KASSIE MACKAY | Culture
TO EAT, OR BINGE?
Amanda Peacock’s stomach is grumbling this evening after she decided that another episode of ‘Missing You’ was worth missing a meal.
The 28-year-old Junior Account Manager found herself in the uncomfortable situation of choosing between calories and content when her mum declared earlier today that the daily Netflix account had to go.
“It was a pretty unfair move by mum. She knew I was only three episodes into the season,” Peacock lamented.
With only $19.20 in her account before payday, and a fridge stacked almost entirely with empty condiment bottles, Peacock was forced to decide whether to purchase her own Netflix subscription to carry on her new favourite show, or to buy food to get her through to Thursday.
The choice for Peacock was difficult, but obvious.
“I obviously am hungry, but I can only eat when there’s a show on. So obviously, even though I could have had food, I wouldn’t have been able to eat it unless I had Netflix to play in the background. Obviously.”
Raising her voice over the sound of her growling stomach, Peacock reassured the Whakataki Times that she had made the right decision.
“I’ll binge on ‘Missing You’ and I won’t even notice that I’m even hungry.”
When asked whether she had considered waiting until payday to subscribe for Netflix, and buying food in the interim, Peacock simply chewed on her fingernails and gazed into the distance.
More to come.
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