Comments on: How Lazy Can He Get?

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:49:38 +0000

Yep, VH has a habit of overlooking the produce aisle, too. Plus the commissary’s produce is absolutely awful! I do most of the fruit and veggie buying as a result, either at the Farmer’s Market in the summer or at a nearby grocery store that sells organic stuff.

But, like you, I don’t tell VH the prices. He’d flip if he knew I was spending $4.50/lb on organic grapes instead of the $1.99 the others go for, even though he agrees with me *in theory* that it’s important to avoid pesticide consumption.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:47:03 +0000

Although I’d prefer to shop daily, I’ve found that I start obsessing over food — and then gaining huge amounts of weight — when I don’t have meals planned well in advance. A menu and the corresponding shopping puts food pretty much out of my mind, and that helps me avoid the mindless nibbling behind my massive behind.

By: Tai-Tai

Tai-Tai — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:56:59 +0000

I think at that point I would just do the shopping from now on and possibly at the more expensive store, most convenient store for me. It has to cost less in the long run in money, aggravation and stress.
But first, I know I would have kicked his ass.

My hubby would take the list and only bring home…. Beer, Chips and Cokes. He never brought home the milk, eggs, bread or any of the important things on the list.

Living over here, western goods are expensive and not always easy to get. If he asks how much the 15 US dollar box of Cereal, or 9 US dollar bottle of salad dressing is, I just shake my head and tell him he doesn’t want to know,and to be glad we can get it. That always ends the discussion.

By: nk

nk — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:55:48 +0000

Basically, I shop every day. I never plan dinner. Sure, bread and milk must always be in the house. Otherwise, I window shop at the grocery store for something I think would be good to cook and eat.

(Today was broiled lamb kabobs with boiled green beans in olive oil and lemon with feta cheese. Did not find a good fresh bread, though. Generic rolls form yesterday.)

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:27:55 +0000

If he were snarky he would be dead.

By: hln

hln — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:37:56 +0000

Now, if he were snarky, you’d have gotten Chicken of the Sea for chicken.

By: jae

jae — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:42:46 +0000

The vein in my temple is pulsating as well. After the morning I’ve had trying to restore some order and cleanliness to our home after a month of hospital stays and four kids being home all summer — I could just scream. In fact, I did earlier today.

By: Word Fugue: The WWVK Do? Edition

Word Fugue: The WWVK Do? Edition — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:41:38 +0000

[...] whom I care enough to spare the full force of my bitchiness. Despite appearances, VH is actually one of them. (Trust me, I have been a model of restraint compared to what goes through my head on any given [...]

By: Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:23:25 +0000

Ya know, there’s a quote by a guy who wrote a piece of software whose purpose will put you to sleep.

“Never do by hand in three weeks what you can spend three years automating.”

He was trying to be flip about what motivated him to create this thing (which has markedly changed the software development field.)

But it highlights something funny about laziness. It’s frequently very specific. It never ceases to amaze me how much effort and time I’ll put in to rearranging the books on my shelves, but not into picking up the empty diet dew bottles I have to step over to do it.

There might’ve been a point in there. But I’d rather put effort into posting a comment here than cruising dice.com.