Restaurants are bankrupting our citizens... - GoFuckYourself.com

Sly · 04-20-2006, 06:54 PM

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?

After Shock Media · 04-20-2006, 06:58 PM

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.

seeric · 04-20-2006, 07:02 PM

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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.

Webby · 04-20-2006, 07:04 PM

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

BusterBunny · 04-20-2006, 07:13 PM

i eat food from fast food trash cans it's cheap, easy and free

reynold · 04-20-2006, 07:18 PM

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.

edgeprod · 04-20-2006, 07:23 PM

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.

Sly · 04-20-2006, 07:24 PM

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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.

StuBradley · 04-20-2006, 07:26 PM

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.

corvette · 04-20-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by A1R3K

sometimes being a bachelor is a curse.

other times its a blessing

Pornwolf · 04-20-2006, 07:50 PM

I've never seen anyone make General Tsao's at home. Incredible.

madawgz · 04-20-2006, 07:51 PM

people cant be bothered to go shopping....

Peaches · 04-20-2006, 07:56 PM

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)

quiet · 04-20-2006, 08:00 PM

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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!

Peaches · 04-20-2006, 08:04 PM

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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.

gecko · 04-20-2006, 08:20 PM

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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?

Pornwolf · 04-20-2006, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gecko

O'rly?

I wonder how much those financial experts get paid to spout off those amazing discoveries!

minusonebit · 04-20-2006, 08:45 PM

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.

RawAlex · 04-20-2006, 08:45 PM

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

Corona · 04-20-2006, 10:31 PM

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.

edgeprod · 04-21-2006, 01:47 PM

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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.

aimeesweet · 04-21-2006, 01:59 PM

You can also be much more health conscious if you cook your own meals and pack your own lunch...

BluewireAngie · 04-21-2006, 02:04 PM

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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.

Barefootsies · 04-21-2006, 03:54 PM

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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.

seeric · 04-21-2006, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by corvette

other times its a blessing

you sir are intelligent beyond belief.

i love being a bachelor

beemk · 04-21-2006, 03:58 PM

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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.

woj · 04-21-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pornwolf

I wonder how much those financial experts get paid to spout off those amazing discoveries!

04-20-2006, 06:54 PM	#1
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,329	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? __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

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04-20-2006, 07:04 PM	#4
Webby Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Far far away - as possible Posts: 14,956	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 __________________ XXX TLD's - Another mosquito to swat.

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StuBradley Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,625	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. __________________ 51-566-514

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reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	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.

04-20-2006, 07:23 PM	#7
edgeprod Permanently Gone Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,019	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.

04-20-2006, 07:50 PM	#11
Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	I've never seen anyone make General Tsao's at home. Incredible. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

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madawgz 8.8.8.8 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noordermarkt Posts: 30,509	people cant be bothered to go shopping.... __________________ TAEMDLRMSKRJIXMRLSMRJ.

04-20-2006, 07:56 PM	#13
Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	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)

04-20-2006, 08:45 PM	#18
minusonebit So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: [email protected] Posts: 7,391	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.

04-20-2006, 08:45 PM	#19
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	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

04-20-2006, 10:31 PM	#20
Corona Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Third mall from the sun Posts: 2,185	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. __________________ I was looking for a job, and then I found a job And heaven knows I'm miserable now

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aimeesweet Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,917	You can also be much more health conscious if you cook your own meals and pack your own lunch...