Dear anonymous,
Lauren sent me a text today. It was a joke about how her electric blanket stopped working so she is holding a funeral. To any other person, I suppose this would be funny. Maybe a year ago I would have found this funny. Except today when I received the message, I immediately became upset. Upset because who jokes about funerals? For an electric blanket, nonetheless? I understand that she holds that blanket near and dear and jokes about it being her husband and so I can understand where the funeral joke came from. Yet I am upset and offended. Do you think I'm justified?
Part of me thinks I'm so upset by it because of the situations surrounding people close to me right now. Suzi's mom recently passed away and I was hoping to go to the funeral but it turns out they had a private service for cremation instead. Then Krista's dad is also getting more ill so his time will inevitably come in the next few months. These are my closest friends and I am seeing them suffer. In the supposed best years of their lives, funerals for their best friends are an occurrence. So perhaps I'm emotional about this and it makes me find the joke offensive.
I can't decide.
Love,
Michelle
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Monday, 27 January 2014
Cheap or savvy?
Dear anonymous,
As evidenced by various situations, my family is quite cheap. We buy things on sale and shy away from expensive stores (my sister and I occasionally being an exception to this rule). If we can haggle, we haggle.
It puts me off however, to work like this. The current situation is as given: my sister and I need a parking spot in our building. The developer is asking $125 a month which is typical for the city we live in and the fact that we live in a new condo building. There is a notice up on the notice board where a tenant currently holds a spot but is hoping to rent it.
Emailing him, he stated he was asking the going price. We offered to take his spot but asked for a discount. His response was to bring it down to $115 which is a 9% reduction. My sister looks at this price and counter-offers a price of $95.
Perhaps this is just me but, it seems very cheap to be asking for approximately a 25% discount. Understanding that we are university students with very little money, it is our choice to have the car with us as opposed to having it at home with our parents. It is also slightly cheaper for us to drive as opposed to taking transit but, this man is already paying $125 a month for his spot. It seems like we are cheating him.
Maybe it's just me.
Love,
Michelle
As evidenced by various situations, my family is quite cheap. We buy things on sale and shy away from expensive stores (my sister and I occasionally being an exception to this rule). If we can haggle, we haggle.
It puts me off however, to work like this. The current situation is as given: my sister and I need a parking spot in our building. The developer is asking $125 a month which is typical for the city we live in and the fact that we live in a new condo building. There is a notice up on the notice board where a tenant currently holds a spot but is hoping to rent it.
Emailing him, he stated he was asking the going price. We offered to take his spot but asked for a discount. His response was to bring it down to $115 which is a 9% reduction. My sister looks at this price and counter-offers a price of $95.
Perhaps this is just me but, it seems very cheap to be asking for approximately a 25% discount. Understanding that we are university students with very little money, it is our choice to have the car with us as opposed to having it at home with our parents. It is also slightly cheaper for us to drive as opposed to taking transit but, this man is already paying $125 a month for his spot. It seems like we are cheating him.
Maybe it's just me.
Love,
Michelle
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