Ashok Vemuri’s Blog

These Trivial Things, You Know…

Posted by: Ashok on: November 1, 2007

I hope I am not the only one thinking like this!

I spend money on a lot of things between my paychecks, like we all do. Some of those purchases are necessary and some are not. But there is this small category of things, that are absolutely necessary, but I find very difficult to spend money on.

Getting a hair cut is one such thing. Not everyone looks like Dhoni in long hair, so I have to get a hair cut every few weeks. But the Super Cuts salon in my neighborhood charges 18 dollars for that. Spending so much for something as trivial as a hair cut….ah, I need some serious motivation to do that! Paying for luggage carts in airports, or for a car wash are a few other things in this category for me.

What’s on your list of such pet peeves??

1 Response to "These Trivial Things, You Know…"

1 | Abhijit

April 18th, 2008 at 6:57 am

Ashok,
Depends on what the marginal utility of your haircut boils down to :-) Maybe if you tried growing it longer and going say - once in 3 months instead of once a month - your perceived utility would be higher!

Add to that the (absence of) fringe benefits of going to super-cuts. Distinct emphasis on speed as opposed to ‘quality’. Try the local salon instead! My ’stylist’ comes from South Africa, and has a point of view on movies, tourism and the in-laws. So - good conversation guaranteed every time. My utility is growing in leaps and bounds!

Abhijit

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