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  • Sly
    Let's do some business!
    • Sep 2004
    • 31376
    #1

    Restaurants are bankrupting our citizens...

    This is something I truly do not understand yet see it happen every single day and it always makes me chuckle.

    Broke people that eat out at restaurants. Often. I just don't get it. Why? They're broke, can barely cover their rent, have no savings, the credit card agencies are calling daily... and yet, they go to an Applebee's style restaurant three times a week shelling out $15 a pop for an average steak and free refills of watered down Coke. That is $200 of debt recovery being burnt every month due to what? Laziness? Lack of being able to flip a frying pan?

    Stupid.

    Maybe I'm just a total cheap ass, but one meal a week at a restaurant is just fine for me. Everything else I can get at home. And sometimes I will eat out two or three times a week, thank God I don't have to ignore the debt collectors.

    We all have friends that make less than us, spend more than us, and always complain about debt. My question is: why? Is it really rocket science?
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    • After Shock Media
      It's coming look busy
      • Mar 2001
      • 35299
      #2
      People are lazy.

      What gets me is those that say it takes to long to prepare meals. Nine times out of ten you can make it faster and be eating faster than if you go out. Exclusion being picking up fast food on way home. I know I can make a burger in less time than it takes to drive a mile away grab it and come back.

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        • seeric
          ..........
          • Aug 2004
          • 41917
          #3
          Originally posted by After Shock Media
          People are lazy.
          thats me.

          at least i can afford it. and i have no bills and luckily, expendible income.

          i eat out at least twice a day. 30 bucks a day for food on average.

          i keep very little at my house, as its just me.

          i like to cook, but its really hard to cook for one. sometimes being a bachelor is a curse. the stuff i do keep at home is a freezer full of frozen fresh fruits for smoothies, protein powder and buncha canned goods and cereal. lol.


          i don't know whats wrong with the people that can't afford to live that way. kinda strange actually.

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            • Webby
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Oct 2002
              • 14956
              #4
              Agree.. it's just lazyness - or call it a "lifestyle habit" and not beneficial if ya still pay by credit cards.

              Anyways it gets boring eating out every night
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                • BusterBunny
                  perverted justice decoy
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 19291
                  #5
                  i eat food from fast food trash cans it's cheap, easy and free
                  my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died

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                    • reynold
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 51271
                      #6
                      Financial experts say that cooking and eating at home and taking packed lunch to work can actually cut down your expenses and save a lot of money.

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                        • edgeprod
                          Permanently Gone
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 10019
                          #7
                          Time is money. I choose to have my time rather than the money I give regularly to the restaurants or to a cook.

                          You can hire a private cook for every night's dinner for less than $2,000/month. They even let me choose the meals ahead of time -- I just email what I want that week, or let them choose.

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                            • Sly
                              Let's do some business!
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 31376
                              #8
                              Originally posted by edgeprod
                              Time is money. I choose to have my time rather than the money I give regularly to the restaurants or to a cook.

                              You can hire a private cook for every night's dinner for less than $2,000/month. They even let me choose the meals ahead of time -- I just email what I want that week, or let them choose.
                              I think you have missed the point.
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                                • StuBradley
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 2625
                                  #9
                                  Tonight I made General Tsao chicken. Cost about 5 bucks (ingredients) to make enough to feed two people. And it is WAY better than the stuff you'll get at any Chinese restraunt.




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                                    • corvette
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Oct 2001
                                      • 7880
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by A1R3K
                                      sometimes being a bachelor is a curse.
                                      other times its a blessing
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                                        • Pornwolf
                                          Drunk and Unruly
                                          • Jan 2002
                                          • 22712
                                          #11
                                          I've never seen anyone make General Tsao's at home. Incredible.
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                                            • madawgz
                                              8.8.8.8
                                              • Mar 2006
                                              • 30509
                                              #12
                                              people cant be bothered to go shopping....
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                                                • Peaches
                                                  Old broad
                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                  • 13933
                                                  #13
                                                  I eat out at least 3-6 times a week. It's just easier for me. I hate to cook and once I get all the ingredients together, I cook it, I eat it, and then I throw the rest away. Plus a $45 restaurant meal ALWAYS taste better than something I can make ;) If I'm cooking for someone else, it's fine. But for me, I'd rather eat out.

                                                  (I guess I shouldn't tell you about my $125 dinner the other night - BUT it included wine pairings)

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                                                    • quiet
                                                      we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                                      • Sep 2001
                                                      • 25115
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Peaches
                                                      (I guess I shouldn't tell you about my $125 dinner the other night - BUT it included wine pairings)
                                                      tell me more!
                                                      we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                                        • Peaches
                                                          Old broad
                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                          • 13933
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by quiet
                                                          tell me more!
                                                          Sadly it wasn't as good at it sounds. It was at the Emeril's here in ATL and after eating at the one at the MGM and Demonicos, it was a very big let down. There were four of us that eat out at least once a week together and we all agreed we won't be going back I was the only one who had the wine pairing meal and out of 4 courses, not one got the wine out w/in 5 minutes of the food being served. Food/wine were OK, but service just sucked the life out of it.

                                                          Now, the shrimp on grits with spinich and sausage and the thai curry mussels I had last night were AWESOME. Place called Goldfish - I think it's part of a chain.

