#31: A Calculated Risk

As I’ve said, I am not at all interested in elbowing my way through a crowd to get my hands on a discounted item. But if I were to do that, I would definitely insist on it being a pretty amazing item. A bust of Shaquille O’Neal made out of the world’s finest Swiss chocolate? A massage chair that looks like a regular chair so I can sit in it all day and no one will be any the wiser?

I would definitely not consider a calculator an amazing item. This is especially true of a $10 calculator. At least expensive calculators can do complex equations (and sometimes play games). But surely a $10 calculator can’t do much more than basic arithmetic. Why in the world would you get in a fight over that?!