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Yes. I had a high school teacher [underpaid] that gave us donuts in the morning. One day that didn't happen. Anarchy. Screaming, yelling, crying, breakfasts ru
by ransom1538 6y ago
Yes. I had a high school teacher [underpaid] that gave us donuts in the morning. One day that didn't happen. Anarchy. Screaming, yelling, crying, breakfasts ruined. WHAT WILL WE EAT? This teacher was now an evil villain. The teacher learned: never give out free donuts again.
- flemhans 6y ago20+ donuts, for how long? If daily and at $1/nut, that comes out to $100 per week. Was it just on some occasions or every morning?
- mod 6y agoThat is a grossly over-exaggerated price for donuts imo.
- minitoar 6y ago1 dozen krispy kreme glazed donuts is like $8
- vxNsr 6y ago1 dozen donuts from DD where I live is $13+tax
- unishark 6y agoIsn't that a bit like evaluating the cost of coffee based on starbucks prices? We also don't know how recent this story is. When I was a kid, in the days before gentrification and gourmet-everything, there was a doughnut shop nearby that was like $2 for a dozen. It was way cheaper than regular fast food. I remember thinking what a great discovery it was until I found I couldn't handle more than a couple of them before the sugar was too much for me.
- AussieWog93 6y agoAre doughnuts different in America to other parts of the world? I couldn't imagine ever eating 12 Aussie-style doughnuts in 1 sitting, unless it was some sort of eating competition. It'd be like eating 3 hamburgers or 6 hot dogs.
- minitoar 6y agoI don’t think they are different. In my experience it’s common to buy them by the dozen because you’re taking them to some sort of event.
- minitoar 6y agoI don’t think KK is quite as pricey as Starbucks. A Starbucks brewed coffee is about 2x the price by volume of McDs. As long as we’re talking about standard kk-sized donuts I think it would be difficult to find them for less than $6/dozen.
- oarsinsync 6y agoCounterpoint: a dozen chocolate covered donuts are under 3€ in Lidl. Same size as a KKD, made fresh in store that day too
- minitoar 6y agoMaybe this food is cheaper in the EU? At a Lidl in Virginia, a dozen donuts is still about $8.
- oarsinsync 6y agoMaybe. KKD glazed are still like 1,70€ a unit though.
- sneak 6y agoDunkin' Donuts are over €1/donut ($1.20) in Berlin, even by the dozen.
- sgtnoodle 6y agoMost big grocery stores in the US sell day old donuts for half-off and in bulk, probably working out to something like $0.30/donut.
- pbourke 6y ago> The teacher learned: never give out free donuts again. Or do it either predictably infrequently (major holidays or whatever) or truly randomly.
- taf2 6y agoI visited China in 2000 and remember one night in Beijing I very poor sad little came up to me asking for help for food and I handed her 5 dollars. As I recall at the time the little ones always were asking for “one dollar” so i felt it very nice to give 5... after an hour or so eating in the restaurant when I came out a literal sea of children were gathered all around me begging for the same gift... I had given the little girl the only cash on me at the time so when a little boy very angry dropped the f bomb at me multiple times for not giving him the same - I stopped and asked, “do you know what you just said?”... he was thankfully much smaller then me but definitely didn’t seem to phased fortunately he gave up after a few blocks of walking... I’ll never forget this... both sad how desperate they were but also the effect of being generous... as they say you can’t win
- bsder 6y ago> very poor sad little came up to me asking for help Never give to beggars. Ever. For any reason. If you just feel you must give, give food--something that can't be converted to cash. Nothing pisses off "beggars" faster than giving them a sandwich. 1) Most of the time it's a scam. Often the individual isn't really that badly off or, if they're children, the money is being skimmed by adults. 2) A lot of the time it's criminal. Many of these encounters are used to snag your attention while you become the victim of a crime. 3) You are not solving the fundamental problem but you are making the area worse for the people who have to live there and deal with the beggars on a daily basis.
- memling 6y ago> If just feel you must give, give food If you have the time, consider taking them out to eat if they're comfortable with it. A little food and time goes a long way.
- taf2 6y agoYup , yup and yup... 20 years ago many lessons learned
- hibbelig 6y agoOnce I saw kids begging and I wanted to give them money. But they pointed at the packed leftover food from the restaurant. Then I knew it was not a scam and it taught me about the living conditions in that place. Thank you for the chance to remember this incident.
- rat87 6y agohttps://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/13/156737801/the-cost-of-free-doughnuts-70-years-of-regret https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/13/156737801/the-...
- BugsBunny1991 6y agoShould've doled them out based on performance. My fourth grade teacher used to give out candy bars for good grades. King sized ones, too. No other teachers gave out much of anything except gold stars. I was an overachiever so I usually managed to get a treat.
- dragonwriter 6y agoBeing the best served by the teacher is already a reward; no need to rub additional salt in the wounds of the students the teacher is failing.
- discordance 6y agoThere’s a pretty strong dopamine response with sugar, so there would be a strong association with that and class starting. No wonder they went nuts.