I always try to bring a lunch to work. I pack it the night before (I'm not a morning person.) Last week I had frantic morning and left my lunch at home. Luckily I work in a med center and there is a cafeteria. But I don't like paying for lunch when I already have one paid-for at home.
definitely pack for all of us! It makes great use of leftovers and I pack at least 3 fruits or veggies for everyone, so it's healthier than it used to be, too!
i usually bring my lunch to work, but allow myself to eat out maybe once a week. I figure I'd rather save the money for eating out for when I can go somewhere I really want and meet up with a friend.
Unless I'm planning to take a lunch meeting, I pack my lunch. The most frugal way I've found is to cook large meals ahead of time, so there's always leftovers to tuck into a food saver container, and take it to work for the microwave. That way it's cheap, nutritious, and is still a high-quality meal.
The smartest investment I've made is into my family. I make sure I'm available emotionally and physically to them so they know they always have someone to rely on. I feel this will make them better adults.
I always pack my lunch. Leftovers make great lunch options for my husband and I. Along with that we never buy the morning cup of joe. We brew and take to go.
I bring my lunch. As a teacher, I only get 25 minutes to eat, so it is quickest to pop open the lunch box. I often make a big pot of spaghetti or a cold pasta salad on the weekend and divide it up for the week. (I have two sons, so we seldom seem to have leftovers!) I also take sandwiches or pita pockets. I keep mixed nuts and cheese sticks in my refrigerator at work also in case I need a healthy, filling snack. I rarely buy lunch, and I limit my sons to two days a week of buying in the school cafeteria. The other three days I fix their lunches. My husband buys a day or two a week, but if I fix him a lunch, he will happily take it, too.
Your right, typically the first set of customer service reps aren't much help. Unless you're looking for a regurgitation of standard policy, or what little that recent hire knows about company policy, which is usually just what they overheard someone else tell a customer, you need to go higher to someone with power.
People with power are capable of assessing the situation and acting appropriately. With the appropriate part being a combination of your actual problem in combination with your attitude. If you phone a power person complaining about a situation that tends to happen a lot, and you have an attitude, you're likely to get a standard apology and nothing more. If on the other hand you call with the same problem and are pleasant to talk to, you're likely to get the gold treatment, and have the customer service rep go out of his or her way to solve the problem and make you happy. Kindness goes a long way to someone who deals with complaining people all day.
I went to see my regular doctor to get a referral to see a specialist. He mentioned I hadn't had any blood tests in quite awhile and wanted me to come back the next morning. I had the blood drawn the next day and several days later I found out I was diabetic. If I had not invested the time to have the tests done, I never would have known.
I almost always pack my lunch. I eat at the building's cafe maybe once or twice a year when I'm running late in the morning and didn't make lunch before. Portion wise, it's slightly more expensive ($1-2) than packing my own lunch (I like filling healthy lunch. PB&J sandwiches are not an option). Not much of a difference to me. A lunch special is usually $5-7 dollars. The size is two meals worth.
I would like to eat out as I HATE to cook. But the food at the cafe isn't that great, vegetarian options are few and what I bring is of better quality and healthier than some overly salty chicken cordon blue with potato salad, garden salad and soft drink.
I bring my lunch to work 99% of the time and I cant imagine why people do the exact opposite. My idea is that I would much rather go out to eat when I'm off and nowhere near the workplace. That way I can truly treat myself rather than pay for a great meal only to go back to work 30 mins later, but hey that's just me!
I usually bring my lunch, pb&j sandwich or leftovers. Nothing fancy. I rarely bring frozen meals. On some occasions I will buy lunch but not that often.
The smartest investment I ever made was in my kids' education. W decided to home school...my daughter graduated at 16 with scores out of the ballpark... and is now getting ready to start college. I invested my time, and the returns have been incredible.
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I bring my lunch - usually leftovers from dinner!
