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I had a good visit with a close friend this weekend and he gave me some interesting ideas for this weeks blog. It seems my friend went to visit the doctor and dentist this past week and he was amazed at a few things.

The first was the number of drug sales people lurking around the doctor’s offices. Within a matter of 15 minutes while waiting for the doctor did no less than 3 drug sales people come calling with their pills ready to make a sale. The odd thing is that I know exactly what he’s talking about because the last time I went to visit the doctor I saw at least two people come calling for the doctor as well as seeing numerous sales people trolling the hallways. The tell-tale sign of course is the black suit case on roller and the dark suit these people always wear.

I’m not against pharmaceuticals trying to make some sales but to have half a dozen people wondering the offices of doctors almost every day seems a bit ridiculous. Does any other industry have this type of sales tactics?

It brings me to yet another topic for my cascading lifestyle expenses: Human Maintenance.

I’ve written about maintenance costs for homes, cars, electronics, and even video games but it never occurred to me to think of the Human as a maintenance item until this weekend.

While you have your basic human maintenance expenses:

Food - $300/month
Shelter - $500/month
Clothing - $75/month

There are wide arrays of extras:

Healthcare (insurance, medicine, co-pays, etc) – at least $100+/month
Hygiene (toothpaste, brushes, deodorant, hair/nail care, soap) - $70+/month
Education (books, seminars, college, trade associations, etc) - $100+/month
Health Fitness (gym, sporting equipment, etc) - $60+/month
Psychological/Physiological health (companionship/dating) - $100+/month
Mental Health (entertainment, exploration, etc) - $100+/month

And of course, you have the entire costs associated with human reproductions and the cascading expenses that ensue as a result of successful procreation. The health maintenance expenses become recursive onto themselves in this particular instance.