How much I spend a day living in Jamaica

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @DemetressFairman
    @DemetressFairman  Год назад +111

    Ok, so for everyone questioning the box food price, it is $480 because it’s subsidized. Also this was a beef patty and not a cheese patty ( my mistake )

    • @jaeday.
      @jaeday. Год назад +6

      I'm glad we don't pay for our lunch at work

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +6

      @@jaeday. now that’s what I wish for

    • @Xlcrstar
      @Xlcrstar Год назад

      oooooohh

    • @cjwallen4931
      @cjwallen4931 Год назад

      Caz mi a seh 250 fi beef nosah but love e content bro keep it up👍🏽

    • @Jamesbd780
      @Jamesbd780 Год назад +1

      Basically its more if you eating subsidize food

  • @msAayoo
    @msAayoo Год назад +432

    480 pon tht lunch? a mobay a 1000 dolla dat.

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +60

      Work place benefit

    • @Ramgoempire
      @Ramgoempire Год назад +19

      Same thing me did ago comment ocho rios that 8 bills

    • @marlygee
      @marlygee Год назад +2

      London prices that would be about 1800 dollars that’s around the £9.50 mark 😅
      Btw that isn’t a meal I could afford to buy daily.

    • @webby_webby
      @webby_webby Год назад

      Wow was just going to comment that!!!

    • @explicitDTP
      @explicitDTP Год назад +1

      This is work subsidised lunch, them do it at govt work places etc. Even bureau of standards, where I used to work, get a fat lunch for 300 (2005)

  • @SumTheCat
    @SumTheCat Год назад +106

    if anyone is wondering 1310 jamaican dollars is 8.47 usd

    • @ItsMeMsAlpha
      @ItsMeMsAlpha Год назад +17

      Im moving😂

    • @Mutsa
      @Mutsa 10 месяцев назад +4

      Thank you!

    • @sandraruncie4351
      @sandraruncie4351 9 месяцев назад +13

      $8.39 could NOT get you a patty, that delicious meal and transportation in New York.... more like $22.00

    • @charlesmarbito3030
      @charlesmarbito3030 8 месяцев назад +1

      $8.37 as of today 😂😂

    • @Flee-jb4ux
      @Flee-jb4ux 7 месяцев назад

      We not wondering we just not gonna pay him no attention this isn’t math class he should have done the math

  • @heisenberg8083
    @heisenberg8083 Год назад +180

    Cheese patty now cost 350.
    That box lunch cost at least 1000 now.

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +11

      Was a beef patty made a mistake but the food is $480

    • @yaniquemckenzie4156
      @yaniquemckenzie4156 Год назад +5

      It is a staff benefit. My work place, canteen lunch is $500, $600 for the large one.

    • @youngjamaicansforchange8793
      @youngjamaicansforchange8793 Год назад +8

      We all don't benefit from this so please clarify in your videos that you get discount for lunch

    • @youngjamaicansforchange8793
      @youngjamaicansforchange8793 Год назад +5

      I know your just doing this to show ur thing but it can come off as disingenuous. Don't lock off mi light please😅😅😅😅 just constructive criticism 😁

    • @explicitDTP
      @explicitDTP Год назад

      Is work canteen lunch, subsidise, govt job get that benefit. And a chk patty with cheese from sugar and spice is 350, just buy 1 today.

  • @keepitreal888-gnc
    @keepitreal888-gnc Год назад +24

    You are the lucky ones. We who left Jamaica to seek a better life overseas missed out on daily enjoying the beautiful of our country. It's a pity such beautiful country is plagued with violence and killings.

