For What It's Worth – a literary blog

Michelle

i will pay you 1 million dollars to finish my dissertation for me

Autumn

At this rate, I might just have the time! Oh wait. I shouldn’t say that. A bunch of people might kill me. Nevermind. You can keep your 1 million dollars.

Jason

I’ll do it for one month’s rent

Michelle

autumn, if you are under contract to finish my dissertation i will protect you. and a month’s rent is a serious discount on 1 million dollars. makes me question the quality of your product jason.

Shawn

jason, how much is your rent?

Jason

two million dollars

Teresa (Michelle’s mother)

I’ll do it for free…..but it may not get you your PHD!

Jason

There’s the Capitalist system for you. Don’t charge overmuch, give someone a good deal, and they automatically question the quality of your services… Fine, I’ll do it for 1 million five hundred thousand (firm)

Teresa

Hey watch it there mister! I said I would do it for free and you are turning it into a bidding war……bring it on….bring it on!

Eva

you can do it you can do it!

Teresa

Spoken like a true friend!

Jason

For 1,500,000, I will get you the PhD. No problem. I’ll also throw in an MA in Computer Science, and a Bachelor’s in underwater basket weaving (a skill currently highly in demand in Denmark).

Teresa

me thinks you win! but I don’t like it!

Teresa

I think I could use some of that basket weaving….we’ll talk some time

Michelle

Product bundling, savvy marketing move. I don’t really need a BA in basket weaving, yet the offer is hard to resist.

Jason Bentsman

Everyone always goes for the basket weaving. Who doesn’t love a handmade basket infused with the timelessness of the ocean?… I will be displaying some of my personal baskets tonight at 9 pm on the Home Shopping Network.