Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast

Maybe you should skip breakfast? Feb. 14, 2023 at 10:10 AM To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast By Gabriel T. Rubin A customer shops for eggs in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) I lost a job I really loved yesterday when WSJ’s top brass decided to crush the DC bureau. I am eager to stay in journalism, so please reach out if there are any jobs left in this beleaguered business.

A screenshot of a social-media post shares a Wall Street Journal article titled “To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast,” illustrated by a customer shopping for expensive eggs. Beneath it, a journalist says he lost a job he loved after the WSJ closed its Washington bureau and asks for work in journalism. The joke is the absurdly bleak contrast between advice to skip breakfast to save money and the author’s immediate professional crisis, making it useful as a reaction to layoffs, bad news or economic anxiety. EN: A screenshot of a social-media post shares a Wall Street Journal article titled “To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast,” illustrated by a customer shopping for expensive eggs. Beneath it, a journalist says he lost a job he loved after the WSJ closed its Washington bureau and asks for work in journalism. The joke is the absurdly bleak contrast between advice to skip breakfast to save money and the author’s immediate professional crisis, making it useful as a reaction to layoffs, bad news or economic anxiety.

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