Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Valuing Dining Experiences

Despite yesterday's passionate argument in favour of expensive dining experiences, I must admit that when it's over and I see the bill, I do question whether it's a sensible way to spend. Imagine a $100 meal that takes two hours. Comparing alternative spending ideas by looking at their cost per hour:

   Fancy meal. 2 hours of dining, at $50 / hour.


   Ten cinema visits. 20 hours of viewing, at $5 / hour.

   Year's membership to a golf or tennis club. 100 hours of playing, at $1 / hour.


   Ten novels. 100 hours of reading, at $1 / hour

Clearly restauranting makes no financial sense at all. I'll be eating at home from now on.

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