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                                                            • gecko
                                                              ******
                                                              • Jun 2002
                                                              • 21846
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by reynold
                                                              Financial experts say that cooking and eating at home and taking packed lunch to work can actually cut down your expenses and save a lot of money.
                                                              O'rly?
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                                                                • Pornwolf
                                                                  Drunk and Unruly
                                                                  • Jan 2002
                                                                  • 22712
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by gecko
                                                                  O'rly?
                                                                  I wonder how much those financial experts get paid to spout off those amazing discoveries!
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                                                                    • minusonebit
                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                      • Feb 2006
                                                                      • 7391
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Some of us simply hate to cook. I hate cooking and I hate doing dishes, and I dont have kids or a wife I can pawn that task off on or things might be different.

                                                                      I almost never eat at home and spend several hundred dollars a month at resturants. I almost never go to Applebees or similar chains. I have a few family owned places that I like (mostly because they use real food, i.e. organically grown eggs, etc) and I make regular runs to them. Chain food sucks, costs more and supports things I dont want to be supporting.

                                                                      Of course, this does have alot to do with the fact that I am rarely at home when its time to eat.

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                                                                        • RawAlex
                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                          • Oct 2003
                                                                          • 9465
                                                                          #19
                                                                          It is a two edged sword - people work in the restaurants, people work in the food service / food delivery / equipment / supply and all those other things. Eating out doesn't bankrupt anyone, it (like many other things in society) help to move the money around a little faster. The faster the money turns, the faster overall eonomy grows.

                                                                          Otherwise we could all grow corn in our back yards and eat that all winter.

                                                                          Alex

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                                                                            • Corona
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                              • 2185
                                                                              #20
                                                                              My family owns an independant grocery store and very few people nowdays buy ingredients to make their own meals.

                                                                              What really kills me is that even people on food stamps will not cook their own meals. All they buy is pop, ice cream, chips and frozen food. It's not like they don't have lots of time to cook since they aren't working or anything.
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                                                                                • edgeprod
                                                                                  Permanently Gone
                                                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                                                  • 10019
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Sly
                                                                                  I think you have missed the point.
                                                                                  I ignored it because the original poster was a moron, and the point was so pedantic and poorly thought out that I figured it was a troll.

                                                                                  I was replying to someone later in the thread with a bit more synaptic activity.

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                                                                                    • aimeesweet
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Oct 2003
                                                                                      • 2917
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      You can also be much more health conscious if you cook your own meals and pack your own lunch...

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                                                                                        • BluewireAngie
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Apr 2006
                                                                                          • 4643
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by StuBradley
                                                                                          Tonight I made General Tsao chicken. Cost about 5 bucks (ingredients) to make enough to feed two people. And it is WAY better than the stuff you'll get at any Chinese restraunt.




                                                                                          hmmmm that looks good! and much cheaper.
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                                                                                            • Barefootsies
                                                                                              Choice is an Illusion
                                                                                              • Feb 2005
                                                                                              • 42635
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by reynold
                                                                                              Financial experts say that cooking and eating at home and taking packed lunch to work can actually cut down your expenses and save a lot of money.
                                                                                              Yep. It saves you big time. A number of years back when I worked a full time job in telco. I added up just how much I spent on food, and gas in a month. Tallying up everything, and I was like WTF?!?!?!

                                                                                              I was going through $350 between meals, and gas a WEEK. Sometimes more if you included weekend beer festivities back when I drank. But just food and gas was that much.

                                                                                              So... I changed jobs to be closer to my house. Ate breakfast at the house, came home for lunch, and cut my expenses big time. I spent LESS THAN $350 a month in groceries and house was packed with food. Lost weight. Plus hand a ton of left over money for other goodies.

                                                                                              It makes a HUGE difference. Both in your health, and in the wallet. I do not mind cooking if I had a servant to do my dishes. But I can't stand cooking and cleaning. But I do it. Cooking bigger meals when I have company so they do the dishes. Leaving me left overs for other days.



                                                                                              Time is money, and I do not mind occasionally eating out once a week, or every two. But even then, I prefer a nice sit down place. Not fast food. But I like having money in the bank, and being able to buy new cars, and other toys over some meal which I will shit out within the next day.

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                                                                                                • seeric
                                                                                                  ..........
                                                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                                                  • 41917
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by corvette
                                                                                                  other times its a blessing

                                                                                                  you sir are intelligent beyond belief.

                                                                                                  i love being a bachelor

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                                                                                                    • beemk
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                                                                                                      • Jan 2002
                                                                                                      • 20829
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by A1R3K
                                                                                                      thats me.

                                                                                                      at least i can afford it. and i have no bills and luckily, expendible income.

                                                                                                      i eat out at least twice a day. 30 bucks a day for food on average.

                                                                                                      i keep very little at my house, as its just me.

                                                                                                      i like to cook, but its really hard to cook for one. sometimes being a bachelor is a curse. the stuff i do keep at home is a freezer full of frozen fresh fruits for smoothies, protein powder and buncha canned goods and cereal. lol.


                                                                                                      i don't know whats wrong with the people that can't afford to live that way. kinda strange actually.
                                                                                                      im in the same boat as you. but back before i started in adult and i was only making $10 an hour i would almost never eat out.
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                                                                                                        • woj
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                                                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                                                          • 47882
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Pornwolf
                                                                                                          I wonder how much those financial experts get paid to spout off those amazing discoveries!
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