Exploitation And Profit
Myself and two other people each pitched in a dollar to buy a $3 giant thing of s'mores Pop Tarts at lunch today. The thing had in it 6 packets of two pastries.
The first guy who helped to buy the stuff actually owed me money, so I got half of his share.
The other one didn't show up to claim his lot at all.
So I was left with 5 packets of delicious Pop Tarts.
I sold four of them, first for a dollar a pack, then a dollar a pastry, then, in a climax of rip-off-ness, $2 for one Pop Tart. That's paying 2/3 of the original price for 1/12 of the original value. (What can I say... the customers were very hungry and desperate for Pop Tarts during class.)
Yeah, I made a massive profit (about $5), as well as got to eat many a delicious Pop Tart, out of a simply $1 contribution.
Can't help but feel sorta dishonest, though.
-Nuju Metru
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