Where I work, we go through a lot of pickles. A particular number of them are designated for certain sandwiches. To the people who work there, it's just pickles. So what if they put on more? So what if they throw away 5 or 6 of them left in the bottom of a container? So what?
Well, here's what...
Say the pickles only cost us .005 each. That's half a cent. Piddly amount, it seems. But over the course of a day, if we make 500 sandwiches and each sandwich just has one pickle too many, that calculates out to about $912 a year. (And that's just pickles. Imagine all the other stuff that goes into making a sandwich incorrectly, that's money thrown down the drain!)
It's entirely in the realm of possibility to make that many, or more, sandwiches each day having pickles.
That monetary amount doesn't even include the number that may be thrown away in the bottom of a container, the number that may be dropped on the floor, or the number that sneaky crew people may eat while on their shift. It's only the number if there is one too many pickles on the sandwiches.
Now, look at your own life. Are you wasting money on the piddly stuff? Are you saying that it's only $5 for a latte a couple times a week, or it's only another $3 in gas to go there twice a week, or how much electricity can one little incandescent bulb burn anyway, if it's left on 24/7? Are you throwing money away by throwing away leftovers, not using every bit of the peanut butter or mayo left in the jar, or tossing out an almost depleted roll of toilet paper or paper towels?
The next few posts will again address the Tough Times issues, covering wastefulness and spending.
