Jack Monroe #65 Green gages and ham

[Uberrima fides]

One minute she’s complaining about people splitting the bill equally and being ripped off and the next she’s moaning about people who want to pay for what they are.

It’s simple enough. You ask for the bill and people add up their share of what they ate. Leave it on the table or hand it to the waiter or waitress. I’ve always been used to doing that as the people I socialise with don’t have loads of money. I’ve hardly ever been in the situation where anyone wanted to divide a bill equally.

I was also going to say that. People who are well below the poverty line will generally have other things to spend their cash on than going to restaurants (Im not trying to suggest that people who are broke should never eat out).

She went out for two meals last week didn’t she? She’s horribly out of touch with people on the breadline. I had a look at that bag she was gifted.

It was almost 80 pounds. Im not suggesting that she has to wear everything from the pound shop but you basically have an influencer writing about poverty. A poverty experience from a decade ago.

You could say the same for a few people who have a lot of cash now but there are people who have tried to help people living below the line without acting like they are the only person who ever lived on benefits/was poor

I was on benefits for a lot longer than Jack. It’s hard. She does not have a clue what it’s like to be on universal credit. The pressure to evidence a 35 hour a week job search.

The constant pressure worrying about sanctions. I saw some recent posts of hers where people were suggesting that she claim UC just now due to her burnout and they were met with no. She could not go back to life on benefits. But it’s ok for people that she’s going to be interviewing for her new book?

Forgive me if this sounds harsh but if she thinks she’s too good to be on benefits then why is she writing a book about other people’s poverty experiences?

The truth is, she earns too much cash to be on UC but always has to give the impression that she’s broke. Something that really annoys me.

I know of someone (not famous) who crowdfunded around 4 grand for alternative pain treatments and was last seen asking people to pay vet bills.

For some people twitter has just turned into one huge grift. If jack fell on hard times the sensible thing would be to claim benefits. If it’s good enough for everyone else it should be good enough for her.

I sincerely hope she’s not going to be profiting out of other people’s poverty.

Yours is a fantastic post on all points. Unlike you, I’ve always been in a situation where the bill is divided equally irrespective of what each diner ate or drank. (Eating out in restaurants with the legal profession is the worst for being ripped off. Their arrogant behaviour is breathtaking.) As for her not going on to Universal Credit now, she'd rather beg for tips and Patreon and live that way. She'd rather publish books on poverty issues which are no longer representative of her own situation. Going on UC would mean that the celebrity 'friends' would vanish into thin air. Additionally, she would have to keep a work search diary and the worst thing which could happen to JM is that she would have to accept a 'normal' i.e. non media job which involves her getting off her lazy backside every day.

I think you nailed it by referring to her possibly thinking she is too good for benefits. Lots of people from middle class families like JM end up on benefits at some time or another in their lives through the circumstances which life throws at us all, they just don't try to make themselves a celebrity on the back of it.

 

[help i need some help!]

If, the place is so terribly daughty and cold Jak, ask your landlord to help to fix it, and call your mum, she is still in hospital after all.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

Also her comments about not insuring her belongings. Absolute nonsense. I’ve just moved house and I bought insurance online. You don’t need to speak to anyone to buy insurance for your home.

She may have given herself away with those comments, sorry I’ve missed them as skim reading the thread, but we had to speak to the underwriting dept to get our contents insurance as we had a few weird items, vintage jewellery & any individual item costing over £4k needs listing on ur policy and has an additional excess. I imagine the Emin would be worth a fair bit and the rings aren’t exactly modest either

 

[Begborrowsteal]

I think you nailed it by referring to her possibly thinking she is too good for benefits. Lots of people from middle class families like JM end up on benefits at some time or another in their lives through the circumstances which life throws at us all, they just don't try to make themselves a celebrity on the back of it.

This. Definitely.

She made a living off the back of a short stint on benefits, still squeezing every last penny she can from it whilst helping to add to the shame of poverty/claiming (claimants shouldnt feel ashamed). To say she simply cannot go back on benefits, as though its a choice, is a joke.

 

[FrumpyCat]

As polite as ever.

Which two years was that? I ask because it moves around.

Current temperature in Southend 13 degrees c. Here ( triangulate that) it is 15c. No heating needed.

 

[ChickenPorridge]

Sounds like she's fishing for someone to tell her she's too thin and needs to put a bit of weight on for the heat

 

[Captainmouse]

It's very cold here in Edinburgh today. Had to have the heating on last night. We don't get the nice summer weather the south of England occasionally gets. When I visit London, I can't believe how much warmer it is down there.


Why doesn't she connect both of her brain cells and buy some draught excluders. They come in all price ranges. What on earth is her problem with that bungalow? So many people would love the chance to live in a property like that.

She’s not happy unless she's moaning. I live in the south have been out in short sleeves today, and left the bedroom window open last night. Yes it is cooler than of late but it has been over 80, it’s not cold

duck. Off. View attachment 226688frugal people don’t buy £85 leggings when they’re £3 in Primark. You horrible, horrible hypocrite.

