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Its all a matter of perspective

August 31st, 2009 at 06:47 pm

I'm sure everyone has heard this. You talk to someone from ... say Africa... and they would say you have a lot. Talk to someone from the rich enclaves here in the USA and they would say you have so little.

The thought came to mind when I went to a "grand opening" sale at the local Giant grocery store yesterday. I don't normally go there, as even you take coupons into account, I find going to Aldi's much less expensive. But they had special double your $1 coupons for up to 4 of them, so I decided to go with some coupons and get some brand name things.

As I checked out, and went through the coupons, my purchase of 13 items totalled $14, and I thought thats nice, but I was hoping for better. The lady at the register goes "Wow, you sure got a fabulous deal today." I guess its a matter of perspective.

BTW, if I hadn't gotten the "California Pizza" specialty pizza for $4.50, the purchase would have been under $10, so maybe it wasn't that bad. It included 4 boxes of Kelloggs Raisin Bran, 2 big bags of Lays chips, big Heinz ketchup, two boxes of whole grain pasta, 2 Campells Select soups, and 1 Classico tomato sauce. So no complaints but I was hoping for better!

5 Responses to “Its all a matter of perspective”

  1. Broken Arrow Says:
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    Good point about perspective.

  2. BuckhornGal Says:
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    Perspective is right. I just added up what my grocery bill would have been and it would cost me $34.44 Canadian - not including the pizza. You got yourself a great deal!

  3. whitestripe Says:
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    perspective... yes... but in the end, i think you have to stop thinking about what OTHER people think and think of yourself only. even though i know you posting about coupons, i could not help read your first part in a different way.

  4. dmontngrey Says:
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    I'm with you on this one. I've made mistakes on many a catalina deal lately. The cashier often says I did so good - but then I'm mad because I didn't get back all the catalina I expected to. So yeah - different perspectives play into this quite a bit!

  5. Jerry Says:
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    So true. It is all relative... we are living in SE Europe right now, and there is a huge divide here between rich and poor, which leads to a lot of problems. They can't all be fixed with a government health insurance plan, or pensions, either, because there just isn't enough money here. So many people would think they had died and gone to heaven if they walked into a Giant supermarket! =)
    Jerry

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