Money Moral Dilemma

Mouseboy007

My friend has joined an expensive club and without asking has enrolled me and all our other friends too! There are some benefits such as members being allowed to share stuff with other people in the club once joined etc, but I think existing members would still be happy to share with non-members.

The usual cost is £18 billion a year which I think is too much, but my friend gets a £5 billion discount and keeps telling us all it's a great deal. The thing is we collectively pay in a lot more to the club than we ever get out. And some of the members could really do with that extra money we're spending on a club in to which we didn't even voluntarily enrol!

However, whenever I try to tell my friend about how unhappy I am with the cost, I get criticised as being a bit xenophobic because some members are foreign and speak other languages. That hurts.

At present, I'm writing this from the club boat, The Titanic. I'm pretty sure we just hit some ice and the boat is slowly sinking, but there are bouncers standing by the lifeboats telling everyone how we're all better off staying on board because The Titanic is big and proven and the lifeboats are untested and therefore unknown.

Should I continue to pay in to this club and stay on the boat because my friend wants me to or should I give the lifeboats a chance and save on membership fees?

cells

Mouseboy007 wrote: »

My friend has joined an expensive club and without asking has enrolled me and all our other friends too! There are some benefits such as members being allowed to share stuff with other people in the club once joined etc, but I think existing members would still be happy to share with non-members.

The usual cost is £18 billion a year which I think is too much, but my friend gets a £5 billion discount and keeps telling us all it's a great deal. The thing is we collectively pay in a lot more to the club than we ever get out. And some of the members could really do with that extra money we're spending on a club in to which we didn't even voluntarily enrol!

However, whenever I try to tell my friend about how unhappy I am with the cost, I get criticised as being a bit xenophobic because some members are foreign and speak other languages. That hurts.

At present, I'm writing this from the club boat, The Titanic. I'm pretty sure we just hit some ice and the boat is slowly sinking, but there are bouncers standing by the lifeboats telling everyone how we're all better off staying on board because The Titanic is big and proven and the lifeboats are untested and therefore unknown.

Should I continue to pay in to this club and stay on the boat because my friend wants me to or should I give the lifeboats a chance and save on membership fees?

depends. do you expect another big ship to come along and save you or are you going to slowly starve and start eating each other on the lifeboats or will you freeze before that point?