The Cost of Living 📈

SF are going to waltz into government

I’m skeptical.
It looks like a first bill, so possibly some sort of error.

There’s generally a big deposit with a new account

FFS wasn’t long ago that was a deposit for a house.

That’s typically 500 euros? Was recently enough

Everything on social media is fake, exaggerated or presented without context.

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I spoke to a coffee bean supplier last week that told me a couple of his customers are under severe pressure with their bills shooting from 1.5k to 5k a month since March/April. Pat Mc isn’t talking about businesses closing before Christmas for the sake of it.
A box of chip shop fish went up 100 euros a box last month. Pepperoni has doubled in price.

Last weekend in Dublin 2 x 14 inch pizzas, a meal size portion of chicken wings (served without chips or salad) a bowl of penne pasta with chicken and chirizo and a jug of L’eau du fauchet - 73 euros

She’ll be taking the Ukraine flag down by Halloween.

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It’s a long time since I worked for an electricity company but, on a first bill there would often be a security deposit added, particularly for a business.

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They frequently add some kind of deposit to someone’s first bill. That needs to be taken into account here.

For business it’s usually 3 months billing average or an estimate of that.

If she threw up the kWh used it’d be easier to see what’s going on. Either way it’s a crazy bill for a small business and isn’t sustainable if you add on rates/insurance/rent before they open the door.

SF IRA want to tax these self employed people more by increasing employer PRSI.

Around €18 per main course, not cheap for type of food you ordered but that would be standard for Dublin City centre for last few years.

I paid €22 for a similar pasta dish in a hotel in Gorey last week and it was inedible

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A big plate of chicken and diced potatoes there would set you up nicely for the day.

Geraldine is refusing to post details of usage. Price increases or not - she couldn’t be using that much electricity.

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Shocking.

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Poppy fields name might give her game away. She’d do well to shut up now

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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