Hurry makes us consume

I'm living in friends flat. He's got two different jobs at the moment (his 9 to 5 job and his company that does business in the summer time). That means his in a hurry right now.

We had, or he had, a really tight schedule today and that meant we had to go to supermarket and eat real fast. That is why we bought ready made food from the supermarket and in a hurry I bought some basic groceries that I need to make breakfast and dinner for few days.

Afterwards I was angry with myself because I didn't really have time to check the products properly. I didn't buy these fair trade bananas, I wasn't able to find organic eggs and finally I just bought some noodles since they are easy to make.

Hurry made me consume like there is no tomorrow. In the car my friend said something like this:
"When my leisure time gets shorter I outsource my day-to-day tasks like washing the car, eating etc.. My free time is important to me and I want to maximize it and that is why I'm willing to pay a little extra from many things."

I can't blame him. Free time is important and this is how people act. Often the more money people make the less spare time they have. Rich people don't wash their pools because they are too busy.

I've never been rich in the true meaning of the word (I mean money wise) and that means I always have time to do almost everything myself, fix my bike, cook my dinner, walk to school, compare prices etc.

Of course it's everyones own choice what they want to do with their money. I'm just saying that maybe it's constant hurry that prevents us from thinking clearly how we should spent the money we earn. I don't have many option but the richer you are the more options you have. What I would like to see is people think before buying. In my book money doesn't bring you just options but responsibility as well. Of course we all have to same responsibility but money seems to be the thing that makes the world go round...

For readers living in Finland a nice documentary about consumerism problems in USA (video available until 4th july)