Comments on: Relationship of McDonalds’ McChicken, Personal Finance, and Me

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:09:35 +0000

Clever Dude: I have many fond memories of eating at McDonalds too (like spending $20 worth of stuff and finishing it all for instance)

I can never do that anymore but those were the good old days!

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:29:57 +0000

Understandable. For us, eating fast food during the week is a treat. I grew up eating fast food (McD, Taco Bell, BK, etc.), which was none too healthy.

In high school (1 year) and college (2 years), I worked at McD’s. I was just telling my coworker today that the reason I didn’t get sick of them when I worked there (or at KFC) was probably because I made my own food. I would stuff those breakfast burritos so full you could barely close them.

Man I was unhealthy then. I’ve improved, but now I need to shed those pounds even more!

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:47:21 +0000

Clever Dude: I didn’t go through the drive thru because I didn’t want to eat on the street or home. I wanted the whole experience

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:02:20 +0000

But why didn’t you just go through the drive thru?

By: Adventures In Money Making

Adventures In Money Making — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:56:18 +0000

I’ve been buying AAV & HTE on dips.

Everytime the stock goes up I cringe. Yes, I’m making more money on my investment, but they pay out a monthly dividend that gets re-invested.
If the stock falls, I get more stock in the long.

Is this the anti-McChiken-less effect

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:59:41 +0000

Modern: I know!!! We need to change that.

Neville: I hate carrots!! Actually, I’m not a big fan of vegetables and eat it only because of necessity.

I like the “food is like investing” thing though

By: Neville

Neville — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:50:21 +0000

MoneyNing,

Have some carrots and spinach for breakfast. For lunch have your 2 McChicken feast. Finish off the day with a fruit salad.

That way you get to have your fun and you can still explain to your fiancee that you had your daily serving of fruits and vegetables. =)

Food is like investing….its nice at times to have a balanced “portfolio”.

By: Modern Worker

Modern Worker — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:46:59 +0000

We want most what we can’t have

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:11:12 +0000

Neville: Everything is just relative I guess. I’m hoping I will be able to not chase the price, or instead of trying to shave every cent, I will put a limit price that is higher than the current price. For example, I will put a price of $85.25 when the stock is trading at $85.15 if I really wanted to buy it.

2 McChicken sandwiches would be nice but I don’t think my fiancee will like the idea so much because of health reasons!

By: Neville

Neville — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:45:17 +0000

As for paying more than a stock then you really wanted to, it’s just something you have to deal with. If you paid 1% more than you wanted to and the stock went up 5-10% that day, you’d be praising yourself that you paid a little more to get what you want (then you can take the proceeds from that stock sale to buy 2 McChicken sandwiches). =)

Of course the opposite happens as well, but unless you were looking to cash out that same day, you shouldn’t get too frustrated over paying a bit more than you wanted.