    • @Thats_MarieHoney
      @Thats_MarieHoney 10 месяцев назад

      Every city is not just Jamaica. The US is full of killing mAss killing more than ever before

    • @ManeScreen.
      @ManeScreen. 9 месяцев назад +7

      There's crime, but jamaica is a nice place to live in, especially montegobay, ocho rios and negrill I would highly intend anyone to live at these places

    • @natashasterling1292
      @natashasterling1292 2 месяца назад

      Having experienced leaving as well I truly believe if most of us are honest leaving Jamaica was more about the " wanting better" narrative rather than leaving due to crime and violence.
      Personally I left because I was able to and thought at my young age that I was big woman and just wanted my independence from parents
      Had no concept of what life really requires, I went to school got a degree as told by parents and just ventured off thinking I will work and pay bills...sigh it's only after 4 years in and going back home that I realized that somethings were missing
      Peace of mind, knowing your neighbours,fresh air, views of mountains (taken for granted) no fear or pressure of race looming , GOOD FOOD meaning truly organic food which should be more heavily weighted because our health is truly our wealth cliche but true.
      Mi wah mi yaad😢

  • @nation-ug8ez
    @nation-ug8ez Год назад +37

    Trust mi yuh going on good and you have a good job too

  • @LadyAvz
    @LadyAvz Год назад +51

    When was this? 1 large box food in Kingston or Portmore well ova $480; more like 8 or 9 bills. Demitri, which parish yuh werk?!?! I might haffi get a job dere!😏

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +9

      😂 those are the prices but this is a subsidy

    • @DjDads
      @DjDads Год назад +2

      Oooh lol I get it now

    • @sportreelz7025
      @sportreelz7025 Год назад +3

      Food in rural areas are cheaper

    • @liizzset
      @liizzset Год назад +2

      I knew a restaurant which sold some of its meals for $200 lunch once. It was part of a bar so maybe that was the reason they could sell at those prices. Then Convid happened and now it $600 or more.

    • @mr.wrightweldingshop8092
      @mr.wrightweldingshop8092 Год назад +1

      Whe him come from wid e box food price

  • @Patriot2499
    @Patriot2499 Год назад +39

    So it cost you $9 per day. It used to cost me $150 per day in NYC running a construction business

    • @daniawania
      @daniawania Год назад +1

      Consider income with expenses.

  • @Patriot2499
    @Patriot2499 Год назад +16

    Here I used to spend $100 dollars just to go to work in NYC. $60 gas $28 tolls $25 parking. And that's just leaving the house. Lunch $20. After work drink and snack $15 total of $150 to leave ve in NYC

    • @michaelwalker6256
      @michaelwalker6256 Год назад +1

      That is over $15,000 in Jamaica, add mark up and taxes.

    • @onioncontrol
      @onioncontrol Год назад +3

      I thought I lived in an expensive state my God that's absurd. I hope you get paid a massive sum of money with that robbery.

    • @cash6627
      @cash6627 Год назад

      ​@@onioncontrolthat is less than $20 US dollars and I spend more than that each day on transportation only. A

  • @greenpak7285
    @greenpak7285 Год назад +19

    Bestest place on planet EARTH.

  • @GarthGrant
    @GarthGrant Год назад +21

    Where u get cheese patty for 250 ? ..and the box food ..them just a cook food for unu at work ?

    • @TrudyAnnSlater
      @TrudyAnnSlater Год назад +5

      A that me a wonder to. D box food deh cheap man; we need somewhere in Portmore like this

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +9

      Perks of the job

    • @christopherstorer4412
      @christopherstorer4412 Год назад +3

      A patty is $300 now

    • @tialands4283
      @tialands4283 Год назад +2

      @@TrudyAnnSlater I pay 250 for lunch at work. Perks of the job. It helps.

  • @Augustyabo
    @Augustyabo Год назад +23

    Bro eating big lunch good living

  • @abdulkamanzi5985
    @abdulkamanzi5985 Год назад +24

    I love jamaica!!!❤

  • @franklix
    @franklix Год назад +1

    Amazing, very informative, I’ve always wanted to know

  • @daedriw
    @daedriw Год назад +1

    Drooling for the box lunch cheese 🧀 patty yummy 😋 yup I'm a foodie😊

  • @Pcola1027
    @Pcola1027 Год назад +2

    Ohhhh so you the one I need to to come loo look for when the power goes out😂😅

  • @omegawolvefitness
    @omegawolvefitness Год назад +3

    600 for my fair gym and work
    1000 or 1500 for lunch and post workout meal
    800 for gym fee
    650 for protein shakes
    250 for water
    1000 meal after work
    Total = 5,300 or 6,300 a day for me living in negril Jamaica and I get paid monthly

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад

      You are spending a lot man, but you are going gym so you need the fuel. Maybe you could cook some meals from home.

