10 bucks a pack....

by uncowboy, Saturday, September 07, 2013, 09:46 (4039 days ago) @ Bud

my job puts me in retail establishments all day. I see people buying a carton at WAWA for 80+ dollars and I can't believe they choose to trap themselves with a habit that not only cost so much but is so bad for them. I had a neighbor that always complained that he was always broke. I told him if he and his wife quit there 5 pack a day habit that would be enough for a car payment at 7 bucks a pack. he laughed at me said I was crazy. I said 7dollars times 5 a day times 7 a week x 4 weeks a month.
He did not believe me I did the math in front of him and it was $980.00 a month. His wife was 2 packs a day he was 2 packs a day and he bought his teenage daughter 1 pack a day. He couldn't believe that it cost that much. I wondered how someone could spend that much money and not realize it , I see the same with scratch off lottery tickets. People spend 60 to 100 a day on scratch offs. 20 dollar tickets and they buy them 2-3 a time every day. But they are the people who think we are nuts shooting a rifle at a buck a shot. J.Michael