McDonald's breakfast
A fixed fast-food breakfast picked up on the drive to work, the same few items every day
Breakfast from the drive-through on the way to the office, chosen from a short personal menu so there is no decision to make. Sausage biscuits, Egg McMuffins and bacon, egg and cheese biscuits are the standard picks. Cheap, fast and identical every day, which is the appeal for people who would rather spend their attention elsewhere. Nutritionally it is a salty, fatty start to the day, often washed down with a soft drink.
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Warren BuffettDoes it
Investor · Berkshire Hathaway chairman
While shaving he tells his wife whether the day is a $2.61, $2.95 or $3.17 morning, and she leaves the exact change in a cup in the car for the drive-through. Two sausage patties with a Coke is the cheaper option. On the morning the HBO crew filmed him, he passed on the $3.17 bacon, egg and cheese biscuit because the market was down.
Source: CNBC Make It: Warren Buffett's breakfast never costs more than $3.17
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