Woman says she “can tell if you’re poor” due to this one kitchen item
A woman has taken to parenting forum Mumsnet to vent after her sister claimed she was poor because she owns this one humble kitchen item.
And do you want to know what the item is? A tin opener, apparently!
The mum, going by the user name DonutCone, posted to the forum saying: "Dsis (dear sister) says she can tell we are poor by... the fact we own a tin opener."
"She says she herself has not bought a tin without a ring pull in years and obviously does not own a tin opener. Apparently only poor people buy tins that would need a tin opener.”
She added, “Hmm. Shall I sell this idea to the Government as the new easy poverty calculator tool", with a winky face emoji.
One user replied, "I'd never noticed that but when DP pointed it out, it was like everything went in slow motion as I slowly realised the socio-economic divisiveness that is the humble tin opener."
Many others began ridiculing the claim.
NataliaOsipova wrote: "Tell her the artisan pates they sell in Fortnum and Mason food hall definitely do not come with a ring pull..."
"Just to flip this in another direction, at food bank we make sure that we make up some packs with all ring-pull cans because some people (i.e. rough sleepers) might not have a tin opener,” FreezerBird wrote, adding, "See what she makes of that."