My boss told me my lunch spending was 'alarming' and I didn't believe him until I ran the numbers

I used to grab a sandwich and a drink from the deli near my office in Austin every day. It was like $12 a pop, no big deal. My boss mentioned it casually one Friday, so I added up the receipts for the last 3 months. I was dropping close to $260 a month just on lunch, which is more than my weekly gas and electric bills combined. I switched to bulk buying bread and deli meat for $35 a week instead. Has anyone else had a coworker or boss call them out on a spending habit that turned out to be way bigger than you thought?

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richardk262d agoTop Commenter

Wait, is nobody going to push back on this? lol. You were spending $260 a month on lunch which is like $8.66 a day, not even $9. That's literally pocket change for convenience and sanity. Bulk buying bread and deli meat for $35 a week sounds fine but you're eating the same sad sandwich every day now. I'd rather pay an extra $200 a month to have something hot and fresh and not have to prep it myself lmao. Your boss calling you out on that is kinda weird, honestly.

miabennett2d ago

$260 a month" yeah that adds up fast. Packing lunch saves me like $150 a month easy.