{"id":17056,"date":"2011-10-21T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17056"},"modified":"2011-10-21T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:39:48","slug":"what-are-we-really-paying-for-attention-or-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/what-are-we-really-paying-for-attention-or-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"What are we really paying for? Attention or objects?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kirstie Alley 2000<\/p><\/div>\n

Last night I watched an episode of Veronica’s Closet<\/a> starring long time fave actor, Kirstie Alley<\/a>. \u00a0In the episode, Veronica (Kirstie) \u00a0bumps into old flame Tom (Jon Schneider<\/a>,) realizes she regrets dumping him and wants to rekindle old times. \u00a0Tom finds out Ronnie is in the market for new bookshelves so, rather than have her buy them from a catalogue, asks if he could build her a set. Veronica agrees, then invites him to spend the night for dinner and wild sex. \u00a0The next morning, he serves her a heart shaped pancake for\u00a0breakfast and leaves her with an invoice for $10,000 for the bookshelves. \u00a0“Isn’t this a mistake?” she asks, handing the bill back to him. \u00a0He looks at it, says, “Yes, that should be 2000. \u00a0Silly me, I keep writing 1999” then hands it back to her and leaves.<\/p>\n

Dumfounded, she asks her sidekick Kathy Najimy<\/a> (another longtime fave!) her opinion. \u00a0Tom has told Ronnie to pay him what she thinks the job is worth. \u00a0She thinks the job is worth about$2500. \u00a0Kathy is a wise one. \u00a0She knows the dollar value on the invoice isn’t just about bookshelves. \u00a0It’s about what Ronnie thought of Tom’s prowess as a lover.<\/p>\n

“Was he a good kisser?” she asks Ronnie. \u00a0 “Oh, yes,” she answers.
\n“That’s important,” Kathy says, as she uses a calculator to add $300 to the $2,500 amount Ronnie first offered.<\/p>\n

“Was he thoughtful and attentive and considerate as a partner?” \u00a0“Yes, yes” Ronnie answers, why he even cooked her breakfast. \u00a0Kathy adds another amount into the calculator.<\/p>\n

“Did he…?” she asks.
\n“Well, I thought he was going to, but he was reaching for his sock at the foot of the bed.” \u00a0“You just saved yourself a fortune,” Kathy says, and adds up the total.<\/p>\n

Veronica writes the check for a fair amount, then invites Tom over to pick up his check and spend another night having dinner and wild sex. \u00a0 The next morning, Tom walks into the kitchen to make coffee and Ronnie wanders into the room afterward, dazed and grinning from ear to ear. \u00a0She opens the envelope with Tom’s check in it, stuffs it full of cash, takes off her diamond earrings and stuffs them into the envelope, then takes off her big diamond ring and stuffs it into the envelope, too, smiling ear to ear. \u00a0So I guess that answers that.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to the matter of a friend last week offered to build me some bookshelves for my office. \u00a0We even went so far as to measure and take inventory of the supplies and tools I have on hand (everything we need.) \u00a0I’m thinking decide on a price ahead of time and\u00a0don’t invite him for dinner<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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