Five dollar... Five dollar... Five dollar foot looooooooongs

Publix (grocery store) quite often has a $5 featured sub sandwich of the week. This week it was ham. I got one, ate half of it, I'm full. The other half will be tomorrow's lunch.

Going back to Subway, ours also have a $4 daily special, which is a six inch sandwich, chips, and drink. The sandwich is different for each weekday. That's about the cheapest lunch you can get, short of getting a couple of roller dogs at Quiktrip or Racetrac. That gives new meaning to the phrase "eat and get gas".
 
Sac Arrow said:
Well, okay... there is two levels of eating out for me. If I'm just travelling to get from point A to point B and I don't have a lot of time to eat and I just need to get something quick, I'll probably eat at a chain. Now, if I'm having dinner on the company dime, hell yeah, I'll go to the place with the best seafood in the world and chow down!
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I suppose you can, provided your per diem allows it. Those of us paying for our own meals tend to eat a little more modestly when we travel.

Thankfully, I haven't done all that much business travel, but when I have, I've never had a per diem that would let me go to a seafood or steak place.
 
FormerHangie said:
I suppose you can, provided your per diem allows it. Those of us paying for our own meals tend to eat a little more modestly when we travel.

Thankfully, I haven't done all that much business travel, but when I have, I've never had a per diem that would let me go to a seafood or steak place.
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Per de what? Here's the receipts...thanks.
 
FormerHangie said:
I suppose you can, provided your per diem allows it. Those of us paying for our own meals tend to eat a little more modestly when we travel.

Thankfully, I haven't done all that much business travel, but when I have, I've never had a per diem that would let me go to a seafood or steak place.
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We don't actually have per diem, it's just straight expenses. Hotel, food, car rental, etc.... What's reasonable and allowable is largely a function of how far up the food chain you are.
 
FormerHangie said:
Must be nice. On the other hand, it seems like a reasonable reward for having to do business travel.
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If I'm sitting, alone in a Red Roof Inn in South Dallas, I'm going to get a steak, a big one, and an equally large beer... and one of those onion ring tower thingys.
 
Sac Arrow said:
We don't actually have per diem, it's just straight expenses. Hotel, food, car rental, etc.... What's reasonable and allowable is largely a function of how far up the food chain you are.
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I like going on business trips with the folks in the "$200 bottle of wine" link in that chain.
 
I think the cheapest restaurant option I know of would be the $5 Little Ceasers pizzas split between 3 or 4 people...
 
cowman said:
I think the cheapest restaurant option I know of would be the $5 Little Ceasers pizzas split between 3 or 4 people...
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Once upon a time a group of us would go to Wendys all but one would get a 99 cent baked potato whoever was feeling rich would get the unlimited salad bar and bring trays of food back to the table.:yikes:
That was cheap living. Damn hippies.:D
 
bartmc said:
I like going on business trips with the folks in the "$200 bottle of wine" link in that chain.
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If a manager bought a $200 bottle of wine, their judgement would be brought in to question.

Now, if they incurred a bill of $200 drinking twenty dollar bottles of wine, that's different....
 
Sac Arrow said:
If a manager bought a $200 bottle of wine, their judgement would be brought in to question.

Now, if they incurred a bill of $200 drinking twenty dollar bottles of wine, that's different....
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Years ago I sat in a conference room when a manager bragged about how much he spent taking a client out to dinner. I said, "Damn, that would have made a nice bonus for somebody." Then I found out I was in that meeting to be seen and not heard.
 
Not a wine drinker, but I've always wondered what would be so special about the taste of a certain wine to make it worth $200/bottle. :confused:
 
Everskyward said:
Not a wine drinker, but I've always wondered what would be so special about the taste of a certain wine to make it worth $200/bottle. :confused:
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The wine is the same, the sense of smug satisfaction is the expensive part.
 
ClimbnSink said:
The wine is the same, the sense of smug satisfaction is the expensive part.
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Pretty much. Once you get past the real swill, the curve gets pretty flat.

There are some really good, inexpensive wines out there. Luckily for me, my local wine merchant is a real sleuth at finding them.

-Rich
 
RJM62 said:
Pretty much. Once you get past the real swill, the curve gets pretty flat.

There are some really good, inexpensive wines out there. Luckily for me, my local wine merchant is a real sleuth at finding them.

-Rich
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Yeah, but that doesn't mean a restaurant won't still charge $200 / bottle for it.

BTDT...especially in SoCal...good thing it was a company nickel.
 
Sac Arrow said:
If a manager bought a $200 bottle of wine, their judgement would be brought in to question.

Now, if they incurred a bill of $200 drinking twenty dollar bottles of wine, that's different....
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Not when said alkyhall gets several 6-7 figure contracts signed. And managers don't get to buy $200 wine, that's the VPs. I think our bill was just shy of $40,000 ( and no, that wasn't my current employer ).
 
Everskyward said:
Not a wine drinker, but I've always wondered what would be so special about the taste of a certain wine to make it worth $200/bottle. :confused:
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Nothing actually. A good sommelier will teach you what you like with examples and some people like $200 stuff, and some people like $29 stuff. Some people drink it straight from the box. Ha.

Certain foods can utterly destroy your palette for certain wines too, making a $200 bottle taste like Mad Dog 20/20.

Not much of a high end wino here, but through a friend who's a sommelier, we've done a few fascinating tastings where different appetizers were offered and expected to be tried with three mystery wines. Acidic or fatty foods can really mess with the taste of wine.

I think the most fascinating was pineapple prior to
three different reds. One it made just lovely, the other two it turned from good wine to nasty instantly.
 
denverpilot said:
Nothing actually. A good sommelier will teach you what you like with examples and some people like $200 stuff, and some people like $29 stuff. Some people drink it straight from the box. Ha.

