• Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I eat out often for work and my company picks up the tab. Part of why I didn’t notice for awhile.

    I went to buy eggs and they were like 12 dollars. I could have swore eggs were a lot cheaper in the past.

    I eat more hamburgers than I should and that’s where I’ve started to notice the crazy pricing. Like you said you could get a burger and beer for under 20. I use to pay 20 with tip and the tip was over 20%.

    I can’t do that anymore.

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      1 year ago

      I went to buy eggs and they were like 12 dollars. I could have swore eggs were a lot cheaper in the past.

      Man some things have really hit the “I mean, it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?” levels of ridiculousness price wise.

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        1 year ago

        Since I buy almost the same thing. I don’t pay attention to the cost per item. I just watch the total at the end.

        My groceries went from about 80 a week to about 150-180 a week.

        I have no clue how the average family is handling this. It’s become so insane even I’ve noticed.

        I’m a republican but we need to seriously raise the minimum wage. There is no way anyone can survive on it.

        It’s almost 14 here and you can’t survive on that.