Or £399 on a hammock

 

[MooBelle]

Aye, Innit, Strewth. View attachment 226651

So phone the landlord and get it fixed you cretin

 

[Scarletfever]

Sounds like she's fishing for someone to tell her she's too thin and needs to put a bit of weight on for the heat

Or maybe fishing for someone to suggest a new ailment for her to suffer from.

 

[Blurp]

Not the full poem, though, just the first few lines. It does go on and on and on and on with more of the same.

 

[Captainmouse]

She may have given herself away with those comments, sorry I’ve missed them as skim reading the thread, but we had to speak to the underwriting dept to get our contents insurance as we had a few weird items, vintage jewellery & any individual item costing over £4k needs listing on ur policy and has an additional excess. I imagine the Emin would be worth a fair bit and the rings aren’t exactly modest either

Don’t forget the Westwood

 

[MooBelle]

I don't know. I tried various searches, but couldn't come up with anything. i do recall both JM and Hopkins were represented on a 'no win, no fee' basis. I can't stand Hopkins, but I wish she had settled out of court at the £5,000 because she just provided JM a lot of unearned cash and nationwide publicity which she doesn't deserve.

i do get a bit of joy from the fact that she is such a brat she immediately spunked it up a wall and now has none of it left. Normal humans would have put it towards a depisit on a house etc. But no.

I thought there was a Twitter receipt on here in the last few pages where someone called her out for her Smeg and everything ? Did the Tattle post get removed?

Thread #31?

Yours is a fantastic post on all points. Unlike you, I’ve always been in a situation where the bill is divided equally irrespective of what each diner ate or drank. (Eating out in restaurants with the legal profession is the worst for being ripped off. Their arrogant behaviour is breathtaking.) As for her not going on to Universal Credit now, she'd rather beg for tips and Patreon and live that way. She'd rather publish books on poverty issues which are no longer representative of her own situation. Going on UC would mean that the celebrity 'friends' would vanish into thin air. Additionally, she would have to keep a work search diary and the worst thing which could happen to JM is that she would have to accept a 'normal' i.e. non media job which involves her getting off her lazy backside every day.

I think you nailed it by referring to her possibly thinking she is too good for benefits. Lots of people from middle class families like JM end up on benefits at some time or another in their lives through the circumstances which life throws at us all, they just don't try to make themselves a celebrity on the back of it.

Personally I think that not claiming UC has nothing to do with her 'principles'
She earns too much money and I'm pretty sure she's got savings. She knows if she applied she'd be turned down and that would reveal her lie about being poor. Much easier to not apply and make up bullshit that it is because of bad memories of the 6 months she was on JSA or whatever it was.

 

[IndigoStar]

Or maybe fishing for someone to suggest a new ailment for her to suffer from.

Cuntyitis

 

[Scotty1976]

i do get a bit of joy from the fact that she is such a brat she immediately spunked it up a wall and now has none of it left. Normal humans would have put it towards a depisit on a house etc. But no.


Thread #31?


Personally I think that not claiming UC has nothing to do with her 'principles'
She earns too much money and I'm pretty sure she's got savings. She knows if she applied she'd be turned down and that would reveal her lie about being poor. Much easier to not apply and make up bullshit that it is because of bad memories of the 6 months she was on JSA or whatever it was.

If she quoted her principles a lot of people on Universal Credit would feel bloody insulted .Sometimes you have no choice to apply for benefits and don't have family to help . Principles don't put food on the table or let you put the gas on

 

[Lanie]

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It’s like a Michael McIntyre show. Yes these are all relatable things.

We have a rule when we go out, drinks are bought at the bar and we each pay for whatever food we eat, drinks are what ramp the prices up.

 

[People-huv-tae-know]

Didn't jack allegedly go for 2 meals in one evening last week to make the most of the eat of to help out scheme?

Our house is cold, there's nothing in front of us, and we face the prevailing wind. I have a special door curtain (it's thermal and doesn't let the wind through), in winter or if its cold /windy we draw that and it makes a huge difference to the temperature in the house. If I'm by myself in the house I wear cardies and sheepskin slippers, and if needs be wrap myself in a slanket before I put the heating on

I have the same, a floor length curtain in front of the front door. It makes such a difference! Because we are in Scotland and quite high up near hills, we get bad winters, lots of snow, powercuts etc. Its just common sense to insulate your home and dress for the weather. Jack is acting like a maverick again putting the heating on in August and wearing extra layers. I hope her thermal undies are sideboard friendly.

 

[Marmalade Atkins]

New Insta post.

#foodstylist

 

[Emmapism]

I actually thought that looked quite nice before I read 'a twang of lemon'

 

[Boyo]

I thought you weren’t meant to let pasta boil dry?

 

[Marmalade Atkins]