Comments on: Carpooling Doesn’t Save Me Money

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:15:57 +0000

Agreed Jimmy. If I were to ride my bike to work I would consider it a valuable use of my time: yes, it would take more of it, but I would be doing something healthy, relaxing, and good for the environment.

To me, there’s nothing enjoyable/relaxing about carpooling.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:35:42 +0000

I disagree with your math – what about riding your bike to work – then you get your exercise in while your get to work (read efficiency) and then bring down health care costs?

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:32:14 +0000

Great analogy Holland

By: Adam Holland

Adam Holland — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:41:04 +0000

This reminds me of the story of the business owner that gets suckered into doing a “bake-sale-like-event” for his kids’ school. 8 dads total worked at the concession stand for 6 hours on Friday and another 6 hours on Saturday. They raised $2,000, and the other dads were pretty excited.
Not the business owner.

8 people*6hours*2days is about 100 hours.
$2,000/~100 hours of work = $20/hour.

So for his 12 hours of work, he produced $240 for the cause.
Well, the business owner makes $200/hr. What a waste of time! He says, “Next year, ask me for a check and I’ll spend that time with my family!”

Business owners just THINK DIFFERENTLY! )
Go us! hehe