  • @adriancarr1459
    @adriancarr1459 Год назад +1

    Nuff respect bro... guidance 🎉

  • @Benuse08
    @Benuse08 Год назад +5

    bros living the best life

  • @lj1708
    @lj1708 Год назад +1

    Which power plant is that in Clarendon? I don't know of it, other than the one at Jamalco

  • @teeberrybrown4925
    @teeberrybrown4925 Год назад +4

    You doing good. Only need your lunch cooked for you to save more and eat a home made lunch be safe on your job.

  • @general8109
    @general8109 Год назад +3

    The canteen subsidize the 480 box food

  • @javijohnson2732
    @javijohnson2732 Год назад +10

    Dat box food is $1200 in mobay bro 😂

  • @JuMiMi86
    @JuMiMi86 4 месяца назад +1

    Great content 🇯🇲

  • @biggzshaw700
    @biggzshaw700 Год назад +2

    😂😂😂, i laughed after watching this video...
    Imagine you have a car 🚗 but didn't need to pay for gas...
    I live in st mary and i travel to Kingston for work and taxi fair alone a 1200jdm (to and fro)
    I eat once per day and lunch cost 800jmd (poor people dont get subsidiaries)
    I see u having a nice fruits and nuts snacks and you said you paid 200jdm for that (or is it jus the nuts), because one American apple 🍎 is 100 jmd
    ¼ lb of grapes 🍇 is 300jmd inclusive of the holiday nuts 600jmd in total ..
    Before i leave out in the mornings i would drink some mint or lemon grass tea ☕.
    When i get back in at night the same treatment...
    Not to mention the patty costing 250jmd... Big fellow not even juicy beef or mother's patty nuh sell fi dem prices deh anymore...😂😂😂😂
    A man working for minimum wage and has to take care of a family and child.... Can barely survive... But i am glad u can save so much my brother because many of us out here having empty bank accounts for years😢

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +1

      Didn’t need to buy gas that morning but I should have included price. Poor people do benefit from subsidies if their workplace or close to one offers it. Fruits I didn’t buy because someone gave me. I know it’s hard out there for people trust me, but this video was just for entertainment and wasn’t detailed. But I will make more videos to educate people on saving tips and ways to increase income 🙏🏾.

  • @natalee3230
    @natalee3230 Год назад +4

    Jamaica box food is 🔥

  • @taddafrass8335
    @taddafrass8335 Год назад +3

    480 pon box food. And 600 on toll next time your usual route gena.

  • @eileenwatt8283
    @eileenwatt8283 Год назад

    Is less than in the USA. Toll is $6.00 lunch is $20 to $25.00. Gas is 3:50 per gallon.
    It's about $35.00 USA excluding Starbucks.

  • @noneyuh7069
    @noneyuh7069 Год назад +1

    Lol oh suh of light gone a you we fi cuss 😂🤣😂

  • @kimmiecarevlogz6414
    @kimmiecarevlogz6414 Год назад +3

    How long ago was this video made caz dat box lunch cheap 😳

  • @DemetressFairman
    @DemetressFairman  Год назад +2

    Also this is what I spend in day on that day, not what everybody spends.

  • @c0005
    @c0005 Год назад +6

    You didn't take your usual route in the morning.

  • @simplexvevo7062
    @simplexvevo7062 Год назад +4

    A large box food 😮 fi 480 were is dat not in ja😂

  • @tialands4283
    @tialands4283 Год назад +2

    Notice that the coffee free too. Perks of the job. Some companies fo try to treat us good.

    • @stevarpalmer3890
      @stevarpalmer3890 Год назад +1

      Unlimited free coffee where I work. Too bad I don't drink that stuff. Free lunch is the best perk I get

  • @keysautorepair6038
    @keysautorepair6038 Год назад +45

    Eating better than anyone working in America can barely afford a hamburger meal.

