theFIREstarter - Financial Independence. Retire Early
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It’s that time of the year when ridiculous consumer spending seems to prevail and dominate most peoples lives. This year like others I’ve tried to avoid unnecessary spending and instead focus on spending quality time with family and friends and giving thoughtful gifts where appropriate. I thought I’d take the time to share a recent story from the office of consumerism gone mad.
I recently stumbled into a conversation at work where some colleagues were discussing the saneness of one particular gentlemen in the office. He’d just taken delivery of a bottle of water to his desk from the internal postal service. This in itself was odd I thought. Why bother to get water sent to you in the post when there is a tap 5 meters away dispensing the stuff for free. If that’s not good enough there is also a machine next to it that will filter it for you and serve it chilled, hot or even with ice
However it turns out the delivery was of a bottle of water far more pretentious than that from a Scottish or even Alpine natural spring. The water in question was made from a Polar iceberg and cost over £60 for 0.75l of water. Yes, you did read that right….an iceberg and £60!
theFIREstarter - Financial Independence. Retire Early