I always try to bring a lunch to work. I pack it the night before (I'm not a morning person.) Last week I had frantic morning and left my lunch at home. Luckily I work in a med center and there is a cafeteria. But I don't like paying for lunch when I already have one paid-for at home.
definitely pack for all of us! It makes great use of leftovers and I pack at least 3 fruits or veggies for everyone, so it's healthier than it used to be, too!
i usually bring my lunch to work, but allow myself to eat out maybe once a week. I figure I'd rather save the money for eating out for when I can go somewhere I really want and meet up with a friend.
Unless I'm planning to take a lunch meeting, I pack my lunch. The most frugal way I've found is to cook large meals ahead of time, so there's always leftovers to tuck into a food saver container, and take it to work for the microwave. That way it's cheap, nutritious, and is still a high-quality meal.
The smartest investment I've made is into my family. I make sure I'm available emotionally and physically to them so they know they always have someone to rely on. I feel this will make them better adults.
I pack, if I didnt I would never use up my leftovers, they are my lunch for the next day.
I always pack my lunch. Leftovers make great lunch options for my husband and I. Along with that we never buy the morning cup of joe. We brew and take to go.
I bring my lunch. As a teacher, I only get 25 minutes to eat, so it is quickest to pop open the lunch box. I often make a big pot of spaghetti or a cold pasta salad on the weekend and divide it up for the week. (I have two sons, so we seldom seem to have leftovers!) I also take sandwiches or pita pockets. I keep mixed nuts and cheese sticks in my refrigerator at work also in case I need a healthy, filling snack. I rarely buy lunch, and I limit my sons to two days a week of buying in the school cafeteria. The other three days I fix their lunches. My husband buys a day or two a week, but if I fix him a lunch, he will happily take it, too.
Your right, typically the first set of customer service reps aren't much help. Unless you're looking for a regurgitation of standard policy, or what little that recent hire knows about company policy, which is usually just what they overheard someone else tell a customer, you need to go higher to someone with power.
People with power are capable of assessing the situation and acting appropriately. With the appropriate part being a combination of your actual problem in combination with your attitude. If you phone a power person complaining about a situation that tends to happen a lot, and you have an attitude, you're likely to get a standard apology and nothing more. If on the other hand you call with the same problem and are pleasant to talk to, you're likely to get the gold treatment, and have the customer service rep go out of his or her way to solve the problem and make you happy. Kindness goes a long way to someone who deals with complaining people all day.
I went to see my regular doctor to get a referral to see a specialist. He mentioned I hadn't had any blood tests in quite awhile and wanted me to come back the next morning. I had the blood drawn the next day and several days later I found out I was diabetic. If I had not invested the time to have the tests done, I never would have known.
I almost always pack my lunch. I eat at the building's cafe maybe once or twice a year when I'm running late in the morning and didn't make lunch before. Portion wise, it's slightly more expensive ($1-2) than packing my own lunch (I like filling healthy lunch. PB&J sandwiches are not an option). Not much of a difference to me. A lunch special is usually $5-7 dollars. The size is two meals worth.
I would like to eat out as I HATE to cook. But the food at the cafe isn't that great, vegetarian options are few and what I bring is of better quality and healthier than some overly salty chicken cordon blue with potato salad, garden salad and soft drink.
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my work provides free lunch up to $8 so i'm all set for lunch! sweet!
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I pack my lunch every day! I save plenty of money over the poor slobs who buy lunch at work every day :)
For me setting up automatic transfers is the best way to go! If not, that extra money is bound to "disappear"
I bring my lunch to work 99% of the time and I cant imagine why people do the exact opposite. My idea is that I would much rather go out to eat when I'm off and nowhere near the workplace. That way I can truly treat myself rather than pay for a great meal only to go back to work 30 mins later, but hey that's just me!
I usually bring my lunch, pb&j sandwich or leftovers. Nothing fancy. I rarely bring frozen meals. On some occasions I will buy lunch but not that often.
The smartest investment I ever made was in my kids' education. W decided to home school...my daughter graduated at 16 with scores out of the ballpark... and is now getting ready to start college. I invested my time, and the returns have been incredible.
Most definitely. Buying lunch can add up!
I use to do about 50/50 but then I realized how much I was wasting so I pack my lunch and I have saved quite a bit.