Why is it so expensive to go out?

[The Niggardly King 0]

Doing stuff like bowling really isn't that expensive here, if you find the right days to go. Like the place I go to has a Monday special of everything costs 25 cents once you pay a $5 cover.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah everything's much cheaper if you go out Sunday-Thursday. Places like the movies and Blockbuster are nicer too since there's not as many people (and thus not as many movies rented out or people bothering you).

[Epic Reine 0]

Yea, doing stuff really is expensive these days. Usually I try to rent a movie and watch it at a friend's house while eating junk food. Just sitting down, relaxing, and bullshitting with a couple of pals.

 

Cheap and fun.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

What people don't understand, is that the minimum wage wasn't designed to provide jobs where someone could be self-sustaining and provide for their family. It's designed to guarantee a basic level of pay for all jobs, primarily part time jobs and jobs for people still in school, etc. Basically the whole argument that the minimum wage needs to go up so people can support themselves with it is bogus.

 

Oh, and btw, paying $15 to go skating is nuts. Here in Wisconsin, two people can go to a movie for about that (and that includes popcorn and soda at smaller theaters).

 

Where the hell in Wisconsin do you live?? I'm in MN, but I always thought things were fairly comparable between the two states. There are som dollar theaters around here you could pull that off at, but you could pretty much rent any movies they get by the time they get them. If you want to see anything current, it's gonna cost you at least 6 bucks a ticket for a matinee. There's a reason I only saw like 3 movies in the theaters last year.

 

Well, I live in Whitewater, which is between Madison and Milwaukee (and slightly to the south). We actually went to the movies last night in Janesville at the larger multiplex, and it was 16 bucks for two tickets (we didn't get any refreshments since we had just eaten at Red Robin, which is pricey enough, 30 bucks for dinner for two with tip)...but this was on a Friday evening, which is the most expensive time to go to that theater, AFAIK.

 

Getting back to the topic, someone else mentioned how many people live up to or beyond their means. You know...people that basically spend all their money on eating out, entertainment, buying stuff they don't need, and then after bills are paid they have nothing left in savings. Most people these days don't know how to budget their income and living expenses, which is too bad. Also, they don't have any investments, etc....which is going to make it pretty hard to retire before they're 70 or so.

[Art Sandusky 0]

None of that could have anything to do at all with a hyperconsumerist society. Nah.