How much do you value your time?
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
Well done! (And a good lesson to teach your daughter, too) You got away with the better deal - even when it's about the money: just think about what a baby sitter would have taken for waiting with your daughter in the queue for zilch hours. I don't get that behavior either. It's even more extreme over here: local business is going down the drain for years, mroe and more out of work, no new jobs (anyone would be willing to take, that is), yet people go to the mega mall to buy the crap "Made in Wundabundi"* 'cause it's 10% cheaper.
*) I dearly hope there is no place in the world called Wundabundi, otherwise I would feel oblieged to apologize - after verifying they don't produce just crap, though.
skulls don't kiss a machito [sighist]
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
Not a chance in hell. I have a tendency to drop my goods and walk out if I wait more than five minutes. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? Today I wouldn't, a few years ago when I was putting myself through college I would have made sure I was at the cheap shop first thing when they opened to get the good price and get out early. :)
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages A moment of silence please. A programmer's best friend has passed beyond that great exception in the sky.... - Mark Conger on "The coffee machine has died"
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
We work for money so we can live. What is the point of saving a little money if it means you don't have the important things in life ? Good decision Michael :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
Knowing that this weekend is traditionally the biggest shopping event of the year in the US, I'm not willing to venture out even for groceries. I won't tolerate a long line for any reason short of front row tickets at a "Who" concert, nor will I do business with any store that permits them to form. My time is far too precious, to me if no one else, to be spent waiting in lines. You made a good choice in any case, with the added bonus of being able to spend some quality time with your little girl - smart move!:-D "My child was Inmate of the Month at Mohave County Jail" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City, AZ
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states Get with the times man, the ROW started xmas in October... :eek: If anything the prices go *up* in December. Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? Not me, I'd have bought everything online during the last January Sales. :-D
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Yesterday (Friday 29 Nov) was the big kick off day for Christmas shopping here in the states. My daughter talked me into going out early (6AM) to stop by a few stores. The first while crowded was not to bad and did have some good sales on things for her friends and I found some jewelry for my wife so the 15 min in the check out was OK. Next store was incredible. Yes some good prices several DVD movies for 5 to 10 $ US that would normally price at $18 to $25 and a few other electronics for $20 to $40 off but that was about it. The lines to the check out I never found the end of. They came across the front of the store and then wound around the isles until some where in the back of the store. Now this is at least 300+ and a good 4 or 6 hour wait. We did not get anything and went 400 yards down the shopping center to a music & bookstore that had the same CD's for $4 more. We split the cost difference and then went and had some coffee together. What floors me is how many people were willing to what that long just for a few dollars. The two bucks (plus the coffee) was a small price to pay for an enjoyable time with my daughter vs shear agony. She will be off to college next year and no longer my little girl (at least in public:-D) :(( Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? "I will find a new sig someday."
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? I would have, because I am a fickle human who has huge disparities when it comes to valuating time. I would just accept the long line and convince/fool myself into believing the saving is worth it. Of course I would not have gotten up at 6am to go shopping ;P Would it be a sin (another stake in the Is Paul A Woman by CG case?) if I admitted I like *cough* shopping *cough*? I like swapping my time for material goods. So long as I do not think about it too deeply, I can gloss over the madness and be happy with what I swapped my life for. ;) Also you had a daughter to think of... would it have been better to explain the folly of it all to her, or done what we all do and appeased the surface effects?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaColin Davies wrote: ...can you imagine a John Simmons stalker !
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Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Be honest now, how many of you would have waited in line? I would have, because I am a fickle human who has huge disparities when it comes to valuating time. I would just accept the long line and convince/fool myself into believing the saving is worth it. Of course I would not have gotten up at 6am to go shopping ;P Would it be a sin (another stake in the Is Paul A Woman by CG case?) if I admitted I like *cough* shopping *cough*? I like swapping my time for material goods. So long as I do not think about it too deeply, I can gloss over the madness and be happy with what I swapped my life for. ;) Also you had a daughter to think of... would it have been better to explain the folly of it all to her, or done what we all do and appeased the surface effects?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaColin Davies wrote: ...can you imagine a John Simmons stalker !
Paul Watson wrote: Of course I would not have gotten up at 6am to go shopping See Below Paul Watson wrote: Would it be a sin (another stake in the Is Paul A Woman by CG case?) if I admitted I like *cough* shopping *cough*? No. Especially if it was for tools or computer parts:-D Paul Watson wrote: Also you had a daughter to think of Now back to the getting up part. I will ask this of you again in 20 years.:-O "I will find a new sig someday."
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Paul Watson wrote: Of course I would not have gotten up at 6am to go shopping See Below Paul Watson wrote: Would it be a sin (another stake in the Is Paul A Woman by CG case?) if I admitted I like *cough* shopping *cough*? No. Especially if it was for tools or computer parts:-D Paul Watson wrote: Also you had a daughter to think of Now back to the getting up part. I will ask this of you again in 20 years.:-O "I will find a new sig someday."
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: No. Especially if it was for tools or computer parts Ummm... how about for *cough* non *cough* computer parts or tools. i.e. *cough* food *cough* I even have fun when I am shopping with Janina or my sister for clothes... :~ Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Now back to the getting up part. I will ask this of you again in 20 years That is what I thought. I am pretty sure I will get up at 6am to take my daughter shopping when the time comes. Us men are suckers for our daughters, and I haven't even got one yet.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaColin Davies wrote: ...can you imagine a John Simmons stalker !