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Media Santarelli mooches on friend fries

Santarelli mooches on friend friesOn the front page, Editor-in-Chief of THE BLAZE Scott Baker has a post about a new book: “A Nation of Moochers.” The book takes a look at mooching in America in the  macro sense. But I took a look at mooching in the micro sense, meaning a few of our writers here.

FireWire editor Mike Opelka told me that he’s a “recovering moocher” but added, “I give, too.” (P.S- Opelka had a lot more to say on this, which I’ll be writing in a follow-up post).

“Moocher: no. Smoocher: yes,” BLAZE magazine editor Chris Field said. “I come from a small farming community where everybody works from the time they’re kids.” The Newt Gingrich American dream.

I asked our business editor Becket Adams for an example of how he mooches. He said he catches the draft of semi trucks to “save on gas.” I asked if that was the only thing he did. “That’s not strictly illegal, that I’ll admit in public? Yes,” he said.

Santarelli mooches on friend friesChris Santarelli, an assistant editor, is one of those people who refuses to buy their own french fries and instead nibbles on the ones his friends order. “I never buy fries, say I don’t like them, but always ask for one from a friend,” he told me. The worst.

Buck Sexton, who writes on the front page, dismissed the idea of him mooching altogether. “I’m a WASP. We hate mooching,” he said.

As for me, I work in media living in D.C. Events around the city are typically free for journalists, often with open-bars and free dinners. Hors d’oeuvrs, at the least. Mooching is almost forced on me.

Comments (2)

  • gemmeri
    Posted on January 31, 2012 at 3:15pm

    For a minute there I thought he was cannibalistic & I was worried & ready to jump ship. My husband says any food tastes better when it’s stolen. And he’d rather borrow it than cheat you out of it. Now hitching rides is a green thing to do & very much in vogue. Truckers get bored & lonely on those long hauls, just remember not to bore them to sleep while they’re at the wheel because I hear trying to drive one of those things from the passenger seat can break your nails. Nothing wrong with children working or learning a work ethic, how young can we start? I hear even two-year-olds can harvest crops… Gringrich is out of his mind turning young teens loose in a setting where they might be tempted to snoop through someone else’s personal stuff – Janitors in the cities or schools??? Get real. I’m not trading one snoop for one dozen natural mischief makers. I really do think these young boys who like to shoot moving targets with their pellet guns or 22s could eradicate the nutria rat problem for us though & save the taxpayers all kinds of money. My husband says we could even charge $5 for the permit to shoot them & make money. I’ll get back to you on the brown snake issue when I have more info…

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    • gemmeri
      Posted on January 31, 2012 at 3:22pm

      Oh, I forgot to mention my husband once worked for a radio station in San Antonio TX that use to sponsor free booze concerts & he was required to attend as an employee & broadcast engineer in case something broke – Can’t have dead air anywhere – or adjustments needed to be made & he was expected to have a drink in his hands at all times. He tells me people would line up for miles to attend these parties & he finally had to leave that job because he was afraid he would drink himself to death. See, there are worse things than free food or free rides.

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