Five drinks is a binge? With that feeble definition, no wonder 1 in 6 are "binge drinkers."

Clearly, in your case, much earlier.

Or they might have gained a sense of achievement, making the item seem more valuable. Who wouldn't give their eyeteeth to be good at such a venerable old trade as woodworking? Start to finish, I'm a real woodsman.

"The only problem is that Whole Foods prices are whole-paycheck."

That's part of the marketing strategy. Gee, the same tea costs more, they must be doing business in a more ethical way.

While it is smart to persuade buyers to buy from you, if this is done through hollow, farcical manipulation rather than more honest means, then I think it's fine to grudge that particular marketing strategy.

@jocelyn

Is that you John Mackey?

Whole Foods is bogus. It's like the cafe down the street that bandies about buzzwords like, "eat locally, sustainability, carbon footprint," and so forth. Then you see some hipster, dead in the middle of a Minneapolis winter, eating some honeydew melon and sipping some a fine cup of South American coffee. The satire writes itself.