Television - It’s Even Better Than Furniture
I’ve been having TV envy lately. OK, not really because I don’t watch much TV–although I don’t hold it over anyone’s head. I actually like a lot of TV shows but not enough to make them a priority–except for The Wire and pretty much anything else HBO produces.
Anyway, I went to look at a house yesterday and what do I see in the living room? A humongous flat-panel TV that must’ve cost at least $1000. And what else did I see in the living room? Nothing. As in no furniture whatsoever. No furniture upstairs in the bedrooms either. I can understand the desire to have a very large television, but at the cost of furniture? I don’t pretend to know what’s best for other people, but that certainly boggles my mind.
I once knew a guy with a wife, two kids and a new 5-Series BMW in the driveway. I went to visit his house and discovered his living room furniture consisted of milk crates, big wire spools, 1X10 boards and concrete blocks.
Peoples’ priorities are just mind-boggling sometimes.