I know, I claimed the high ground yesterday; I was anti-epithetical and serene about my country. But then, while scanning radio stations on my stereo I heard griping on all the talk shows about budget cuts, and then a stellar ad for a local restaurant, and if it doesn’t sum up our budget woes, I don’t know what else does:
A chipper voice is spouting ecstasies about the menu down at a local restaurant. And then she adds, “And hey! If in this economy eating out no longer fits into your budget, you can order anything on our menu as take-out!”
Uh-huh.
‘Cause then you don’t have to pay a tip, right? Is that where the savings come in?
Is this what they are doing with the budget in Olympia and DC? Ordering take-out instead of dining in? Whatever happened to cooking up a batch of oatmeal or maybe a pot of beans? And on special occasions you splurge on slightly overripe bananas. Any college kid could have told you that.
Or maybe they couldn’t; maybe that mentality is a thing of the past. Maybe too many of us have been spoiled by prosperity for too long and we think we’re all entitled to take-out, at the very least.
Pshaw.
Break out the Top Ramen, people.
March 31st, 2011 at 4:36 pm
You hit it right on the head! I think we are running into big trouble when our own Federal Treasury bonds are not a safe investment… Usually when money gets tight we should cut back our budgets, not order takeout…
March 31st, 2011 at 7:17 pm
I have heard the referenced commercial for about a month now and everytime it makes me go “huh?”. I would think if your budget can’t afford it then you don’t get out to eat!! YES top ramen will do the trick for those short falls in the budget – not take out!!
April 1st, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Ha! I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that ad was crazy; I was beginning to wonder if I heard it right!
April 1st, 2011 at 2:04 am
It’s clear that Local Restaurant has dealt with the bad economy by firing their marketing firm. “Hell, Sheila, we kin make up our own ads, and save us a bundle!”
BTW, you can do a lot to doctor up Ramen…
April 1st, 2011 at 2:11 pm
You should see that Local Restaurant… It looks like someone named Sheila owns it and/or works there!
April 1st, 2011 at 6:57 am
WOW – Top Ramen – you splurger you!
April 1st, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I know! It’s these Americans; they’ve corrupted me.