So the folks over at Budgets are Sexy (an interesting budget / personal finance blog) had a post today asking which luxury you would choose, if you could choose one and only one.
The choices were:
* 24/7 Personal Chauffeur – Your own driver (and car) to take you anywhere, anytime, no questions asked. Great for: bar hopping, airport pick ups/drop offs, driving you on weekend getaways.
* 24/7 Personal Chef – Ooooooh this one has HOT written all over it! Covers your breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, you name it. And, since it’s YOUR perk here, you could even have him/her teach you how to cook so you don’t have to necessarily give it up if you enjoy it 😉
* Personal Assistant – Your own go-to person to cover any needs whatsoever. Dry cleaning, errands, packing your lunch, etc. They don’t pay for any of these items requested, BUT their services are on the house. And we’ll assume all these choices going forward are 24/7.
* Personal Masseuse – I know some of you ladies will choose this one. Might I recommend Money Mate Kate? I heard she’s the best around.
* Free Food for Life – Never have to worry about paying for it again! Covers all groceries, dinners @ restaurants, snacks, you name it. (doesn’t cover drinks of any sort)
* Free Drinks & Alcohol for Life – Same as food except this makes you feel a bit funnier 😉 Never have to pay for another long island ice tea again! Or milk for that matter…
* Free Hotel Room/Nap Area – The freedom to sleep wherever and whenever your heart desires! At work and need a 20 min power nap? You got it! Out at the bars and too drunk to make it home? No problem! Get your friend who picked the 24/7 Chauffeur to take you there 😉
* Free Clothes! – Everything from Wal-Mart to Fendi, it’s all you baby. Covers everything but shoes (this is a perk, not a fantasy! haha…)
I was torn between free food and the personal assistant, but in the end, I went with the free food. Seems like that would be way more worth it, especially taking into account the money. All those other things you can live without (more or less) but you gotta eat!
So what about you guys? What are you picking? I have a *sneaking* suspicion which one Carolyn will pick 🙂
11 responses to “One free luxury”
This is a no brainer. I’d pick free food all the way. Just imagine, any and all the food you ever wanted. And we have a lot of kids to feed! And I could finally try out all those fancy recipes that I’ve always wanted but could never afford. Awesome! Oh wait, it’s not real. Bummer.
Were you right Dan?
Of course
Though I was thinking that free food is SUCH a no-brainer, that it should have to have a handicap. Maybe you can have all the free food you want, but it all tastes the same. Or maybe you can only eat “basic” stuff – nothing fancy
yo! thx for the shout out my brotha….it looks like free food is def. picking up the speed on my site as well 🙂
i actually just threw that one in there and didn’t think much of it to be honest with you – i thought the personal drivers/chefs/etc would be the real winners! haha….Appreciate you stopping by and leaving your answer.
free food, that is my pick for sure. I like Budgets are Sexy blog, thank for introducing it .Fun to read.
I go with the cook. I hate to cook. Maybe she/he would make vegetables taste good and other low cal stuff. Food is such an issue with me.
The people at that blog probably are biased toward free food.
Oh, and where I was in my life would change my answers. A few to 11 years ago it would have been the masseuse.
When I had my kids around it might have been free food…although the cook still sounds good here. And maybe a housekeeper. And the chauffeur to run them everywhere. hmmm.
I don’t think food is a no-brainer.
I would pick the personal assistant (which I would assume could do at least a remedial job of either Chauffer or Cook). I’m always wishing I had more free time, and that’s something that’s hard to buy.
I would not want free anything that could lead to abusing my own body, like food or alcohol. It would just encourage me to get fat. I’d eat out every day!
You also mentioned food was a better choice than a personal assitant taking into account the money? How cheap do you think you could get a 24-hour personal assistant for? I doubt you’re spending anywhere near to $40-60k a year on food, even if you eat out all the time with 5 kids. That’s like $140 a day on food. 🙂
But the point is that I currently spend $0 on a personal assistant. It’s classic need vs. want.
You NEED food. You WANT a personal assistant