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The Telegraph has deleted this sob story (cdn.bsky.app)
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[-] MacFearrs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 2 months ago

“The gardener used to come twice a month, but then he increased his costs from £230 a year to £245 a year. We only have him come once every other month now.”

I find it hard to believe a household with a combined salary (No bonus included) of £345k can't scrape together an extra 15 quid.

Get the feeling this was deleted because they realised it was utter bollocks, though that's not much better as they allowed it through.

[-] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago

I know it's not the point but a gardener isn't doing shit for £230 a year. That must be a typo, that has to be monthly and if they have a big garden that could be weekly!

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

I'd happily pay £240 a year for my garden, I have probably spent more than that on plants since I bought the house 2 years ago.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 2 months ago

That's really not good wages for twice a month, is it?

[-] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

depends, how much weed does he get for it?

[-] And009@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 months ago

Lifestyle sacrifices are news for the rich. Luckily there aren't enough to support this kind of journalism.

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

They’d have to delete the whole paper then.

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