tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post9207638195465720380..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Morality Of ThriftSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-38450326606234902842009-11-19T16:02:43.915-06:002009-11-19T16:02:43.915-06:00I like the way she sails on past the revelation th...I like the way she sails on past the revelation that her teachers would have been horrified by perfectly normal everyday finanvial actions taken by <b>poor</b> people.<br /><br />This new program seems like a kind of role-play in which the well off pretend to be poor. <br /><br />The hilarious fact that people with a limited budget sit down and work out how this months money is going to be spent is perfectly normal, yet someone with the best education money can buy finds it an almost exotic ritual, shows what her economics education didn't even consider, i.e how normal people function economically.Euripidesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-84400132672272089332009-11-19T10:39:45.332-06:002009-11-19T10:39:45.332-06:00The whining would be insufferable enough if it wer...The whining would be insufferable enough if it were on some personal vanity blog, but on the pages of the Atlantic? I don't even understand how it is tolerated by any sensible editor. It would be one thing if Megan were a good writer, capable of turning the subject into something of an amusing farce, but she's completely incompetent at her job.<br /><br />Though it is mildly humorous to see a woman who really just wants the rock, the dress, and the day to feel like a princess putting on the facade that she's only enduring the difficulties for her family and loved ones. Like Larkspur already noted, this isn't something she <i>must</i> do.Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-8107178720873467872009-11-19T10:02:50.919-06:002009-11-19T10:02:50.919-06:00You also don't have to shop around like she is...You also don't have to shop around like she is. Friends who are getting married in DC in April were able to pinpoint a church and reception hall almost immediately. Either she's setting her expectations too high, or she likes to whine.<br /><br />Well, both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-45583353526829628202009-11-18T22:52:41.648-06:002009-11-18T22:52:41.648-06:00Meg interpreted the Clerk's boredom and tired ...Meg interpreted the Clerk's boredom and tired feet to be unhappiness at being paid in cash.<br /><br />And how did it take Twenty Minutes to buy the dress? Paying cash is quicker, one reason I like to use it.<br /><br />Fake anecdote, badly written, and overflowing with contempt for sales clerks. Typical ArgleBargle.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-31247635121287430962009-11-18T18:40:05.535-06:002009-11-18T18:40:05.535-06:00I almost always pay cash and nobody minds. The ti...I almost always pay cash and nobody minds. The times I've worked retail, the only concerns about a $100 bill were (a) verify it with the marking pen, (b) don't let the customer distract you while you get the change (it's an old scam you can get caught by with 20s and 50s, too), and (c) try not to look irritated when making change cleans out the till (because it's a small business) and somebody has to run to the bank afterward.<br /><br />MMcA's tales about wedding woes are what I find especially interesting. <i>A wedding ceremony is optional.</i> She whines that she and her boyfriend are far too busy to go traipsing around nearby venues to compare prices. She complains that one commenter doesn't understand what it's like for a woman to plan a wedding, and yammers about how you have to meet with all these different vendors, and analyze all these implications, and it's just endless work work work. It's <i>optional</i> work work work.<br /><br />Feh. If you don't want to go into debt about your wedding, don't. I attended a wedding once; the couple was very frugal out of plain necessity. It took place in the yard of a friend, and dinner was pot-luck. The bride's mother gave her $100 to buy a pretty dress. Everybody had fun.<br /><br />Megan has this assumption of a benchmark or threshold of what's minimally acceptable that only serves to reveal her sense of entitlement. It's not like having a baby. When you have a baby, there's basic stuff you need, like access to a hospital, pre-natal care, etc. When you get married, all you need is to be heterosexual and able to cough up the filing fee.Larkspurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-48370455933216632192009-11-18T17:29:35.766-06:002009-11-18T17:29:35.766-06:00Yes, my grocery store uses them all the time and I...Yes, my grocery store uses them all the time and I've bought them at Office Depot.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-16169501072303601412009-11-18T15:58:00.181-06:002009-11-18T15:58:00.181-06:00It's entirely possible the clerk was nervous a...It's entirely possible the clerk was nervous about accepting a hundred-dollar bill, on the odd chance it was counterfeit.<br /><br />I dunno. The woman is a moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89905233696872989672009-11-18T15:44:17.214-06:002009-11-18T15:44:17.214-06:00Megan's grocery budget might be higher than no...Megan's grocery budget might be higher than normal these days if she is still shopping at Whole Foods in order to piss off Liberals.<br /><br />Or perhaps not. "Pissing Off Liberals" might be a separate line item in the McSuderman budget, right next to "Teabagging Expenditures".Dillonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-80070443153773846072009-11-18T14:20:16.941-06:002009-11-18T14:20:16.941-06:00I use cash often as well and never have a problem....I use cash often as well and never have a problem. Nobody sighs, faints, or has a panic attack. <br /><br />I love all her exceptions. She's never felt more in control of her expenses, yet won't follow half of Ramsey's advice.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-19942649914118100892009-11-18T14:11:23.833-06:002009-11-18T14:11:23.833-06:00Wow...store clerks are to Megan what cabbies are t...Wow...store clerks are to Megan what cabbies are to Thomas Friedman; literary devices used to help her make a point she seems unable to make any other way. Hundred dollar bills? PFFFT! We'll know Megan has finally gone Galt when she hands her proverbial store clerk a solid gold dollar.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-69492971827361588722009-11-18T12:58:53.427-06:002009-11-18T12:58:53.427-06:00Anon,
No. She makes it painfully clear that she b...Anon,<br />No. She makes it painfully clear that she believes herself to be wittier, smarter, and just better than most people in general. <br /><br />I call BS on the hundred dollar bill story as well. In all of my life, I have never had a clerk or cashier give that reaction when I paid cash, not even with $100 bill.Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-88136272578018745942009-11-18T12:51:58.593-06:002009-11-18T12:51:58.593-06:00The hundred dollar bill story? I think she's t...The hundred dollar bill story? I <em>think</em> she's trying to be funny. <br /><br />I use cash for just about everything and I haven't ever had the "issues" she writes about. <br /><br />She's really not a good writer. D'you suppose she realizes this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com