What are the biggest wastes in household purchasing?
I see a lot of people blow money unnecessarily on bullshit during their shopping trip, just look into their shopping cart. Purchases that irk me:
Kleenex - use soft shitpaper instead, they're just snot rags FFS. Dinner Napkins - use paper towels instead. If you're so delicate about eating why don't you buy some monogrammed dinner napkins? Anything else you can add? |
Sodas, junk food with lots of sugar, snacks, etc. Fake fruit juice. Just plain crap. Expensive crap, too.
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She buys them but, trash bags. They go straight in the can!:rofl:
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Biggest waste are tattoos and cigarettes. |
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Paper products are relatively cheap so we are always stocked up.
I have no problem with toilet paper on the holder for toilet use. Kleenex on the toilet tank for nose and other uses. Paper towels in the kitchen and garage for cleanup. Paper napkins on the table for eating. I admit to using these paper products for uses outside their marketing intentions. It’s really not a big deal. |
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I agree with Yadkin. Also $5 cups of coffee at Starbucks. And at $10-$13 per pack, cigarettes. I buy a pound of Bustello Espresso for $4 and it lasts me about 3 weeks, making a pot every morning. So I'm paying 20 cents per day, for about 3 cups of coffee. About 7 cents instead of $5. And it's better coffee.
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Cigs are the worst. Do the math, man. You could nearly buy a second home for what people are paying to destroy their health.
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Ziploc bags. Most people (everybody?) uses them once and throws them out.
I was raised by very frugal parents, who were young adults during the Depression and learned to not throw anything out that was still usable. I worsh mine and clip them above the sink to drip dry, and use them until they get a hole in them or the zipper is shot. In the 52 years since I left home, I figured I've saved around $11.74 doing this. https://i.postimg.cc/8PLK1KBc/egypt.gif https://i.postimg.cc/8PLK1KBc/egypt.gif https://i.postimg.cc/8PLK1KBc/egypt.gif Attachment 100416 |
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Sometimes I'll buy brewed coffee at the supermarket, but that's about it if I'm not home. |
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This is nothing compared to the money spent on storing "stuff:" Attachment 100418 |
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Last year when we downsized from the big city home to our smaller vacation home, I was forced into renting a storage unit. Climate controlled 10' square was $190/ month. I had to pay that shit for nearly a year until I finished the addition. :spdchk: |
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I had no idea I was doing it wrong all those years...until I got married. |
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:iagree: I have no problems making life convenient by purchasing paper products. In addition to those listed above, I will also add paper plates. Take raw meat out to the grill on one and throw it away. Aluminum foil is another handy item that I cannot be without. Biggest wastes that I notice are processed foods. People have either lost the knowledge of how to cook real food or they have lost the desire. It's work - make no mistake about it. But one gets good at it eventually with practice. I'm lucky because cooking is one of my hobbies and I enjoy it. |
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We are also big consumers of paper plates and aluminum foil and baggies. I also will buy those rolls of shop towels and the “box of rags” (although those are cotton not paper) |
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