Saw something fairly interesting yesterday. I was sitting waiting for a stoplight to change when a cab pulled into the lane next to me. I knew it was a cab because it had a sign painted on the door. The car was a little smaller and older than what you normally think of as a cab.
Then the cab pulled forward a bit. Stenciled on its back window was "We Buy Junk Cars" and a phone number. I couldn't help but laugh. Talk about mixed messages! I didn't get a hance to see whether the phone number was the same as the one on the door. It could be that the ad was for a different company. But, even so, if I were running a cab company, the last thing I'd want customers to be thinking about is junk cars. Especially if my cars were a little older.
Seemed kind of dumb, but then again, maybe I do something similar myself. I live a frugal lifestyle except when I choose a fast food lunch instead of the sandwich fixings I have waiting for me at work. I suspect that if I think about it for awhile, I'll come up with other mixed messages in my financial life.
So maybe spending a little time looking for the mixed messages in our lives would be a good thing. Sure hope I don't find too many!
Keep on Stretching those dollars!
Gary
