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next time cans, chief

September 9th, 2008 at 03:44 am

Saving log - $4 tip box
Spending log - $8 lunch (from supermarket) + $5 groceries

A couple more observations about the recession.

1. I passed some Starbucks advertising as I was cutting through the Wells Fargo Building. What was being sold in its large, primo poster spot as if it was a hip summer iced latte? Oatmeal!

2. At the chiropractor, I listened as all the rest of his patients, one by one, told him that they could only see him x# times because they couldn't afford it. In years and months past they didn't mention it or did so in a quiet voice because the rooms aren't really rooms - they are bays with benches. Now? Said straight out.

3. Sitting in a window seat on the bus (what you get if you walk backward far enough along the bus route), I heard a couple of bottle clanks. As I gave my seat mate the Spock eyebrow, I saw him sheepishly look down and shift his budweiser bag. Next time cans, chief.

Posted in Recession | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “next time cans, chief”

  1. greengirl Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 04:56 am 1220936201
    1220936201

    hmm. australia is slowly following in suit i think. i heard someone remark at the markets on sunday that business has been a bit slow the past couple of weeks (even though summer is starting to show and you would think more people would be out and about) and i heard on the radio that interest rates are decreasing a quarter of a percent soon.

  2. katwoman Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 08:18 pm 1221164321
    1221164321

    Hmmmm....interesting where people choose to cut back. I bet some of those folks didn't scale back on their premium cable channels.

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