#also the next words out of her mouth were complaining that she only had 70k left in her IRA

[violetclarity]

I mean, you went to [college name], and now you work at [grocery store]? ...not that there's anything wrong with that.

a customer to me during a conversation about how expensive college is; aka What Not To Say To Your Cashier

#not hp #about vi #she clearly thought there was something Wrong With That #also the next words out of her mouth were complaining that she only had 70k left in her IRA #out of the 200k she had in there before she put two kids through college #I mean I agree college is too fucking expensive (I could go on) #but I think we're having different experiences of that expense when I/my parents paid basically $0 while I was actually enrolled #but I'm drowning in student loans now #vs. you paying out of pocket for your children's tuition #I probably need a tag for the random things people say to me at work hmmm #organic anecdotes #that's gonna be it for now lmao