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Looking around, how do you think the credit crunch has affected people?

I was going through the drive thru at McDonalds today, and was served by a middle aged man and woman who spoke well, and just looked so out of place!, when the majority who work for McDonalds are young student types. They weren't McDonalds management either. They'd obviously been made redundant from their executive jobs and took anything rather than nothing.

Public Comments

1. It just goes to show that some people will do anything to not claim JSA allowance and others who are more than happy to do so. I am imagining that your examples are very proud people who want to contribute to society whilst there is many a youngster who is completely the opposite.
2. Well good for them then.
3. I always treat executives with the same amount of respect that they teat me.
4. Good for him taking something rather than nothing. Still kind of sad though. I think the credit crunch has affected most people I know, I can only think of one example of someone who is doing just fine.
5. I'm alright at this point in time, Jack. company has signed new order and have in demand skills anyhow. Do you know how many replies my company got for a job with my skills? Two! A large percentage of people are ok at the moment, it's just 'the fashion' to be affected even if nothing has happened to you. Some of the people moaning are idiots who overspent in the last few years and can't keep getting more credit.
6. I worked in telecoms and didn't think it would affect me but it has, i lost my job 2 weeks ago and haven't been near the dole office. I remember being in there before i got my last job and drunk old men having to be escorted violently out, i vowed i would never step foot in the place. The overall credit crunch for me is news of job losses in the news, food prices going up slightly and mass hysteria in the media but i think we are a long way off going back to the era of great depression despite what some people may think. Job prospects are ok if you are willing to take the first job you're eligible for. I hope those people you saw get a chance for a better job soon.
7. They were lucky even to get a McDonalds job in the current climate. McDonalds currently gets something like 10 or 15 thousand job applications per week - fortunately they are still opening new restaurants and creating new vacancies even during the recession. Coco - that's terrible, I don't know how the staff put up with that. The job prospects are pretty bad where I live, but the Job Centres are nowhere near that awful. Big River, be careful what you wish for. There was loads of work in MY job back in 2007. Fast forward to 2009, and the job - and work - no longer exists.
8. I lost my job, but got another quickley after, I never want to sign on, I would clean toilets, whatever to avoid the dole. My new boss knows that and is terrible, with holding my wages and cutting my hours, but a job is a job. He is taking full advantage of the credit crunch, so there are people who benefit from it.
9. The only noticeable difference I see is at the library.People now realize the value of libraries all of a sudden. You wouldn't know credit crunch by the long lines at the market, or in department stores, or at the post office. The pumps are busy as well at all the gas stations. It seems the media runs with that football no matter how the economy is doing.
10. The so called "Credit Crunch" is exactly that, a credit crunch. If you don't live on it, use it or want it, then it has no effect. I am far better off under the present climate. A sensible mortgage for a sensibly valued property which has just fallen nearly £100/month. No credit cards. No investments. No savings Use bank account to have wages paid into then remove them immediately. I smoke but can buy imported tobacco by the barrow load. Loads of work in my job I WANT THIS CREDIT CRUNCH TO CONTINUE! Am I being selfish by saying that? Probably, but no more selfish than the investors were when they were raking in all the profits which caused the present climate. There are those who work for a living and live sensibly within their means, and there are those who want to earn fortunes by sitting on their butts and watching their investments grow at the expense of everyone else.
11. Badly, but it comes to show that everyone should decide what they should do to 'fix' the economy's mess rather than blaming it on other people. Even though I'm 17, I do not know anything about politics, but are we all being too soft on our politicians today? - I am referring to King Henry VIII executing his chancellor Oliver Cromwell.
12. One thing I notice. My dog is greedy, eats any food we pass in the park or street. Consequently I look everywhere to check there is no rotten food (got tired of the results of dog eating rotten food). Until this year I have picked up 50 to 100 pence a week that people have dropped - give it to the PDSA. This year so far, 3 x1p and 1x2p picked up. That speaks volumes.