Poor People Habits

A new survey asked people what "Poor Person Habits" you learned growing up that you'll never stop doing...We're going over the results!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, how the mighty have fallen? Oh, and by mighty,
I mean myself and Jeffrey in the morning. So I
think some would say that I was born with a
silver spoon in my mouth and a silver diaper on
my bottom that was placed on my rear by two
silver haired nannies. I was well off, and I didn't

(00:22):
think it was strange when we took a year off
of school to sail our catamaran to Mikonos.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, did you sail it or did you have your
crew it?

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Of course I did think it was odd that our
limousine driver, Beauregard, wasn't allowed to come with us. Oh,
had to rely on local transport. H But you know
that's the thing. We all face hardships in our lives.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
I don't know how you got through it job me either.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
And now my life isn't nearly as fancy. Meanwhile, Brooke
is on the opposite trajectory, born into squalor, stealing silver
spoons from others, and through a little bit of greed
and grit, she's found herself at the top of the
food chain, owning many properties and the people who co
inhabit them. Wow, but I wonder if Brooke remembers what

(01:13):
it was like to live back in her struggle bus days. Yes,
we're about to find out, because a new survey asked
five thousand Americans what are the quote poor people habits
they learned growing up that they'll never stop doing no
matter how rich they get.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
You do sound elitist when you say poor people. For
some reason, it's.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
The word from the survey, but it's.

Speaker 4 (01:39):
Poor.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Apologize, but that was my upbringing.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
So sorry.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
And number ten poor person habitsky.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
You just can't like. It makes you unlikable, and I
like you.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
A lot is using every single last drop of all
your products.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
Oh absolutely.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Open to get the rest of it.

Speaker 4 (02:00):
You add water to make sure that you shake it
real hard to get all the other stuff out.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
Wow, you got so excited about that. That was just
number ten on the list.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
You don't do that now?

Speaker 1 (02:09):
What?

Speaker 4 (02:11):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Right?

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Products are as expensive as women's Maybe that's it, you know.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Said a lot my number nine always checking the clearance
bins and clearance section at clothing stores. Actually, you know what,
I can't relate to this one. When we visit the
Lamborghini dealership, we would at least look at the previous
year's model of Hurricanstirato.

Speaker 4 (02:33):
Yeah, do they keep it in the back room just
like all the other clearance right, Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Of course we wouldn't buy it, but we would at
least pretend to look. Yeah. Number eight keeping leftover screws,
nuts and bolts from furniture kits, and old broken appliances
that all get stored in the garage just in case
they need to be used fifteen years later.

Speaker 4 (02:54):
Okay, I have more shocked that people don't do these
things like you just throw out the extra stuff.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
Do you have any Alan wrenches I have from Ikia?
So many?

Speaker 1 (03:03):
How many times have you reused any of those Alan wrenches?

Speaker 4 (03:07):
Well, I could someday you're you're a hoarder now broke?

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (03:12):
Yes, you don't know when you need it.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
These are all from a survey of poor people habits.
Number seven hand washing ziplock bags so they can be
cleaned and reused again.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Remember it all.

Speaker 4 (03:30):
Then sometimes if there's a really sticky food or something
in there, it will get downgraded to be used for
the screws.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Wasn't a Yeah, wasn't your entire family horribly sick recently?
And do you ever wonder am I doing anything that
could be causing this, maybe reusing the same ziplock bag
from twelve years ago.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
It's fine if you turn it inside out and let
it dry first.

Speaker 3 (03:57):
Okay, you just can't let moisture in it for that god. Okay.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
Number six. Collecting all the complimentary soaps and products at hotels.
Now here's the thing. They don't really have those as
much anymore because they bolt everything up against the wall,
so you can't steal them. But I'm sure Brook you
have a ten year supply built up.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
From Okay, now.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
You go.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
Obviously I put the lotion in my bag and then
I read the sign of the way out. It's like,
we'll charge you fifty dollars if you take the load. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Hotel number five, absolutely one hundred percent. Do not leave
the room with the lights on. Make sure you turn
them out.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
That's seriously.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
But in our defense, if you leave the lights on
on your beach house, then vagrants might think no one's
home and they'll try and break in. So you know,
that's just a different way that we did it. You
may like reroute a ship, that's true, confuse it of
a lighthouse. Yeah, So if you're just joining us, these
are the quote poor people habits that Americans say they'll

(05:01):
never stop doing, no matter how wealthy they get, according
to a new survey. Number four reusing wrapping paper from
gifts you've received to wrap presents for other people selectively.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
I've done.

Speaker 2 (05:12):
Some of it is so cute, like the really nice Yeah,
you don't want to tear it.

Speaker 4 (05:16):
And if you don't have it, hot tip other things
you can use the comics from a newspaper. Great use
for tinfoil, makes it look shiny.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, you can find all these on Brooks Low Income
Ted talks this year. Number three, to maximize the value
of your snack, always lick the yogurt lid.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
That's like, yeah, that's just joy.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
It's literally somehow the yogurt on the lid tastes better
than the yogurt in the containers.

Speaker 1 (05:47):
Okay, well, my parfes came in glass cups and they
didn't have had to put the oats in and the
berries they have oats berries.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
You had to actually, right, yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
Maybe bore good to the top. Number two is drinking
tap water.

Speaker 3 (06:05):
But what else would you drink bottled water?

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Or or get an infused IV drip and a handwist
matcha from Peru like.

Speaker 3 (06:14):
A normal person, tap water is just fine.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
Some of us aspire for more than just fine, Thank
you very much, though, are awful and the number one
poor people have it that Americans say they'll never stop doing,
no matter how rich they get. What is cleaning your
own house by yourself? Brook, You want to admit anything
to our listeners.

Speaker 3 (06:37):
About that, I'm gonna tell you right now.

Speaker 4 (06:39):
That is the one goal I have in working is
just to have enough money to hire someone.

Speaker 3 (06:47):
Yeah, I hire someone. That's what I'm saying. That's what
I'm saying. I hire someone every two weeks.

Speaker 4 (06:53):
It is a glorious, decadent thing to have someone clean.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
And when Brook doesn't hire the maid, she forces her
husband Michael to clean and his sexy maids after that
she bought for him for Halloween.

Speaker 3 (07:05):
His buns are so cute.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Ah.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
Those are the poor people habits that Americans say they
will never give up. We got a phone tap coming
up right after this.