About two weeks ago I told the boys that if they gave up their $2 iced tea everyday (that's eight bucks a day, $56 a week!) and put aside the money after two weeks they would have 108 dollars they could spend on something expensive they wanted. It took a little bit of doing, but I got them to go along with it.
The first few days were fine, but then they all started headaches and acting extra grumpy and craby. We saved about $80. Mr.222 and Hipster gave in first after three days. Boykind was next a day later then finally Headmaster.
They each bought themselves an extra large snapple and explained how it was something expensive they wanted. For once I have agree. Eight dollars a day is worth them being happy.
Mr.222 has already snapped back to his usual self. He's taking a break from games to work on his chinese.
Is there a lesson here? Anyone? Anyone at all?
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Yes of course Mr.Edmont. I see this as a lesson in human behavior. People would much rather have want they now than wait even when later would be much more statisfying. Our wanting iced teas now when we could have bought a new sofa after a month or so is a clear indication of this.
Also it raises the question of is it possible or even rational to quantify quality? Is the enjoyment we get from drinking snapple everyday greater, equal, or lesser than the enjoyment we would get from streching out on a new sofa? How many snapples equal one sofa? Could one create an entire enjoyment economy based on snapples?
It certainly leads the mind to wonder.
A snapple for your thoughts Mr.Edwards.
Will power isn't as easy as one thinks. Going into this I thought I could go without iced tea easily. But after four days I caved.
This really gives us an insight into the inner strength of people. I had no idea we were so weak that we couldn't give up something as simple as a drink we have once a day.
This has much boarder implications about our willingness and ability to go without luxaries when the situation becomes less than ideal.
The oil and energy crisis immediately springs to mind. Are we not going to conserve or sacrifice because we lack the will power to do so? I must say I find this entire experiment very troubling.
Mr.Richmond, I look forward to hearing truth.
Once when I was talking with Nate during the bad days before dialysis he said how he couldn't think right anymore. He told me
that no what much you train yourself or how strong you become you'll never stop being a slave to your biology.
Even if we weren't slaves to our bodies needing snapple we'd be slaves to something else. Humans are robots and no one can disobey their chemical programing.
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