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Exactly.
3.25$ X 2 for the metro fare. Approx 5$ for a cup of coffee 25-30$ for lunch. A few bucks more on maybe a drink or a snack.
This adds up.
If you have to dress formally, you have to have nice clothes and a cleaning bill.
The people at the top like that, because they have the disposable income to dress better than the office drones.
I bestow hope you filthy peasants, casual Friday.
However it must still be BUSINESS CASUAL. We can't have the scum coming in with a hoodie or comfortable clothing.
My clothes from before the pandemic still fit at least. But I had to buy new socks because the elastics were all dried up.
You sure that's elastic?
In most of the US that's a crazy amount to spend on lunch, but this hypothetical also included public transit so we're not talking about most of the US
Yeah that’s DC based on metro. Food is crazy there
That's in CAD. Our dollar isn't as strong as the EUR. Also everything is more expensive in Canada.
Spending $30 on lunch in Canada is still absurd. The food court near where I work:
$15 for iranian meat + rice (i forget what it's called sorry, best option by far though)
$12 for a japadog
$8 for two slices of pizza
Are you going to earls or some shit for lunch?
No! I swear, a single plate with a drink at a food court is now 20+$. It's insane.
Cannibalism is illegal.
Just a fast food hamburger and fries is $9-something where I live. The yellow curry at my favorite Thai restaurant is $12-something, plus a tip. Add a soda to either one and it's another $2-3.
That's similar here. I could scrimp and get by for a little less but it is easy to spend $10-15 on lunch these days.
But at least it's less healthy. /s
I'd say it's about $15-20 for an average lunch here, in Seattle. transit is fairly cheap, $5.50 to and from work unless you live far enough to go through a couple zones, at which point I think it's still under $8 round trip.
Yea 25-30 is a sit down meal somewhere, in reality most office drones are picking up something quick from fast food or a convenience store for >$15 a day.
Still a waste of money though
You’d be surprised. I was busy at work one day and starving. Almost doordashed a burrito and chips from Chipotle till I saw it’d be almost $25 before tip.
I would be surprised but you said DoorDash, that adds like 40% after you count in DoorDash fees, the raise in price from the restaurant trying to get their fees back, plus the tip.
$7?? The norm must be at least twice that
Also just pack your lunch ffs
just make sure it doesn't smell, stain, is difficult to eat, is easy to prepare, easy to clean and you've measured out the right amount to prevent wastage.
or just let me work from home?! which is better in every way?! for everyone involved?!
Yeah that’s a peanut butter sandwich. And it’s good for you
And all of this is why the lunch meat sandwich is the king and standard of packed lunches. I normally swap between packing a lunch meat sandwich or a pb&j for lunch or I’ll go broke grabbing takeout
I need to start doing this.
I agree WFH is good but I feel like people exaggerate how hard it is to bring your own lunch. I ate an apple with nut butter today because I was too lazy to meal prep. Yeah, I have low standards, yeah it's not exactly filling but whatever. I've saved hundreds by just sucking it up having a shitty lunch when I'm too lazy to meal prep.
TO BE CLEAR: I 100% support WFH. Fuck greedy, lazy employers who refuse it for no reason, we should all continue to fight for WFH. Acting like there is no alternative to buying lunch every day is a cop out.
It’s not that it’s super hard to bring your own lunch, but it’s definitely hard-er. People just get mad when their employers won’t recognize that there’s a difference between wfh and commuting.
I 100% agree wfh is better in every way but these are the dumbest excuses.
life is just a series of little things. the little things matter.
Alternatively, microwave fish every day for lunch in the kitchenette near the execs. We must suffer together.
To be fair, there's no reason someone needs to purchase coffee and lunch when working in an office. Both can be easily packed from home.
Although many workers have to commute by car, which would offset a portion of those savings.
I guess this is going to depend heavily on the kind of job you have.
My workplace provides coffee of the highest quality, breakfast, snacks and all kinds of drinks. I also get access to ~$10 per day to spend on lunch - which to be fair doesn't really cover the whole cost any more - but still, it helps. I also bike to work, so there's not really any cost there to speak of.
Depending on how creatively you decide to do your accounting, I arguably gain from going to the office. Then again, I could spend 5 days at home if I wanted without any problems. I'm choosing to go in anyways though
The last time I was in an office regularly they gave us a free buffet lunch every day. Then we got bought by a big company and it turned into soup and salad. Then we got sandwiches. Then they stopped it entirely. Then I quit.