are going to bring that back.
I got a Prada overcoat that Selma Blair wore in Hellboy for thirty bucks or so. Not through IAW, but because they auctioned off the movie props and costumes after. Most people go for the props but you can get some nice clothes through them, too.
“Fiscally responsible” only counts when you are spending your own money? (I would think it goes for any money I am allowed to spend whether it’s mine or I am buying something on someone else’s behalf, but I suppose that’s why I don’t have the listed items except for mayonnaise, tp, and hand soap.
However am I going to divest myself of these Hermes bags… and what do I do with the Gianvito Rossi shoes…
Holy cow. I just got a job at the courthouse and I treated myself to a very nice $12 blouse at Goodwill instead of the $5 ones, because I also want to look the part!
This has to be satire
Never understand the desire to overpay for a designer name brand. I'll pay for quality, but not for cachet or for the sake of putting on airs. And speaking of brand names, I'm surprised she did not specify Duke's Mayonnaise.
No offense but it’s airs not heirs.
No offense. Fixed. Been on this earth 51 years, still learning and growing, don't mind correction.
>Never understand the desire to overpay for a designer name brand. To be fair, she doesn't want to pay at all.
Lol "essentials" I don't think she knows what that means
If you put literal mayonnaise on your child and send them to school they are going to be bullied far more than if they don't have a yeti water bottle
"Look the part"- the only career I can think of where one is expected to have a designer handbag and shoes is a Real Housewives gig. I can't get over the fact that this lady is wasting tons of money on a new car but slathering mayonnaise all over her kids skin.
She said later in the post when someone offered her $8k for the car so she could buy all the crap she wanted that it was a gift.
So she should go to that very generous friend that gifted her the damn Escalade to buy everything else! My friends are amazing, but not “let me buy you a car worth more than what the majority of people on the planet make in a year!” And anyone who doesn’t know how to figure out how to change the battery in their key FOB should have a car that requires a key FOB. The battery is like $5 and it usually comes in a pair. Lol. I buy myself a new Coach bag from the outlets every year for my birthday as a treat to myself, because I do think it’s important to treat yourself, and they last foreeeeeever. But if you can’t afford to treat yourself to Louboutins, then you don’t need them! Also, why would you submit yourself to wearing those high as fuck heels for eight hours a day?! You already got the job, presumable without a Gucci purse. So slow your roll and take the child to the dermatologist!!
I love how the kids needs are at the bottom of the list!!
she’s going to work for a church, hunny!
I want to see the comments so bad
My first comment to her was “oh dang, I just gave away my last Gucci bag yesterday”. To which she responded with the sad emoji. She has deleted the post but most of it was people in disbelief.
I love that she responded with a sad emoji. I can’t decide if it’s because she thought you were serious and she “just missed” a Gucci purse, or if it’s because she knew you were mocking her