WOMAN: DO YOU DRINK BEER?
MAN: YES
WOMAN: HOW MANY BEERS A
DAY?
MAN: USUALLY ABOUT
THREE
WOMAN: HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY PER
BEER?
MAN: $5.00 WHICH INCLUDES A TIP (THIS IS WHERE
IT GETS SCARY!)
WOMAN: AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
DRINKING?
MAN: ABOUT 20 YEARS, I SUPPOSE
WOMAN: SO A BEER COSTS $5 AND YOU
HAVE THREE BEERS A DAY WHICH PUTS YOUR SPENDING EACH MONTH AT $450. IN
ONE YEAR, IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $5400
CORRECT?
MAN: CORRECT
WOMAN: IF IN 1 YEAR YOU SPEND
$5400, NOT ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION, THE PAST 20 YEARS PUTS YOUR
SPENDING AT $108,000 CORRECT?
MAN:
CORRECT
WOMAN:
DO YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DIDN'T DRINK SO MUCH BEER, THAT MONEY COULD HAVE
BEEN PUT IN A STEP-UP INTEREST SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR
COMPOUND INTEREST FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, YOU COULD HAVE NOW BOUGHT AN
AIRPLANE?
MAN:
DO YOU DRINK BEER?
WOMAN:
NO..
MAN: WHERE IS YOUR
AIRPLANE?
