Making categories helps us analyze our surroundings to make sense of them. So, it is not necessarily a bad thing that we do this with people.First, I'm thinking about individuals who brag about the expensive somethingorother they recently bought. You know their ilk. They enjoy letting others know that they have the money to spend.
Then, there's the opposite type of people too. These folks jump at the chance to tell you what a deal they got. They pride themselves on being skinflints.
The graphic here isn't to suggest that these two types of people don't mix. Rather, I am trying to relay that I probably fall into the second category mentioned above. I bought these oil and vinegar bottles at the local thrift store today. I like shopping there as one never knows what one will find, I appreciate the fact there's no tax collected on the items, but, more importantly, it seems "greener" and better for the environment to reuse rather than create.