    • @iNeedSomeThroat
      @iNeedSomeThroat Год назад

      $30@dumplingShop

    • @BMUSIK101
      @BMUSIK101 Год назад +4

      Lies

    • @trucksimulator6666
      @trucksimulator6666 Год назад +3

      Lie....

    • @keepitreal888-gnc
      @keepitreal888-gnc Год назад +1

      keysautorerepair6038, you are so right. That's a good meal... They don't know how bless they are to be living in Jamaica.

    • @shannelhunter7697
      @shannelhunter7697 Год назад

      Hi would love if you can reach out to me as my family and I are looking to relocate to Jamaica from Canada, looking forward to hearing from you

  • @jasoncrossley7996
    @jasoncrossley7996 Год назад +1

    When the dwag seh 480 fi double box😮

  • @BlackfireProductionsmusic
    @BlackfireProductionsmusic Год назад +2

    A who subsidize dah box food deh? Cause not even the small box nuh cost dat again 😂

  • @dawngollop6295
    @dawngollop6295 Год назад

    Informative 🎉😊

  • @jeffreyanderson6695
    @jeffreyanderson6695 Год назад

    Big up you self nice video

  • @shxrtkut615
    @shxrtkut615 Год назад +37

    480 fi dat bredda ? man lucky

    • @sportreelz7025
      @sportreelz7025 Год назад +4

      It sounds like St. thomas prices

    • @shxrtkut615
      @shxrtkut615 Год назад +1

      @@sportreelz7025 suh chicken cost less up dh suh ?

    • @sportreelz7025
      @sportreelz7025 Год назад +2

      @akeel akeel Not necessarily, it depends. St. thomas grows most of their food. However, prices of chicken there are about the same or $20 per lb less compared to portmore wholesale prices of chicken. I guess the cost of living for stuff like food and rent is cheaper in St. thomas, but stuff like clothes is expensive.

    • @shxrtkut615
      @shxrtkut615 Год назад +1

      @@sportreelz7025 wish the same could be implemented across Jamaica...or at least st. ann

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +2

      Work place subsidies

  • @Antares_451
    @Antares_451 Год назад

    Bro. That box food looks hella goood.. Can you tell us more about that new development??

  • @JanelMc4
    @JanelMc4 5 месяцев назад

    Wagwaan. Great video

  • @ndubzfullthrottle9524
    @ndubzfullthrottle9524 Год назад

    You work for the power company? Well my homies in Hanover needs some they power grid is fucked up lol

  • @NarrowPath_7
    @NarrowPath_7 Год назад

    Where are you getting that big box lunch for no 480? Is your workplace subsistence lunch that? Cause not even the scheme cook shop them

  • @JanetCousins-to3hz
    @JanetCousins-to3hz 7 месяцев назад

    That box food seems quite reasonable in comparison to many other places.

  • @shannelhunter7697
    @shannelhunter7697 Год назад

    Hi would love if we can talk as my family and I are looking to relocate to Jamaica from Canada looking forward to hearing from you

  • @shaneiiiking628
    @shaneiiiking628 Год назад

    480 fi dat box food which parish you in cause in st. james its a different story in St. james for that size box food its for 900$ to a 1000$ Jamaican dollars

  • @Stonygut1865
    @Stonygut1865 8 месяцев назад +1

    What is your salary versus that $1,310.00? I know you don't get paid in USD but, $1,310.00 JAD is just over $9.00 US. That is barely enough to buy bus/train ticket in the US. The lunch you are having would cost $13.00 - $19.00 USD which is roughly between $1,885.00 and $2,755. 00 Jamaica n dollars. Just offering some perspective here. 😊

  • @shericawilkinson833
    @shericawilkinson833 Год назад +1

    480 no man where you get that food to buy because i am from mandeville and box lunch that size is for 800 or 100

