A: Have you spent your triple stimulus vouchers yet? You know you have to redeem them before the end of the year, don’t you?
B: I haven’t even gone to get them yet. I’ve been so busy recently, I simply had no
time to go and get them.
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A: That’s silly. It wouldn’t take you long to go get them, and it would be time well spent.
B: I know, I know. If I pay NT$1,000, I get vouchers worth NT$3,000 in return.
A: Or, to look at it from another perspective, if you don’t pay the NT$1,000, it’ll cost you NT$2,000. And all because you think you couldn’t afford to take five minutes out of your busy schedule.
B: OK, OK, since it’ll only take me five minutes, I’ll go get them now.
A: 你用三倍券了沒？你知道三倍券的使用期限是在年底吧？
B: 我還沒去領呢！最近好忙，根本沒時間去領。
A: 你這樣很蠢欸，領三倍券又花不了你多少時間，而且這時間花得很值得。
B: 哎呀我知道啦，三倍券就是你花一千元，就可以買到三千元的抵用券。
A: 假如反過來看，如果你不花一千元，就會損失兩千元，而且這都是因為你太忙，撥不出五分鐘的時間。
B: 好啦！好啦！既然只要花五分鐘，我現在就去領。
（Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯）
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