Stop Being Cheap!

I read a posting on Lifehacker.com today about people who buy generic brand stuff.  I understand that some people think they're saving a bundle by buying generic -- afterall, $.15 here and $.30 there adds up, right? 

Sure, if you have 17 kids.  I live alone, and I go to the grocery store like ... once a month, unless I need something special like hemorrhoid cream  or denture adhesive. (btw, I actually had to look up how to spell hemorrhoid, and at work i have my search engine set to image search by default.  Can I just say that i DON'T recommend doing that image search...) Anyway ... now that I have completely grossed myself out, i digress.

The news story I read said this:

If it brings comfort to you, use the non-generic packaging at home. Something my mother used to do to reduce complaints in the morning is put generic cereal in the name brand box. I didn't realize this for years, but if I didn't actually witness my mother buying the cereal at the store, it was usually the generic form in the name brand box.

People, do not be THAT cheap.  I mean, telling kid's there's a Santa Clause, an Easter Bunny, and some crazy fairy who comes in at night to collect teeth (for real, who comes up with this shit?) is one thing -- but making your kid eat nastiness, pretending it's absolutely yums is just cruel and you should be ashamed.