"Alice Faber" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>>
>> I grew up in a house where it was no big deal to waste food. So it
>> doesn't
>> bother me at all. We don't set out to waste food but it happens and it
>> sure
>> as heck doesn't bother me. People who insist on eating every bite drive
>> me
>> nuts!

> I grew up in a solid middle class home. Money for things we needed, and
> even for most things we *wanted*, wasn't an issue. But I was raised not
> to waste money. We got new clothes when we outgrew our old clothes, and
> for the first day of school, but not necessarily because we wanted the
> latest fad. My sister and I were encouraged to save our allowances for
> things we wanted.
>
OTOH I pretty much always got the latest fad and in some cases at my school,
I started it. I did a display window for DECA using shoes from a downtown
shoe store. I featured the new Famolare Get There shoes. This was in the
1970's. The owner was so pleased that when he got new stock, he would call
me, let me buy a pair then wait two days to put the shoes out on the floor.
He also gave me a big discount on the shoes. That was the start of my
collecting shoes. I had one of every kind they made.

> In that context, wasting food is wasting money. Sure, once in a while
> you end up with more than you can eat in a restaurant and no way to keep
> the leftovers chilled. But in the grocery store, cost is very much a
> consideration. Whole chicken is cheaper, per pound, than boneless
> breasts. Pre-washed salad costs substantially more than a head of
> lettuce does. Plain yoghurt in large tubs is cheaper per serving than
> the same yoghurt in single-serving containers, and also lets me decide
> what size serving I want. (This kind of buying frees up grocery money
> for additive-free peanut butter and such like.) In any case, it makes me
> very sad to read about a lifestyle built around deliberately wasting
> money.

I don't buy something simply because it is cheaper. Parents have tried to
use me to help explain to their kids why it is better to buy a big bag of
something from the store rather than from a machine. I am a bad person to
ask. I love machines! I always have.

And where did it say that I deliberately waste money? I did not. But you
do know there are countless people who do just that. Right?

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