Liz Claiborne sunglasses
October 25th, 2006 by Kenric
Yesterday I was hiking on Camelback Mountain with some friends. Ahead of us were two girls hiking and they stopped and one girl began climbing down the mountain off the trail. We came up to them and asked what they were doing. One girl had spotted a pair of sunglasses about 15′ down the mountain and wanted to go get them. Now, I’m all for getting free stuff, but this was not an easy 15 feet. It was about a 45 degree slope, hard packed dirt with small pebble sized rocks. If she had slipped, she would have falled a long way down. We stood and watched as she slid down the slope holding onto small brush to keep from falling. She got to the sunglasses and the girl at the top asked what brand they were. The girl at the bottom happily said, “Liz Claiborne”. After she crawled back up the slope to the trail she tried them on. They actually looked ok on her but then she noticed the hinge on one side was broken. Disheartened, she still kept them and continued on hiking. The whole time I was thinking, you did that for a pair of sunglasses? Maybe I’m just too old and risk adverse.
Later on during the hike, my friend sees another pair of sunglasses and says, “Look, some Oakleys”. Of course, we didn’t try to get them, plus they looked fake anyway.
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Stumble it!
Wow, I really think that young people (I’m assuming they were pretty young, in their 20s) have really screwed up priorities these days! She’s probably still wearing those broken LC’s around town today :)
My wife’s cousin is a good example. He and his wife are around 28-29 years old, they make decent money and live in Vancouver. However, I am under the impression that they spend every penny they make. They have extremely lavish and one might argue, selfish tastes. I would guess they eat out 3-4 times per week at expensive restaurants, they collect things like watches, shoes and clothes, and take vacations 3-4 times per year.
In general, there’s nothing wrong with the way they live their life. I’m sure they’re quite happy. But, what about priorities, will they ever be able to retire, do they save any money?
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By NLG on Oct 25, 2006
Too old and risk adverse? I think I would characterize your decision not to pursue sunglasses as “smart”. Risking your life for a pair of broken sunglasses?
By Clifford on Oct 25, 2006
I think it is all about PERCEIVED risk vs. PERCEIVED reward. Everyone perceives things in different ways. It is all based on their education, intelligence, and life experience. Jackass: The Movie asside, people that do “dumb” things typically don’t do them thinking, “Hey this would be really stupid of me to do.”
Replace the Liz Claibournes with an Xbox 360, the secrets to winning every poker game you play, or suitcase full of a hundred thousand cash. Different rewards have different values in different peoples eyes.
Whose eyes are you looking through? :)
By RealOG on Oct 25, 2006
Not “risk adverse”? Some people would say betting on price appreciation with borrowed money is risky.
By Anonymous on Oct 27, 2006