We enjoyed a Google Meet call yesterday with Rachel, Janice, and Dan, John's siblings. How the Internet brings us together so easily from far flung places. Something in the plus column.
Entering the dark times, dinner becomes the highlight of the day. Look at these perfectly diced vegetables, like a machine cut them. Not done with my hasty paring knife.
Yes, you could say "fussy" or you could also say, this is why Boeing built airplanes are flying all over the world. Attention to detail, skill with tools. Unfortunately for the company, that old guard is fast retiring. Now their wives put them to work in the kitchen.
I made lettuce wrap sauce with a mash up of Asian condiments from the fridge. The ginger and chili seasoned ground chicken came from our quality local sausage maker, Isernio's. A package of 4 Italian sausages will set you back $7.
Everything is so much more expensive. We're lucky, but it's still jarring to suddenly pay more for the same old things and get less at the same time. No turkey bargains this Thanksgiving.
Have you heard of skimpflation?
"Skimpflation is the hotel that no
longer offers daily housekeeping, or the restaurant that subs a QR code
for a paper menu. It’s also the bank that doesn’t employ enough phone
operators, leaving you stuck on hold. Or it’s the airline, such as
American, that can't hire workers back fast enough, so a weather issue in a hub city throws the lives of thousands of people into chaos." Washington Post
However, there's also suspicion that these corporations are skimping out on services/products and blaming
Covid-- a good excuse to decrease quality while charging the
same (or higher) and exploiting employees.This was already going on long before the pandemic. You know, how a half pound of coffee suddenly becomes 6 oz.?
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