@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 6 days agohands to an undergradmander.xyzimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down16
arrow-up1581arrow-down1imagehands to an undergradmander.xyz@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 6 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@The_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•6 days agoWhen you work with high value goods long enough in any field you get desensitized to it. However you compartmentalize it in weird ways. I think nothing of ordering $800K worth of stuff at work. Then I get home and refuse to pay $8 for a fancy coffee because it’s ridiculous.
minus-square@OccultIconoclast@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoWell you’re not a multimillion dollar business so that makes sense. 8 dollars for coffee IS ridiculous. Unless the boss is paying for it
When you work with high value goods long enough in any field you get desensitized to it. However you compartmentalize it in weird ways.
I think nothing of ordering $800K worth of stuff at work. Then I get home and refuse to pay $8 for a fancy coffee because it’s ridiculous.
Well you’re not a multimillion dollar business so that makes sense. 8 dollars for coffee IS ridiculous.
Unless the boss is paying for it