The Myth of Commoditized Excellence

Re:The Myth of Commoditized Excellence by ineedasername on Thursday October 03, 2019 @09:56AM (#21146973)

I don't know, sometimes presenting the costs second is still okay. I literally had the following conversation with my son this morning, who is a very picky eater:

Me: Today's school lunch is serving a giant chicken nugget. Will you eat that?

Son: Yay, okay, I love chicken nuggets!

Me: There's a bun involved, you can ignore it.

Son: ::shrugs:: okay

He hates sandwiches. If I had lead with the cost, that he'd be getting the breaded chicken patty in the form of a sandwich, he would have refused. Now, he'll happily set the bun aside. Kids are weird. But, I guess adults are too.

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Re:The Myth of Commoditized Excellence by apocalypstyx on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:04AM (#21147045)

Reminds me of the old joke:

The French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre was sitting in a cafe when a waitress approached him: “Can I get you something to drink, Monsieur Sartre?”

Sartre replied, “Yes, I’d like a cup of coffee with sugar, but no cream”.

Nodding agreement, the waitress walked off to fill the order and Sartre returned to working. A few minutes later, however, the waitress returned and said, “I’m sorry, Monsieur Sartre, we are all out of cream — how about with no milk?”

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