  • @GTA_Clipzz
    @GTA_Clipzz Год назад +1

    Nice vid bro 👌🏿 do more like dis

  • @john-danielmartin8753
    @john-danielmartin8753 Год назад

    Any openings over that power plant

  • @odaneswaby8714
    @odaneswaby8714 Год назад +1

    Must be a sign …just did an interview the other day for a similar position 😅

  • @silvercat6425
    @silvercat6425 Год назад +1

    wah you mess up is not bringing your own lunch to work, and a cooler with drinks

  • @xlaw6272
    @xlaw6272 Год назад +2

    Di box food Ah gwaaaaaan innuh

  • @BassyEmpress
    @BassyEmpress Год назад

    Nice... if only JPS guys could keep down the almost daily music, while I work from home

  • @quiquithomas6592
    @quiquithomas6592 2 месяца назад

    That lunch looks delicious

  • @gillianwhitelocke9614
    @gillianwhitelocke9614 Год назад

    Thanks for this content ❤

  • @gairybrown6782
    @gairybrown6782 Год назад +5

    That deh 480 lunch must be from 2017

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +2

      No man 2023

    • @zviruskru
      @zviruskru Год назад

      @@DemetressFairman Its a good sized lunch for that price. Thats over $800 at a restaurant

  • @stevebrown5278
    @stevebrown5278 Год назад +2

    Up top bredda

  • @richieking4755
    @richieking4755 Год назад

    Jah mobay wah gwaan

  • @KasandraWilliams
    @KasandraWilliams 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tell dem seh you and JPS different 😂😂😂

  • @crainiumsteel
    @crainiumsteel Год назад

    Yah real one fi dis bredda

  • @whytevideoproduction
    @whytevideoproduction Год назад

    Box food cheap.sometimes 8 or 9 bills

  • @kurtanderson4724
    @kurtanderson4724 2 месяца назад

    Bredda a which year them prices a come from and how you a get patty for less than $300 no man needa move there

  • @10RBREEZY
    @10RBREEZY Год назад +2

    After watching this. Being single may not be so bad. Life is getting expensive!!!

    • @DemetressFairman
      @DemetressFairman  Год назад +1

      Depends because you could share expenses with someone but when you single a you and God

    • @cinnamonstar808
      @cinnamonstar808 9 месяцев назад

      Jamaica 🇯🇲 has low birth rate. 😢it’s gone soon
      It’s gonna look like the west nuff old people, nuff dogs, no children at play

  • @kerikksweet
    @kerikksweet Год назад

    No bro a u ave it easy a $550 ja mi pay fi a small food and $300 for a beef patty in spanish town u get a big on fa that price no sah. I respect the work u do thou u guys are taking risk with u life everyday for others hope u're paid good🎉

  • @Caribbeannuhahrealplace
    @Caribbeannuhahrealplace Год назад +2

    You have to pay to use a road in Jamaica?

  • @latoyabeckford888
    @latoyabeckford888 Год назад +1

    When I grow up I want to be like u....😂😂😂😂

  • @jeffreyt5133
    @jeffreyt5133 Год назад

    Bro plz factor in the gas , and if it's from kgn or at.catherine u coming from

  • @esthersbeauty279
    @esthersbeauty279 6 месяцев назад

    Where did you get that box meal from

  • @charleswaynick18waynick58
    @charleswaynick18waynick58 Год назад +2

    He only takes one road to work. Costs 190... He doesn't take the road that costs 600... Total only 1310 (not including 600 toll road)

  • @bigslim5847
    @bigslim5847 Год назад +2

    Boi I’m in London I don’t eat that good jhezzzz that box meal look tasty

  • @KA_Tripple_Yz
    @KA_Tripple_Yz Год назад

    It’s equivalent to a tennar in the uk cah I’m in Jamaica now and it’s equivalent to back in the uk as a 10 pound

  • @tcampbell1106
    @tcampbell1106 Год назад

    Where did you buy food for £400??? How much was the snacks?

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree Год назад

    This must be a while back. Because its $160 for a plain patty at a certain patty place in the midddle of crossroads.

  • @relandodaley405
    @relandodaley405 Год назад

    Which Jamaica yu buy da food deh?

