How the bad economy can be a good excuse

For this weeks' blog, I decided to read an article on www.nytimes.com about how the bad economy can be a good thing in some situations.

There were many people interviewed for the article about how the bad economy could be spun into a kind of good situation. Most of them said that it works in their favor when they would like to get out of something they would prefer not to do. Nobody can argue with the excuse that someone can't afford to do something because of the economy. An example that was given was a woman who wanted to fire her nanny, but instead just let her go because she couldn't afford her any longer. The same woman got a new nanny soon after that.

People are using the economy to put off different things too. One man said he was blaming his postponement of his wedding on the economy instead of wedding jitters. One couple turned down a trip to Disneyworld with his family to save up for a vacation later in the year.

This put a new thought into my head. I had never really thought about how a terrible economy could actually benefit people but, now that I think about it, I have probably given that excuse and been given that excuse by others. It's a good thing and a bad thing. It's a bad thing for the people having to deal with these excuses from other people. It's a good thing because it's a reasonable excuse to use when you don't want to hurt someones' feelings.