Inflation here? gas/grocery prices just continue to climb (3 Viewers)

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Where is it written that fast food should be inexpensive?

Also, it’s your own fault for eating garbage.

Jesus Christ buzd, where is it written that every meal needs to be a gourmet feast designed to fit your exclusive palate…. fwiw, i first called a place that makes a really good poboy, but their phone lines were busy so i hit up the 5 Guys across the street.. also, 5 Guys IMO is of higher quality than most fast food like McDonalds, Burger King or Taco Bell.. but you obviously pay for that slightly higher quality.

 

[EGLSShin]

Ya, dish I get at my go to Chinese restaurant has jumped almost 4$ since the early summer and the place I typically get nachos from jumped 5$.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Jesus Christ buzd, where is it written that every meal needs to be a gourmet feast designed to fit your exclusive palate…. fwiw, i first called a place that makes a really good poboy, but their phone lines were busy so i hit up the 5 Guys across the street.. also, 5 Guys IMO is of higher quality than most fast food like McDonalds, Burger King or Taco Bell.. but you obviously pay for that slightly higher quality.

you like barry manilow, buzd has a refined palate - both are engines of the ee

 

[Eeyore]

Just picked up lunch from 5 Guys…. They have always been on the expensive side for fast food- but today i got a hamburger (no cheese or bacon add ons).. a small French fry.. and a small drink…. Total (with a $1 add-on tip at the end) = $18.44……. I mean…. Can we normalize not calling 5 Guys ‘fast food’ anymore? I realize it’s a combination of the sign of the times as well as their usual propensity to be higher priced, but that isnt fast food pricing at all.

It isn't fast either. Even when I order ahead, they wait until I get there to begin cooking. My local chain (Schoop's) has better burgers, and has the food ready when I get there. They just need to stop using frozen fries in order to make Five Guys a joke.

 

[bonnjer]

We had a Five Guys in Alexandria for a while, but it closed a few months back. I enjoyed their burgers, as they are certainly better than the usual fast food chains. I didn't enjoy the price, though. With an increase in price, I definitely would not have gone there too often.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

It isn't fast either. Even when I order ahead, they wait until I get there to begin cooking. My local chain (Schoop's) has better burgers, and has the food ready when I get there. They just need to stop using frozen fries in order to make Five Guys a joke.

I actually dont mind that they cook them up when you order them, keeps them a little fresher.. But for some reason the bun usually gets kind of soggy, maybe it’s becuase of all the ingredients i have them pile on it.

 

[EGLSShin]

Bears Po-Boy on Metairie road has a killer hamburger on french. That is why I never eat at 5-guys anymore.

 

[kizzy821]

I keep reading this thread over and over when the urge to quit my job becomes too consuming.

I get up and walk towards my manager's office to tell her I quit, then these posts flash across my brain and I detour towards the breakroom or something.

I don't know if that's good or bad.

I wish I knew how to stop wanting stuff. It's all part of the evil design, I suppose.

We want to buy stuff (and go places) as a distraction from the sucktitude of life.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I keep reading this thread over and over when the urge to quit my job becomes too consuming.

I get up and walk towards my manager's office to tell her I quit, then these posts flash across my brain and I detour towards the breakroom or something.

I don't know if that's good or bad.

I wish I knew how to stop wanting stuff. It's all part of the evil design, I suppose.

We want to buy stuff (and go places) as a distraction from the sucktitude of life.

 

[kizzy821]

Damn. The sadness when I realize I'm one of the people who puts the scissors down.

Over the last few months I've tried like hell to get fired (I guess I really don't know how to quit stuff). But just like with everything else, the opposite happens.

My manager all but told me she's not going to fire me because if I fail, she fails (she went to bat for me to get my new position).

So I get up several times a day, walk to the breakroom, wash my hands or idly open the fridge. Then go sit back down.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I wish I knew how to stop wanting stuff. It's all part of the evil design, I suppose.

We want to buy stuff (and go places) as a distraction from the sucktitude of life.

This is the key to financial freedom…. This is how the Bezoses and the Billionaire class keep us all on the hamster wheel .. They continually bombard us with advertisements and marketing designed to make us “consumerists”.. and it works really, really well.. if you can somehow ‘want what you already have’ and ‘collect experiences not things’- then we win, they lose.. of course, if *everyone* did that, our economy would completely collapse.. but on an individual level, it’s kinda the only way to get out of the rat race, eventually, before you’re like 70 years old.


I say all this as if i have somehow mastered it.. Spoiler alert: I have not…. But i think awareness is a good first step.

 

[superchuck500]

It's not your imagination - it's real.

 

[efil4stnias]

It's not your imagination - it's real.

saw the alert this am - that number was pretty "eye popping". I was 19 last time it jumped that much.


And while its had some effect on Wall St at open, there was no over-reaction.....yet. lol - Tech taking a bit of the brunt.

 

[itztime]

It was October 11, efil4stnias started this thread, I swear grocery prices went up again because as of last week the grocery bill went up another $70 and no extra Thanksgiving food related items were purchased.

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[bonnjer]

So, how long before this all settles itself out? Or are we in this for a while?