Midwest Cheap

[mocat]

boiling water and putting it in a jug with a tea bag is less effort than buying a gallon of iced tea

[michigancat]

nobody lays on their deathbed and wishes they had spent more of their life boiling water, putting a tea bag in, and pouring it in an old Milos gallon jug.

that's like 45 seconds of actually doing things, easier than going to the store!

[BIG APPLE CAT]

nobody lays on their deathbed and wishes they had spent more of their life boiling water, putting a tea bag in, and pouring it in an old Milos gallon jug.

that's like 45 seconds of actually doing things, easier than going to the store!

you're going to the store either way. (Midwest cheap people don't waste gas going to the store for a single item, it can wait until its time to go grocery shopping). The comparo would be the time it takes to walk down the tea aisle (which they might be doing anyway if they were going to get coffee or some shelf stable juices!)

[steve dave]

nobody lays on their deathbed and wishes they had spent more of their life boiling water, putting a tea bag in, and pouring it in an old Milos gallon jug.

that's like 45 seconds of actually doing things, easier than going to the store!

you can boil water, put a tea bag in, and pour it in an old Milos gallon jug in 45 seconds!? now this I'd like to see. I'd really love to see you do that michigancat.

[yoga-like_abana]

I bet I could teabag both of you in 45 seconds or less

[mocat]

you can buy like a million bags of tea in one trip to the store, what are doing here

[steve dave]

you can buy like a million bags of tea in one trip to the store, what are doing here

I bought 200 bags of green tea at costco just two days ago!

[michigancat]

nobody lays on their deathbed and wishes they had spent more of their life boiling water, putting a tea bag in, and pouring it in an old Milos gallon jug.

that's like 45 seconds of actually doing things, easier than going to the store!

you can boil water, put a tea bag in, and pour it in an old Milos gallon jug in 45 seconds!? now this I'd like to see. I'd really love to see you do that michigancat.

Boiling water is the stove's time, not mine. Just turn it on and go be productive! 5 seconds tops. Longest time is waiting for the water to come out of the faucet.

[ben ji]

Yeah, the whole process involves like 3 minutes of actual work.

Fill up a pot and put it on the stove then walk away

Come back 10 minutes later and notice it's boiling then drop in the giant tea bag and turn off the stove.

Come back like 30 minutes later and pour the tea into a gallon jug using a funnel.

[michigancat]

And I bet I could fire off a GE post while the water is running

[steve dave]

The time in between keystrokes while pounding out an email is actually leisure time


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[passranch]

I know we've moved on to tea-bagging here but I just wanted to add that I am self-checkout 100% of the time all the time unless there's a sign saying 20 item max or something and I have too many items and am shamed into going to the regular checkout aisle.  (high-compliance personality)

[meow meow]

was in target before christmas for the first time in a long time, i was in awe that there were like 24 checkout aisles and only 2 were open.

[michigancat]

is the self checkout thing a midwesterner needing to do work thing? because I don't think for more than 10+ items it's quicker in most cases.

[yoga-like_abana]

Yeah around 10 is my limit for self checkout, after that I let the professionals take over.

[cfbandyman]

Yup, 10-15 is about the absolute max to do self checkout (if you're buying a lot of the same thing/they aren't hard to scan you can bump that # up)

[chum1]

Where I shop, the lines are way shorter at self checkout. I feel like I can self checkout with 50 items faster than a lot of people (who are slow af) can with 10. This is how I rationalize breaking the item limit rules.

[Fldermaus]

The total incompetency people show when bagging my groceries drives me (and my eco-friendly bags) to self checkout every time.

[Phil Titola]

WTF is Milo's?

[IPA4Me]

WTF is Milo's?

Say what?

[pissclams]

WTF is Milo's?

agreed.  I think it’s some crop that the farmers grow.

[star seed 7]

[star seed 7]

Is that where the mutt got their name?

[bucket]

Yup, 10-15 is about the absolute max to do self checkout (if you're buying a lot of the same thing/they aren't hard to scan you can bump that # up)

If I can fit all of my items/bags on that counter thing then it's always self-checkout for me which is 98% of the time.

[KITNfury]

I buy those big logs of hamburger meat and go home and vac seal into individual 1 lb bags. Everything sucks about it and the savings isn't enough to be impactful but I have to admit being to quickly thaw out a thin sheet of meat is also not that rewarding.