Eric Berne. Games people play (№ 43418)

A husband who is quite able to have Breakfast at an expensive restaurant, nevertheless, every morning, makes some sandwiches and carries to his office in a paper bag. For this, he uses a scrap of bread, the remains of yesterday's dinner and paper bags which saves for his wife. This gives him complete control over the finances of the family - a wife would dare buy herself a mink stole in the face of such sacrifice? The husband retrieves additional many benefits for example the opportunity to have Breakfast in solitude and work in the time saved. In many ways this is a constructive game that would have approved of Benjamin Franklin, as it encourages frugality, diligence and punctuality.