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I mean there is some merit to it. Some people get a raise or promotion and immediately buy a new car or rent a new apartment or use up all that extra money somewhere else.
I recently bought a house. The previous owner had a tenant living in it whom was trying to save enough to buy the house. That renter owned and drove a Cadillac escalade. I drive a hatchback beater car. If i had her car and gas payments, i doubt I'd have saved enough for a down payment.
I watch my coworker go through the same problem every two weeks. He sits there refreshing his bank app waiting for that paycheck to hit so he can afford some Doordash. Like, dude, if you're going 24+ hours without food, maybe it's a good idea to start buying groceries instead of paying a double premium.
fun fact. if you include your time cooking and calculate the effort and mental strain involved, giving in a financial value... it's not like that $8 premium is saving you anything...
eggs cost $12 in some places still. groceries are not cheap.
You’re doing math wrong to justify shitty decisions.
were you planning on earning income during the cooking time? if not... wtf are you calculating a loss is cooking time.
super annoying when people say time=money but they spend most to that time on their ass watching tv.. like sure, you could have made money but you were not going too so don't compare time spent as a loss because... you weren't gonna do shit anyways.
also, it's so you don't die... so ya know... that also outweighs whatever you think is more important
It's still way cheaper to buy groceries and make food rather than order door dash
I'd be extremely surprised to see $12 eggs anywhere, at least not as the cheapest option. To be honest, it sounds like you don't actually buy groceries very much if you think that. As of last week at my local supermarket, eggs are $2.50-$5.00 for a dozen, depending if you opt for the organic options or not.
But yeah, this just reads as a flimsy justification for bad habits. Cooking is quite simply cheaper and always has been. It is not difficult to make filling meals for $1-3 a person (staples like rice and beans are especially cost effective), which is far, far cheaper than ordering takeout from anywhere.
Groceries absolutely have gotten more expensive and it is a problem, but there's no world in which that problem is improved by ordering Doordash or the like all the time.
Cooking shouldn't take much effort or be mentally straining. And unless you are going to be making money instead of cooking than you shouldn't be giving it a cash value. $8 is a lot when when you need money.
You could get at least a full day of food out of $8 if you shop right.
Most things that "shouldn't take much effort or be mentally straining" still are for me and I'm sure I'm not alone.
I deal with it rather than ordering but regardless.
There is maybe a minute of actual effort to cook my eggs and put in a wrap in the morning. Once they are in pan i can do things like make my coffee or get changed for work. I am definitely saving money making my own breakfast and coffee. For the price of a bag of coffee and a bag of sugar, i could buy maybe 10 coffees.