Coupons online?

No this isn't an attempt to get me to get you to buy things from restaurant.com, but I will say it's a pretty neat webpage. As many of you know, I'm in debt and always looking for ways to get out of debt or enjoy living a life as if I weren't in debt, while not going into more debt. One of the things I've cut down on has been eating out. Why? Because it's expensive and never satisfying when you're broke.

Restaurant.com sells gift certificates to local restaurants and a discounted rate, but with stipulations. For instance, there are many that you buy a 10 dollar gift certificate for 4 bucks. You have to spend either 15 or 20 dollars on your bill and an 18% tip is added in. So let's say you go out with a friend. You each order an entree and a drink. Bam you're at 20 bucks. 18% tip + tax added on brings you to about 25 bucks. You've paid 19 dollars. So you save a dollar. Doesn't sound good? Keep reading.

Before you save that dollar you sign up at mypoints.com which is kind of like a credit card reward points program. Basically they give you 5 points for every dollar you spend at restaurant.com (among other things you can do). So now you've saved a buck..which you should donate to me, you've gotten reward points, and you've had the chance to eat out.

After a few purchases you can get free stuff from my points, like gift cards and all the other crap you can get from reward points programs. Still. If you're going to be eating out anyway, why not get something back?

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Ways you can be a winner and a loser at the same time.

Demetri Martin told a joke in one of his routines once, it went something like this "Being the employee of the month at a fast food chain is a good example of how you can be a winner and a loser at the same time."

The other day I was out reliving my childhood and playing a game called Magic: The Gathering. For those of you who don't know what this is, the easiest way to relate it to "non-geeks" is World of Warcraft, only a card game. Every week, a local game store near my residence, has what is called a drafting tournament. Without getting into the details, I won the tournament of 8 people (nothing huge). I figure this makes me a winner and a loser at the same time as well.

This got me thinking. How else can you be a winner and a loser?

A. Getting a date on craigslist.
B. Being a cast member of the TV show Jersey Shore
C. Getting a date on Craigslist
D. Finding a job on craigslist
E. Getting an awesome deal on furniture on craigslist
F. Just anything dealing with craigslist in general
G. Being on Team Edward
H. The double rainbow guy
I. Whoever runs this website


If you have more ideas of people who are winners and losers, let me know. Leave a comment!

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WHOA!

Sometimes, you have a blog that starts to suck. Because the blog starts to suck you stop getting donations. Then someone comes along and just makes you're entire day! Today that person is Teagan She's a camgirl, she spends her time taking her clothes off for money. Kind of like a stripper, but more tech savvy and less dirty. She works hard for the money and on this night decided to give me some of her "book money" or "college fund" 14 dollars of it. That's like my 5th biggest tip...ever! I don't know what strippers spend their money on these days to be honest. As a Jew, I have to say, that's a pretty awesome gig, you get people to give you money and you just take your clothes off. It's an easy buck. Also as a Jew, I have to say, I know when you ask people for money, it's really pretty hard to part with it, so to get 14 dollars from this fine upstanding camgirl...well all I can say is I sincerely thank you Miss Teagan Taylor! Look for her vid in the next few days/weeks.

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When is enough, enough?

I started noticing something disturbing when I moved back to the USA and got a job at a movie theater. The size of our large drinks were enormous...I'm talking 64 ounces and for only a dollar more than our medium drinks. I used to joke with the customers in the summer that not only did they get a huge drink with refills, but they could use it as a swimming pool after they were done with the movie. This comment usually got a laugh (though for the life of me I can't understand why).

I lived in Singapore for my high school years and remember going to McDonalds. Drinks cost about a buck, but you didn't get free refills with them, if you wanted more coke, you would have to buy another drink. I was amazed that in America, you could have as many free refills as you could handle. The sad thing is, people drink as much soda as they can handle and we wonder why there is an obesity problem in our country.

I think the other day I noticed that things are just going to keep getting worse. I saw a lady at a gas station with a HUGE refillable soda jug. My best estimate was that it was around 120 ounces. I stared in disbelief and the lady looked at me and said "sometimes you just need enough to get you through the morning."

Well enough is enough folks. In an attempt to both save money and lose weight, I challenge my readers. Go without soda for two weeks starting from the day you read this. This means no energy drinks, no soda, and none of those crappy juice drinks with 0% juice and 90% sugar/water. I think you'll find that when you do have your first coke after you're done, it will actually be rewarding.

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Cube Warriors of the world unite!

***disclaimer***
All blogs posted in this website are purely fictitious...any resemblance to actual events, people (living or dead), or corporate entities are purely a coincidence.

Let me first start of by saying that I have a great job, a wonderful manager, and make decent enough money for what I do. I know that contradicts the purpose of my website, but also keep in mind that I'm still struggling with debt.

I am a cube warrior. I sit inside me 3 walls every day processing orders and requests that come to me from sales people. All in all I am responsible for making hundreds of thousands of dollars for my company every year and thousands of dollars in comissions for the sales reps I work for every year. It is a thankless job.

Still, like most cube warriors, we work hard to get ahead. We're not in this job for the glory, we're in it for a paycheck and the chance of a promotion.

The other day at 6:30 PM (a time when I am supposed to be off of work) I got an email that rang through to my phone. It was a request for me to work at a trade show in 2 days. I quickly responded saying "I'm in". Ahh...my soul sucking job. I have long since passed the point of caring about "work" hours...every hour is a work hour. That's how you get ahead right? WRONG.

Day of the trade show, I work on five open orders, before I leave for the trade show, I shut down my order box and take my 15 minute break. Some bigwig manager comes to my cubicle to make sure I'm ready. He sees me watching a commercial for civilization 5...a video game that to be honest, I can't wait for.

He tells my direct supervisor that I was watching "TV" on the job. No thank you for a job well done? HELL no...instead a reprimand...for watching TV on the job.

Firstly, I wasn't watching TV. Secondly, see if I go out of my way for that person ever again. Thirdly, who do I need to blow to get a promotion around here?

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