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Sing it, sistah!



Sorry. In Los Angeles, we have to say that.*



*Though, to combat our polluting ways, the current hip thing is to get on a waiting list for a Toyota hybrid, and lurk near the dealership to fight with Cameron Diaz over the next one that rolls onto the lot.

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Now, now, don't be too hard on yourself. It probably doesn't cost you much more than about $180 a week.

Say $5000 a year in depreciation or lease payments, $1500 a year for gas and $500 for insurance (you are a good driver, right?), plus, what, $200 a month for parking at the office. $9400/52~=$180 a week.

But at least you get to sit in traffic.

(Of course, pot, kettle, etc.)

LA
 

If you are in LA please pm me.

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Here's another non-answer answer: Are these two things really comparable?

Ask me how much I spend on lunch a month if you want to prove a point. But you knew I would answer that, didn't you?

TM

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Alas, no. I spend all my money on taxis.

Truth be told, after 9/11, I became a little phobic of the subways -- not that the subway would be a good alternative for my work commute anyway -- but I won't take the subway during peak travel hours. Happily, my office isn't downtown, because that would be one expensive cab ride. I actually declined a job interview at a place that was downtown because of the subway issue. If I'm going downtown on a weekend or in the evening, however, I will take the subway -- for going downtown (or Yankee Stadium, or the Bronx Zoo, etc.) it's the only way to go.

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How much do you spend on parking and gas?

TM

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So how much do you spend on lunch a month?

(Just curious, really, no point to prove.)

To answer for myself, about $100-120 (out twice a week at $10-12, in twice a week at $2.50-4.00, and miss lunch/grab leftovers from some meeting once a week).

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You walk at a 9:20 pace?

I know it's lazy; I always walk when I leave at 6. When I leave at 8, I want to get home.

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None of your business.

Crap. Now I have to do the math.

I've been trying to bring my lunch because I spend way too much. But I end up only doing that for a week and then get lazy. I also try to eat just vegetables for lunch when I don't bring lunch, but that usually lasts only about a week at a time as well. The rest of the month is expensive eating.

I probably spend $150 - $200 a month on lunch.

TM

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Seriously, dude -- a 9:20 pace?!? Damn. It's all I can do to run for 1/2 an hour at an ever-so-slightly-under-9:00 pace. I know, I'm pathetic.

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Geez, man, stop smoking and you might be able to walk faster!

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I wish I still smoked. Smoking was so damn satisfying. I tried in Vegas after a three year hiatus about a year ago and hated it. I really wanted to like it, too.

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I don't care how much I spend on lunch, because I rarely have to pay for my own dinner or drinks.

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I hate you.

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oooh, same with us! We conned our grandparents into thinking that we were allowed to have fuit loops when we went to visit, so they kept them on hand.