| Ha ha, I love the people on this thread.
My friend couldn't get over the fact that I carried a loaf of bread in my bag for most of the year. At first, it was just backup so I wouldn't have to worry about forgetting to put other snacks (cereal in most cases) in ziploc bags before I headed out to class. I ended up liking the bread instead. I would vary the kind from time to time (usually plain wheat but sometimes cinnamon), switching back to cereal if I felt like it (my only reason for going to Whole Foods Market instead of a non-organic grocery store at times is because of the cheap Kashi cereals). I did this to avoid buying snacks in vending machines and to stay healthy.
After losing my UPass (which gave me unlimited rides to trains and buses for a semester), I nearly lost my composure. I retraced every single step to avoid paying the replacement fee (half the original cost). I actually figured out where I lost it, but I figured that somebody else had gotten ahold of it. I was upset because I didn't understand why the fee had to be so high (I asked how the fee was determined and was given no direct answer), since the card had been deactivated (therefore, the system wouldn't have lost any profit). Ever since then, I reserved public transportation for when it was absolutely necessary. This meant that I walked to places in the middle of the freezing cold, blasting snowstorms, etc.
I spend very little money on movies and plays, not really because I want to but because I have to. I still have access to high quality events through friends and friends' relatives who happen to be involved in theater and through free events offered by the city (Chicago has a lot of them!). Just recently, I found out about this new initiative by the Lyric Opera of Chicago that would give college students a substantial discount (still about 3 or 4 times the price of a movie ticket but I don't mind, since operas would afford me a much better experience). Needless to say, I'm excited, because I've wanted to go for the longest time but couldn't because the cheapest ticket was still beyond my reach. |