My workplace barely groks opportunity cost on their main product, and I'm not responsible for the IT. When it breaks constantly, I say "yeah we know it breaks like this, get them to fix it."
Also per volume most of the stuff is cheaper than elsewhere.
If you can get a friend or neighbor to split with you, there are easy to share two/three pack items for a bunch of things. Lean ground beef is one good one.
These conversations are always about the lowest common denominator. At that end of the spectrum, you are flat wrong. All your comments tell everyone else you are either hopelessly ignorant or lucky and ignorant.
I think so