Well that is what it felt like he was saying.
In my house we do have one GIANT TV that also happens to be 3D compatible.
Did we buy this TV instead of buying fresh fruit and veg?
Of course bloody not! We still eat cheap options, our weekly food shop is usually at Farm Foods where we buy chicken breasts, gammon steaks and pork chops on the cheap in bulk along with frozen veg. We then go on to ASDA to buy cheap savory rice and noodles as well as the biggest bag of potatoes we can find so that we can make chips from them.
During the month yeah we'll treat ourselves to a pizza or a Chinese and me and David who are on real low incomes end up with a pile of ready meals for most of our lunches but we eat as healthy as possible within our income limits.
Now yeah I'd love to be able to cook lovely fresh food every day, I love cooking. Then again you know how depressing it is when ALL your money ends up on food? I only earn £380 a month and have to pay out for bills first and bus fare for work which leaves me with less then £250, that is for four weeks (sometimes five) of food and drink as well as having a life, because you know what? Being poor doesn't mean you can't live as well.
So I'll buy myself a TV instead of another pack of oranges or some fruit I've never heard the name of? Who cares if I eat a ready meal happily instead of spending up to an hour and sometimes longer than that preparing food AFTER a 7.5 hour day in a busy shop?
It is funny that a man who has ready meals out there that he gets money off of for having his face plastered on them, that got famous by his TV show and makes his money with his expensive cookery equipment and cookery books that cost nearly £20 each can really deny someone who has to choose between things he'll take for granted and a bloody TV!
Do you go on holiday Jamie? Buy DVDs? Go to the cinema? Take your kids out to soft play areas or places like Woodlands? Do you buy new clothes when you just feel like it or when its really needed?
Can you see how saving up for a giant TV might appeal to someone who has no chance of a holiday, maybe will be able to go out once a month if that or lives too far away from anywhere like a zoo or leisure park therefore never gets a chance to go?
In the past on my £380 a month I've saved up to go to London for a weekend to see TNA, my PS3, a new camera and just after being paid have been to days out with my mum and my sister. What I'll eat for the month is way down my list of "important" things at times because yes I can just pop into a local supermarket and buy something cheap and easy to make at the end of the month if I run out.
Maybe you take things like a weekend away or a treat for yourself for granted because you can afford them?
Just maybe you don't know how happy it makes you feel plugging in that TV after you've saved months for it, maybe a whole year or more for it and see it light up compared to getting yourself tired in a kitchen spending all your money on something that will be consumed in seconds?
When you work really hard for a living (and no doubt you do) and earn very little you are allowed to let the small things in life that those who work hard for a living but earn a lot take for granted.
A giant TV might not be important in your mind but then again you probably own one anyway don't you?
The problem with your TV shows is that you'll end up going to "extreme" cases or else to people putting it on a bit to be interesting to get on TV. Yeah some are genuine and you might not understand their circumstances because your own bank balance gets in your way. Don't tar everyone with the same brush.
I work hard for my money and once a month I can afford to treat my mum and buy really nice food and cook it up for her. I buy fruit quite often as a treat, our local greengrocers tend to be more expensive then ASDA or Tesco's anyway so I don't know where you're getting your information from. What I spend my money on is no business of yours. And I don't like you once again preaching to us about how our lifestyles are below what St Jamie things it should be.
Yes I am young enough to have felt the beginning of the healthy school dinners stuff. What did that do for our school? Not much to be fair....
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