Certain foods can utterly destroy your palette for certain wines too, making a $200 bottle taste like Mad Dog 20/20.

Not much of a high end wino here, but through a friend who's a sommelier, we've done a few fascinating tastings where different appetizers were offered and expected to be tried with three mystery wines. Acidic or fatty foods can really mess with the taste of wine.

I think the most fascinating was pineapple prior to
three different reds. One it made just lovely, the other two it turned from good wine to nasty instantly.
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Even in the old days when I still tried to drink, the only wine that tasted even halfway palatable was the very sweet wine they sell to kids like Annie Greensprings. All other wine tastes like vinegar to me.
 
Everskyward said:
Even in the old days when I still tried to drink, the only wine that tasted even halfway palatable was the very sweet wine they sell to kids like Annie Greensprings. All other wine tastes like vinegar to me.
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Fair enough. No one should have to drink stuff they don't like.
 
Everskyward said:
Not a wine drinker, but I've always wondered what would be so special about the taste of a certain wine to make it worth $200/bottle. :confused:
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RJM62 said:
Pretty much. Once you get past the real swill, the curve gets pretty flat.

There are some really good, inexpensive wines out there. Luckily for me, my local wine merchant is a real sleuth at finding them.

-Rich
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Yeah I think generally the cost curve is somewhere around $15 a bottle.

bartmc said:
Not when said alkyhall gets several 6-7 figure contracts signed. And managers don't get to buy $200 wine, that's the VPs. I think our bill was just shy of $40,000 ( and no, that wasn't my current employer ).
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Oh no argument there. Been there, done that, although not to the tune of $40K.
 
Matthew said:
Years ago I sat in a conference room when a manager bragged about how much he spent taking a client out to dinner. I said, "Damn, that would have made a nice bonus for somebody." Then I found out I was in that meeting to be seen and not heard.
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Lol! The last time I entered the corporate world, after owning two businesses of my own, I gained a reputation for speaking Truth like that. Strangely, it had been so long since anyone had said things like that, it actually helped my brief "career". It made other managers intensely uncomfortable, which the CEO loved.

Thank God I got out of that paradigm. I don't know how you guys do it.
 
Everskyward said:
Not a wine drinker, but I've always wondered what would be so special about the taste of a certain wine to make it worth $200/bottle. :confused:
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$200 wine is like a $300 hotel room. There's no substantive difference -- in fact, it's sometimes an inferior experience -- but you don't have to rub shoulders with people who can't afford it.
 
bartmc said:
Same thing that makes a Rolex expensive...people are willing to pay it.
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I found a Rolex submariner on the beach in Sandy Eggo once. Then I looked closer and it was actually a 'Dolex Sumbariner'.


DOH!
 
Jay Honeck said:
$200 wine is like a $300 hotel room. There's no substantive difference -- in fact, it's sometimes an inferior experience -- but you don't have to rub shoulders with people who can't afford it.
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Unless you are in Midland, TX and hotel rooms are in short supply. It wasn't $300, but close.
 
bartmc said:
Same thing that makes a Rolex expensive...people are willing to pay it.
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docmirror said:
I found a Rolex submariner on the beach in Sandy Eggo once. Then I looked closer and it was actually a 'Dolex Sumbariner'.


DOH!
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Must have been purchased in this shop in Turkey. :D
 

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Everskyward said:
Unless you are in Midland, TX and hotel rooms are in short supply. It wasn't $300, but close.
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Hotel pricing changes somewhat based on supply and demand, same as the wine. For example, our current prices are fully 100% higher than they are in February.

However, for the most part, high-dollar lodging is priced that way solely to keep the riff-raff out. You pretty quickly reach the point where there are simply no more substantive amenities to add.
 
Jay Honeck said:
However, for the most part, high-dollar lodging is priced that way solely to keep the riff-raff out. You pretty quickly reach the point where there are simply no more substantive amenities to add.
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Sounds like high-dollar eating establishments with lots of "atmosphere...."

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docmirror said:
I found a Rolex submariner on the beach in Sandy Eggo once. Then I looked closer and it was actually a 'Dolex Sumbariner'.


DOH!
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I bought my "Romex" in Hong Kong. Cost me about eighty bucks. I swear that visually, this thing looked real. Meaning, you really had to know what you were looking for in order to tell it was a fake.

(No, I wouldn't spend $80 on a fake Rolex for my own use. I haven't worn a watch in years.)
 
Jay Honeck said:
Lol! The last time I entered the corporate world, after owning two businesses of my own, I gained a reputation for speaking Truth like that. Strangely, it had been so long since anyone had said things like that, it actually helped my brief "career". It made other managers intensely uncomfortable, which the CEO loved.

Thank God I got out of that paradigm. I don't know how you guys do it.
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It's easy, just don't lose any sleep about dying inside a little bit each time.
 
steingar said:
Don't actually think that much of Rolex myself. I'd rather Cartier or Tissot myself.
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What could possibly give you the impression that I think much of them?

Or, is this another attempt to polish your apple at the expense of another?

Ah..
 
Jay Honeck said:
Lol! The last time I entered the corporate world, after owning two businesses of my own, I gained a reputation for speaking Truth like that. Strangely, it had been so long since anyone had said things like that, it actually helped my brief "career". It made other managers intensely uncomfortable, which the CEO loved.

Thank God I got out of that paradigm. I don't know how you guys do it.
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Necessity, mostly. You have to make a living, after all.
 
docmirror said:
What could possibly give you the impression that I think much of them?

Or, is this another attempt to polish your apple at the expense of another?

Ah..
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Didn't say you did. Just giving my two cents worth, which is probably worth dramatically less than the aforementioned two cents.
 
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