Ricochet is the best place on the internet to discuss the issues of the day, either through commenting on posts or writing your own for our active and dynamic community in a fully moderated environment. In addition, the Ricochet Audio Network offers over 50 original podcasts with new episodes released every day.
Only a Leftist Would Say This and Not Understand What It Means
In Seattle, on KIRO Radio, there is a broadcaster who has had a show there for at least 40 years. He is reliably on the left, more than ever these days. The title of the story is: When your kids have you under grocery store surveillance. In order to maintain their privacy, his kids use his phone number on their grocery store loyalty account, so they get the discounts, and he gets the points. That’s not so bad an arrangement, since everyone wins.
Except that his grown kids get to see everything he buys, and sometimes they don’t approve of his grocery store choices. His reaction to that?
I now find myself buying much healthier stuff because I have an audience. I’m being judged by somebody I helped raise.
Imagine how much healthier we’d all be if we all had grocery buddies, watching everything you buy, and gently scolding you when you stray.
He sees nothing wrong with being judged and scolded by his children on his grocery choices. He gives his kids control over a very important part of his life, quite willingly. Yes, let’s be ruled by the choices of our children, who always know better than we do. Well, if you’re on the left, that might be true (they want to let 16-year-olds vote). Dave Ross is quite happy to hand his health decisions over to his children. If the federal government offered to make all his grocery decisions for him, I predict that he wouldn’t object much.
Published in Culture
Then it’s just a question of whether you might have been able to save more than $100 by getting your gas somewhere else with a lower price. If you could, then the merchandise cards aren’t really a bonus, they just partly cover your loss. (If you can buy something for yourself with the cards that your spouse/whatever doesn’t know about, maybe that’s different.)
The primary Phoenix neighbor who was foolish about this stuff, had to spend $100 at Kroger to save 10 cents per gallon, which for his car only saved him about $1.30 on a fill-up. (And it’s a linear thing, so spending $200 to save $2.60 does not really improve the situation.) I showed him he could save $2 just by buying his Litl’ Smokies sausages at Walmart instead of Kroger. But it can be tough going if you’re dealing with people who think a tax refund is some kind of “profit.”
I have four speedways within 5 miles of my house. They’re usually the cheapest gas around, other than the Costco that’s 20 miles away.
That’s smart shopping, then, which is what my neighbors DIDN’T do.
Actually, I do. And most of the books I buy are either new or more significantly on the used market and are very niche(only so many places you can get a copy of “Anson’s Navy” or similar and the new books are pretty much the same everywhere) . Your comments don’t apply if I use the same approach to shopping at Home Depot, Kohl’s, Cabelas(or Bass Pro), Lands End, McDs (or a bunch of other food type providers), and I give gift cards to nieces, nephews, and friends for birthdays and Holidays(those that live out of State at any rate). All add up to quite the fuel discount