Pocket watch
There is a difference between pocket watching and recognising a stupid purchase. Most people collapse the two together and they shouldn't. Pocket watching is about interest in someone's financial position. How much they earn, where it comes from, what they're worth. That curiosity usually comes from a place of comparison or envy and it really is none of your business. But clocking a stupid purchase is different. That is not about their money. That is about their judgment. And judgment is observable. You are not monitoring anyone's bank account. You are watching someone make a decision and recognising it for what it is. Let's say I go to the club and buy a £599 bottle of 1942. I know it's a stupid purchase, other people know it is a stupid purchase. Five or six shots for £30 would have the same effect. The bottle gets bought because you can and you want to, fair enough, but the reality does not change. That same Don Julio is no more than £150 in a store. You just...