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Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by Timothee » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 11:00 AM UTC

Psyonic wrote: post #18

Does anyone else find this whole "outsource your life" movement a little disturbing?

In a way, I think I would feel uncomfortable because having people doing your menial tasks sounds a little like having servants.

However, I think it can make sense. If it makes you happier, more relaxed, or gives you more time to work on something you enjoy... the money spent can be worth it (or even more).

As far as I'm concerned, I know that I'm wasting too much time in general to be able to say that I need to outsource parts of my life because I don't have enough time for myself.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by eru » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 12:47 PM UTC

modoc wrote: post #7

Cooking a nice meal with my wife is one of the few sacred couples-time block we have every day.

And now you can do it for other people, too. ;)

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by eru » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 1:03 PM UTC

I could turn this into a company.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by thomasmallen » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 1:21 PM UTC

Having servants must be neat for those who can afford it. Every night I cook dinner with about $3 of ingredients, so I doubt paying almost $9/day on top of that would be a good investment. And I love to cook...

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by llimllib » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 1:40 PM UTC

Psyonic wrote: post #18

Does anyone else find this whole "outsource your life" movement a little disturbing?

Why does it disturb you?

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by khangtoh » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 2:36 PM UTC

I think the best part of the this experiment is you get to be surprised every week. Being someone who cooks and prepares meals for myself, I constantly struggle with coming up with something new. I find myself repeating the menu over and over again. So having the joy of sitting back and not knowing what's next is absolutely wonderful.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by sfk » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 3:16 PM UTC

revorad wrote: post #28

the funniest thing is that someone in the comments says, "this is web 2.0".

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by byrneseyeview » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 3:47 PM UTC

litewulf wrote: post #19

nazgulnarsil wrote: post #16

I've always wondered why laundry/maid service isn't more popular too. if your time is worth $30 an hour+ you lose money by doing menial chores such as laundry and cleaning.

I would like to point out that not all hours of the day are spent "generating value".

If your time is worth $30 per hour, but you enjoy cleaning enough that you aren't willing to pay $10 per hour for it, you're implying that you would sacrifice $20 per hour to clean. So when you retire, will you pay people that much for the chance to clean their house?

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by corentin » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 4:05 PM UTC

david927 wrote: post #26

sidsavara wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The latter - I have enough food for all my meals (lunches and dinners) each week. I often have more than enough, and share with my roommates and friends.

You're brilliant! I would have never thought of that, and yet I think that this is absolutely a trend we'll start seeing. Outsourcing is going to go to the neighborhood.

For example, you could hire your neighbor's kid to maw your lawn and stuff like that.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by biohacker42 » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 4:23 PM UTC

What's so interesting about this is that for $60 a week you can get a LOT of calories from fast food. But then you could be dead soon.

In Europe you could east pretty healthy delicious food for about $60 a week easily.

But America seems to lack a cheap + good + won't kill you food option. Like a whole market segment is not served.

And Americans in general don't go out to eat like Europeans do. Either it's (to go) fast food, or an expensive sit down meal.