The Rich Don't Penny Pinch
The author and I ascribe different meanings to &quot;penny pinching&quot; ...<p>Also,<p>&gt; Imagine you are in your car driving and you notice someone in another car, alone, wearing a mask. This is during the covid pandemic so seeing someone wearing a mask is not overly surprising. But then you stop and think wait a second, this person is alone and wearing a mask. Isn&#x27;t that odd? In fact it seems downright ridiculous. Why would anyone wear a mask in their car when they are alone?<p>&gt; ...<p>&gt; Doesn&#x27;t it makes more sense to just give yourself a blanket policy that says &quot;I put my mask on whenever I leave the house, and don&#x27;t take it off until I get home.&quot;  That beats trying to keep track of who needs me to wear the mask, chances of dropping the mask, dirty hands touching the mask, losing the mask, etc.<p>&gt; I&#x27;m not trying to suggest here whether or not people should wear their masks in the car when by themselves.<p>This begs for &quot;I Wear My Face Mask in the Car&quot;[1].<p>A penny pincher is the person who goes to dinner with a dozen people and ends up spending an hour trying to &quot;fairly&quot; divide the check among everyone. Or, the one who says a few days later that you should treat him to lunch because he only had a single glass of wine whereas everyone else had two or some such.<p>Sure, it is a good idea to follow useful rules of thumb to minimize cognitive load, but it is also important to be able to know when a rule of thumb should be discarded.<p>Whether the rich are rich because they do this stuff or because we notice it more when a rich person acts this way is not clear.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2DDXG-dHugc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2DDXG-dHugc</a>