What's an experience you had that taught you a valuable life lesson?
For me it was when I went with my family on vacation to Knotts Berry Farm. My parents gave my brother and I each a set amount of money (I think $10). We went in a store in the park and I bought the first thing that grabbed my attention, a change purse that said Knotts Berry Farm. Mind you, I'm a 5 year old boy that has no use for a change purse. No idea why I did it, impulse I suppose.
My brother took his time and searched the entire store carefully. After looking for a while he found in the back corner they had a toy section. They had GoBots for sale. He got a GoBot. I still had my change purse.
I asked my parents if I could return my change purse and get a GoBot and they said nope. They explained that I made my choice and in the future I should make more thoughtful choices. I'm now in my 40's and my wife and kids regularly reference the change purse story as I'm very careful in researching anything I purchase to avoid another change purse incident. My wife has searched for years to find that stupid Knott's change purse as a memento of our beloved family story.
Love to hear other people's life lessons
I remember reading your summation of this on another post...and damn that has to sting. Sorry to hear.
"Once bitten twice shy baby," I've had this happen more than once, twice as a matter of fact. Now days when I see certain shifts in company matters/issues and coworkers attitudes change or go sour, I go directly to the managers and start asking about the mood and attitude changes and make my mind up if I stay or move on, I don't wait for the bomb shell to hit everything and splatter all over...the second time I saw and read the signs and got out of harms way with a backup plan and moved on
Yea buddy, I left my last job just as I started to sense things were headed in a bad way. I got a lot of flack from colleagues, especially since I had just been paid a retention bonus (in lieu of an actual raise...). But boy am I glad I left when I did, the next year the company imploded and split into two.
As an adult: you get what you pay for, specifically with service. Even more specifically, when booking a hotel.
What I consider to be a "cheap" hotel is anything under $50 a night. A good hotel is at least $80, and preferably over $100. And there is a HUGE difference between them. If you're going to stay just one night somewhere, then a cheap hotel will probably work. But if you're going to stay more than one night... You WILL regret getting something cheap. I've done this to myself twice now, unfortunately (though they were many years apart).
As a financial newsletter puts it: you will almost never get more for free. But, paying extra money will give you better amenities and services.
Completely agree! it's amazing how much better some things are for a marginally small amount of money. For just 10% more you can get something that doesn't break the first time you use it or make you miserable
I feel like the inverse of this is true though too. Like diminishing returns on stuff like this. A $400/night hotel room is probably going to be just as good as a $600/night hotel room, all things considered. At some point the balance flips, unless you're paying for like penthouse suites!