My wife and I decided we were going to do the right thing for the United States, the economy and the world—we put aside our fear and went shopping. And yes, we live on far less than Ken Lewis, the president of the Bank of America, spends on his bathroom at work.
Where did we go? Well, it’s still a free country so we went to the Super Walmart. Our goal—help our son shop for his new apartment in Orlando.
Shopping is what I don’t love to do on a Thursday evening. Anything but shopping.
Anyway, we were in housewares and had just popped a $15 toaster in the cart, when we spotted the toilet accoutrements section and one of our quarries—a brace of toilet brushes.
When we moved in for the kill, I was shocked to discover that toilet brushes, in the housewares department, were more expensive than the toaster we had just bagged. At this point, I took a stand. I told my son I refused to pay more for a toilet brush than a toaster.
We abandoned the housewares department and our dreams of matching toilet bowl brushes on our son’s mantel. I brushed the bitter taste of over-priced toilet accessories from my mouth and we moved on to the grocery department.
About the time my bile had returned to normal levels, we got to the back of the store and there mixed in with brooms and the cleaning supplies were substantial toilet brushes in their own cute little sanitary holders for $3.30. At first I thought it must be some Walton family trap and so we circled, then sent in a scout, and finally, we parked our cart a safe distance away and I allowed myself to be stunned by the reasonableness of the price and we bought two.
I’m sure you can buy toasters for $11,000 and toilet brushes for $15,000, but I’m a regular guy who never even thinks of toilet brushes unless I’m washing the car. And yes, I wash and wax my own car. And yes, I’m that cheap. And no, I don’t feel guilty. And yes, even buying $3.30 toilet brushes I live a high quality life and happiness pervades.
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