  • @mizzperfect460
    @mizzperfect460 Год назад

    Nobody selling large food for $480 in ja unu no put 2 and 2 together fi know seh a work him get the lunch? Alot of workplaces do that including National bakery. I think it's cost effective for employees.

  • @ShimzyFair
    @ShimzyFair Год назад

    Thank you for understanding how lonely and unpopular my country is

  • @notapplicable4567
    @notapplicable4567 Год назад +1

    Bredda there were no slip ups that a just jamaica rn. 😅

  • @Blavkshawk
    @Blavkshawk Год назад

    No sah 480 fi wah that cah true Breda

  • @kaysiarhone5041
    @kaysiarhone5041 Год назад +2

    he said $250 for cheese patty "times are getting rough" i be paying $300 for 1 cheese patty everyday

  • @deathwish6349
    @deathwish6349 Год назад

    wah him a do try make andrew Michael coldness look good a hoo yuh man

  • @digitaljulesw3875
    @digitaljulesw3875 Год назад

    Iam in Canada 🇨🇦 grudging you for your food .

  • @TransformChantel
    @TransformChantel Год назад

    Ummmm $480 for that box lunch? 😮😮😮😮 send me the link sir, please and thanks

  • @travelandeats8518
    @travelandeats8518 Год назад

    I need a day driver when I go next year
    I’m a stay in Ocho Rios but I want at least one day for a couple hours in Kingston I need a personal driver show me around Kingston

  • @TrudyAnnSlater
    @TrudyAnnSlater Год назад +2

    Nice😊

  • @dainyahunter7434
    @dainyahunter7434 Год назад +1

    Which year was this?

  • @sabatinadaley3401
    @sabatinadaley3401 Год назад

    Where you buy cheese patty fi $250???

  • @Allaboutherplus2
    @Allaboutherplus2 Год назад

    Bring lunch a work sometimes if u work 5 days bring it 3 days save back

  • @morrofadri
    @morrofadri Год назад

    When was this video recorded because those price are wayyy low

  • @peoplebusiness.
    @peoplebusiness. Год назад

    That big lunch a 1000 here in st james

  • @carlajames1096
    @carlajames1096 Год назад

    Wow that box of food would cost around £13 in London UK which is damn expensive which is around 2600 JMD

  • @merlinewashington4121
    @merlinewashington4121 Год назад +1

    stick with the box food, you get more for your money, let patty be for special occasion

  • @Skykature
    @Skykature Год назад +4

    😂 make it clear yes you’re not the one who charges the bills 😂😂

  • @littisharamcleishanderson5716
    @littisharamcleishanderson5716 Год назад

    When was this video because where did he get 2 compartment box food for $ 480?

  • @nicholasgarvey7055
    @nicholasgarvey7055 Год назад

    My Brother oversee the building of that plan but he is gravely hill at this moment. You might see him again

  • @elainatolin-pz1vo
    @elainatolin-pz1vo Год назад +2

    Bout $1500 fi a box good where mi live

  • @ShamiaRobinson-iz5dk
    @ShamiaRobinson-iz5dk 4 месяца назад +1

    yassssssss

  • @chevoniebirthfield5425
    @chevoniebirthfield5425 Год назад

    That box lunch is staff price.

  • @Kurtiskase00
    @Kurtiskase00 Год назад +3

    I just checked the exchange in U.S dollars which is 1,310 j.a = $8.56 u.s
    People in America spend way more than that a day. I spend at least $80 u.s a day sometimes more

    • @maxineadderley5378
      @maxineadderley5378 Год назад

      I am diabetic and I usually do not eat fast food, but my blood sugar levels were dropping and I had to stop to get something that had the least carbohydrates... I got some wings and it was 10 wings for 14 dollars

    • @blvcccrevm
      @blvcccrevm Год назад

      It's A Third World Island... America Is A Powerhouse. WTF Do You Expect... I Live In London, England. I Spend More Than Both Of You... A Suh Di Ting Set...

    • @DB-gb1mp
      @DB-gb1mp Год назад

      When i workwd downtown Miami lunch averaged $25/day.