u/TraditionalDemand469

Just started another corporate internship this week where I’m expected to be in the office all five days. Lunch was covered on the first day, and on the second day I thought I would buy something and then start packing my own lunches starting week two. When it came time to tap my card, $20??? All for tofu, rice, carrots, cucumbers, cheese cubes, and some sauce.

I had another corporate internship two years ago in downtown Toronto, and a similar meal plus a drink was $16. I feel bad for people who work in person and are basically forced to eat out. Luckily, I’m living at home, so my mom helps with meal prep, but still wow. In person days feel like they are designed to make regular workers spend more money on food so that places like Cadillac Fairview can charge insane rent to all the shops and companies in their buildings.

I opened my wealthsimple account in 2024 when I turned 18 and I am now 20 years old. My dad never questioned me using wealthsimple for my TFSA but I think after 2 years he saw wealthsimple as a good platform. Convinced him to move over his TFSA, LIRA and RRSP to wealthsimple and ditch scotia mutual funds (his advisor gonna be mad). It was also funny how he was able to get the WS VIP card right away (wealthsimple is really screwing over old clients for new ones but what business doesn't do that). The stories about wealthsimple being stingy with the limit is true since he only got approved for 8k limit despite applying and getting a amex gold last month for 20k. Just gotta wait for the transfer to come over and then dump into XEQT. Anyways this was a huge personal win for me since I have been wanting my dad to leave scotia investment wise.