Re: OT: Dumb question

From: Eliyahu Rooff (lrooff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/26/04


Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:00:15 -0700


"RaeMorrill" <raemorrill@aol.com.com> wrote in message
news:20040926103314.18589.00001476@mb-m29.aol.com...
> >ey allow $15 to eat on,
> >which actually for Keith isn't bad, he usually only eats one big meal
a day
>
> Yeah, but how many places can you get a good meal for only 15 bucks?
You might
> find a few with specials for 6 or 8 bucks, but if someone even wanted
a cup of
> coffee and a doughnut for breakfast and a burger for lunch, there
wouldn't be
> enough left to cover dinner. Just seems to me, especially if this is
not
> voluntarily, a company could do a bit better than that. If that same
15 bucks
> has to cover gas it will be a lot less remaining for food - unless
they're
> putting him up in a place where he doesn't have to drive far to work.
>
They probably have taken the approach that he's going to be eating
whether he's there or at home, and are just picking up the difference
between what it would cost him at home and what it costs there.

Eliyahu



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