(02-25-2021 11:36 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 07:02 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 06:48 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 04:55 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Frankly, my main intention was to share a funny quote from the president of Costco threatening to murder someone over the cost of a hot dog.

Sure, but you ALSO are trying to make the point (that you've made before) that you don't think costs would rise.

MY Point was that they would... that they would hurt small businesses the most... that they would hurt the poor the most... that they would cause the loss of especially low level jobs... and small business owners.... The losers would be the people the left says it wants to help and that the ultimate winners would be the same people the left says are exploiting them.

I think you miss the point of the CEO's comment, and that was that the VALUE of the cheap hot dogs... the loss leader... is worth vastly more than the increase... which if that is only a MINUTE part of a $250+ average purchase per visit, is 100% true... but the cost of all of those items rise as well. He's saying don't lose a $250 sale over $0.25 cents in a hot dog price... which has nothing to do with what he would say if costs across the board were being driven up by 10%. If that were the case, he'd be trying to find a way to increase the average sale to cover that cost.

How would you do THAT... now pretend you're a small business owner? How is the Burger Shack going to increase its average sale? and this is ON TOP of every effort he's made for the past 'x' years to accomplish that same goal. I don't know of many businesses who are looking to sell less than they did last years or make smaller sales.

I am trying to make the point that costs won’t rise when? If MW increases?

Definitely not trying to make that point, and I don’t think I’ve tried. I’m of the opinion that prices won’t raise significantly or in a manor that is overly negative.

Regarding the value of the hot dogs, I didn’t miss the point. Hell, I pointed out why the hot dogs are a value to COSTCO...

Yowza, lots of wrong assumptions

Coupled with lots of head fakes in referencing the MW subject in your first paragraph, if you really want to honest.

I mentioned the MW once in the original post and specifically said this quote was tangentially related.

I added an edit with an explanation of why this story from 2018 showed up on my Twitter feed in 2018. Turns out it was because the same hot dog murdering President made a comment on the MW. I viewed these two parts of the posts as disconnected in regards to a broader point.

Not really lots of “head fakes,” just list of people reading into things where there wasn’t a secret agenda.

I just really love that story - makes me laugh.