Thursday, March 26, 2009

Should I Feel Guilty About Trying to Save Money?

Dear Momofuku,
In these times of economic difficulty I have been purchasing many of your delicious and remarkably inexpensive chicken noodles. I am, however, wracked with guilt that I should be spending more to stimulate the Japanese economy. Please advise.
Penurious in Tokyo


Dear PIT,
In the previous post, I directed the person with poor dental hygiene to p. 146 of Thus Spake Momofuku, the published collection of Ando's sayings. The same page, it turns out, offers wisdom for you. For it is there that Momofuku proclaims, "I am not selling ramen. What I am delivering to my customers is time." So don't feel bad about trying to save money by buying Chikin [sic.] Ramen. The more of it you consume, the more time you will have for doing other things to stimulate the Japanese economy.

1 comments:

Figgirl said...

I like that advice.