By Eyebee, on May 29th, 2008
Now, if you’re a regular reader here at The Eye, you’ll know I love my morning coffee. However, I almost always make that coffee in my own kitchen, even on the days when I’m working away from home.
Unlike me, many people get their daily fix from the local coffee shop, and it’s costing them thousands. If you’re one of those people, then read on.
Here’s the math: someone spending $1.80 on a regular coffee every day (let alone the fancy cappuccinos) is handing over $468 for the luxury every year. When compound interest of 7% is taken into account, this would amount to a total of $8,648 over 10 years, $25,661 over 20 years and $59,127 over 30 years.
If a 35-year-old were to put all the money they spend on coffee into their pension fund instead, at 65 they would receive $3,843 more in their pension every year for the rest of their life.
Now, are you still going to Starbucks for another cup?
By Eyebee, on April 2nd, 2008
For most of us, drinking our favorite drink in a pleasant relaxing place makes it taste better than somewhere that isn’t. Think about it for a moment. Doesn’t that $4 latte taste better, sitting inside the coffee shop, rather than drinking it in the car while driving. In the coffee shop, yu’re more likely to be relaxing than you are doing 70mph on the interstate, or winding your way through the morning rush hour traffic downtown.
Now, take your mind back to the coffee shop again. A person that seems somewhat attractive walks in. Then someone else who is more attractive comes in a few minutes later, and the first person doesn’t seem that good looking after all.
By the way, we’re talking about strangers here, not comparing your spouse to the good-looking neighbor you secretly lust after!
The human mind works in strange ways, when you stop and think about it!
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