Chipotle burritos as the latest form of currency?
Chipotle burritos are so beloved in some quarters that they’re practically a form of currency.
When my pal David Steinlicht recently did me a couple of big favors, for instance, I paid him back in…Chipotle.
(We are both devotees and make regular Wednesday-lunch trips with other St. Paul Pioneer Press co-workers to the Chipotle in downtown St. Paul.)
Steiney is responsible for the snazzy banners at the top of my two main blogs at yourtechweblog.com and twitin.biz. So buying him burritos was the least I could do.
He was so happy with his edible compensation that he suggested making this payment-for-services system permanent.
He even proposed designating an official burrito-type currency, as follows:
Works for me!
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I’m on board
How does the burrito stack up against the Euro?
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