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April 17, 2005
That line at Whole Foods pays dividends
I wrote earlier this week about the 15-min check-out lines at the local grocery store, the Columbus Circle Whole Foods. Today those long lines finally paid off. As my order was being scanned, a 20-something blonde with un-organic bright orange skin appeared with a little $6 bag of all-natural organic oatmeal cookies:
Blonde:I'm in a big hurry; I'll give you this $10 if you'll pay for these cookies with your order. [cookies are scanned] See, $5.99!
Me: Um, yeah, you want change? [pulls out wallet]
Blonde: No, you just made $4. Bye.
I also got 46 more cents to write-off from my taxes next year. I've decided to itemize since I'll have lots of educational expenses and charitable deductions. Starting in 2005, one can also write-off state sales taxes or income tax, whichever is less. They figure your sales tax paid based on your income, unless you keep track yourself. Since I'll have little income but lots of spending, I will have to keep a record of all sales taxes I pay if I want to write-off that amount. To borrow from Warren Buffet: if you can eliminate the Federal government as a 35% partner in your financial life, do it. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of starting a line-waiting service for rich New Yorkers at Whole Foods.
Posted by adrianjo at April 17, 2005 08:48 PM
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