Decision-making 911!
Pretend you are me. You’re don’t have a lot to spend, but you have just enough to buy ONE cool thing for the rest of 2006. The problem is, you want THREE things. What do you do?
Do you…
A.) Buy a foosball table. It’s a Tornado Cyclone II, the Jedi Master of all foosball tables. It’d be SO much fun for all the guests to enjoy in your spacious apartment. It normally sells for $1300, but a guy in town will sell his new, still-in-box one to you for $750. You’re pretty sure you can talk him down, but even so, you’re looking at $500 minimum.
B.) Buy an Apple Powerbook. You’ve never owned a laptop, and now that you’re working in the creative industry, you want to learn graphic design. Sure you work on one 40 hours a week, but you never know when you'll want it for the rest of those hours! (Plus, after the last two failed attempts to secure one, you want one more than ever.) A used one will be about $1400. You’ll have to wait until at least the end of the summer to buy this one.
C.) Buy a kitten or a chinchilla. The landlord wants $400 extra in security deposit for a pet. Then you’ll need money to buy the pet and buy all of its toys, food, and supplies. Not only are you looking at about $600 spent right off the bat, you will need to take care of the little tyke for the rest of its furry days. Still, you’ve never owned a pet before, and how fun would it be to have a little companion at home?
What do I do, guys? I need help!
Do you…
A.) Buy a foosball table. It’s a Tornado Cyclone II, the Jedi Master of all foosball tables. It’d be SO much fun for all the guests to enjoy in your spacious apartment. It normally sells for $1300, but a guy in town will sell his new, still-in-box one to you for $750. You’re pretty sure you can talk him down, but even so, you’re looking at $500 minimum.
B.) Buy an Apple Powerbook. You’ve never owned a laptop, and now that you’re working in the creative industry, you want to learn graphic design. Sure you work on one 40 hours a week, but you never know when you'll want it for the rest of those hours! (Plus, after the last two failed attempts to secure one, you want one more than ever.) A used one will be about $1400. You’ll have to wait until at least the end of the summer to buy this one.
C.) Buy a kitten or a chinchilla. The landlord wants $400 extra in security deposit for a pet. Then you’ll need money to buy the pet and buy all of its toys, food, and supplies. Not only are you looking at about $600 spent right off the bat, you will need to take care of the little tyke for the rest of its furry days. Still, you’ve never owned a pet before, and how fun would it be to have a little companion at home?
What do I do, guys? I need help!
posted by The mini ninja at 4:23 PM
6 Comments:
Well, I am a huge anilmal lover so I think the kitten will bring you more joy and companionship than any of the other options. Especially if you could adopt one from a shelter... save a life and give a good home to a kitten that would give you unconditional love in return.
I say the animal too but only if you aren't away too much. My step-dad has an indoor cat that almost acts wild because my step-dad works so many hours, the cat is alone too much. My second choice was the foosball table. I had one as a kid and loved it.
Laptop.
You can always get a kitten for free somewhere. Look in the classifieds.
Oh, Apple Powerbook, hands down.
:-)
Hey Leslie, let's look at the 3 items again.
1) Football table - ok cool to have one at home and have fun with family and friends but the novelty soon dies off and it will become a 'burden' and eventually an 'eye-sore'
2) Laptop - versatile and portable can carry around to do our creative stuff. Chat, email, work, graphics, excel etc etc....lots to explore and open yourself to the world.
3) Pets - yup, lovable and huggable but it is a long term commitment and you have a responsibility to nurture and take care of them. You suddenly realise that you are not that 'mobile' anymore becoz you have to make arrangment for someone to take care of them if you want to travel and leave time etc.
So I imagine myself in this scenario....er...go for item 2, laptop :P
Hope I've helped
did you decide yet? i'm super late on this one, but i'm going laptop all the way.
Gab At Les
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