So I read this article and just HAD to comment on it.

The part that gets me is:

Gina Pierson, a music teacher in Columbia, Mo., buys her family’s staples at local grocery stores but makes regular trips to Wal-Mart to supplement the weekly shopping list. Like many families struggling to get by, Pierson and her husband, a public school teacher, are adjusting their approach to buying, cooking and eating food. Restaurant meals are now almost a luxury.

What was that last line?

Restaurant meals are now almost a luxury.

What!? What the fuck!?

Is it just me or haven’t restaurant meals always been a luxury? Did I miss the day things changed so that your rights in this country included a meal in a nice setting cooked and served by someone else?

The even worse part of that line?

Using ‘almost’ as a qualifier.

Oh, this bitch and her family aren’t there yet, but things are sooooo bad (insert baby voice and pouty face) that restaurant meals have almost become a luxury. Like other ‘struggling families’ they actually have to cook food for themselves sometimes now.

Fucking puh-leese.

I hate people.