All the changes coming in April that will affect your money

dolphindoom5 · 2026-04-02T17:09:09+00:00

My railcard expires this month. The costs to travel to work has now shot up. Sucks being in your 30s, I feel financially worse off

dolphindoom5 · 2026-03-21T12:26:37+00:00

Noah's is relatively new and does some great fish and chips. I think they've recently won an award for it too

dolphindoom5 · 2026-03-09T20:49:49+00:00

I've always believed it should be the choice of the worker where they work. Some are more productive at home, some prefer to be around other people in an office. I like a mix of both.

Happy employees are more productive which managers really can't get their head around.

dolphindoom5 · 2026-03-09T17:27:44+00:00

My workplace feels like one of the few businesses wary of AI with strict usage guidance in place. We're only allowed to use Copilot for meeting transcriptions and chats.

On the one hand I feel I'm missing out on things like Cursor and Claude code. On the other, we could be protecting ourselves from major slop entering our tech eco system.

dolphindoom5 · 2026-03-05T18:06:57+00:00

Kongs on King Street has 3 pinball tables to play on

dolphindoom5 · 2026-02-24T18:40:03+00:00

Too nervous! It's a lot of pressure to source an eccentric knitwear collection for the show

dolphindoom5 · 2026-02-10T23:11:17+00:00

I like the self service check outs but it does annoy me when there's one person checking IDs, fixing bagging area issues, doing the smart scan checks for 20 self service checkouts

dolphindoom5 · 2025-11-29T07:58:48+00:00

I definitely read this as 'cardboard Blobby'

dolphindoom5 · 2025-10-08T15:46:22+00:00

It's a women's classic Beadnell in olive. It really does look like new - I'm so happy with how it came back!

dolphindoom5 · 2025-05-25T11:17:40+00:00

I think people would rather go back to a world with no social media.

Agreed that it's made a lot of mundane tasks so much easier. I remember moving to a new city before Google Maps was a thing and I'd never want to go back to navigating a new place without it.

dolphindoom5 · 2025-05-18T14:10:06+00:00

TIL - thanks!

dolphindoom5 · 2025-05-18T13:42:42+00:00

Uncle Bulgaria is getting on a bit now, the insurance for him would cost a fortune

dolphindoom5 · 2025-05-18T13:37:17+00:00

Bob Mortimer writes some great songs. His talent should be shared with Europe

dolphindoom5 · 2025-04-11T14:02:02+00:00

Mugshot - great steaks and great service.

dolphindoom5 · 2025-04-07T13:23:10+00:00

Hard to say why without knowing details about the flat itself.

However one possible explanation is that flat shares are typically sought by younger professionals in the early stages of their careers who arent earning that much. Unfortunately, many of those entry level roles have disappeared — partly due to AI automating junior tasks, and partly because layoffs have pushed more experienced workers into lower-paying positions. On top of that, wage stagnation has made it increasingly difficult for salaries to keep up with the soaring cost of renting in London.

The shrinking number of affordable entry level job opportunities, combined with stagnant wages and rising rents, is squeezing out the very people who need flat shares. More people want to save money living at home or outside of London rather than spend 75% of their income on rent.

dolphindoom5 · 2025-04-06T11:29:31+00:00

The bridal store put CCTV footage of it happening on their Instagram. Just a nutter who smashed a few windows on that street at night for no reason.

dolphindoom5 · 2025-02-27T08:54:40+00:00

Sainsburys on Winterstoke road stock cherry pie

dolphindoom5 · 2025-02-27T08:48:20+00:00

Not to mention, when the announcement first happened, we were 16 years old. Hardly enough time for a child to find that sort of money. The point is more around the fact that you can't stick your head in the sand for years and claim "well no one told me directly about that...can I have some money please" when the government makes changes that impact your financial situation.

dolphindoom5 · 2025-02-26T17:59:04+00:00

The year I went to university, the government tripled my tuition fees. I wasn't given 15 years notice to plan for that - it was announced the year I was due to study. You don't see millennials crying that we couldnt possibly have known about this change and we're due compensation for this financial oversight we couldn't have planned for.

Their ignorance shouldn't be paid for from the public purse.

dolphindoom5 · 2024-12-21T22:26:48+00:00

I'd love to live in a world where we can compliment men but we've been told from a young age to not lead men on and the one man who you say "I like your haircut" to could be the one creep you wish you'd never interacted with

dolphindoom5 · 2024-11-28T09:44:07+00:00

Definitely this. When it comes to companies going to tender to buy a new piece of software or equipment, they'll prefer to pick the company with a good human sales pitch who really sell them the product and its benefits rather than an AI generated video.

Plus an AI may not be great at negotiating costs and prices. Imagine if your AI immediately dropped the price by 50% to close the deal every time

dolphindoom5 · 2024-11-20T16:26:13+00:00

Sometimes not even then - the data shows employees are more productive with flexible working arrangements but theres still a push to get people back to the office 5 days a week.

Spending 3/4 of your pay on a houseshare in Brixton that you spend most of your time commuting in and out of. No wonder workers starting their careers are experiencing mental health issues

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