One of the keys things you hit on is “Treating expenditure with the moral seriousness it deserves. Even offhand or joking comments that take a flippant attitude to spending will often be seen as in bad taste, and apt to turn people off.”
However, I wouldn’t characterize this as an easy win, even if it would be an unqualified positive. Calling out such comments when they appear is straightforward enough, but that’s a slow process that could result in only minor reductions. I’d be interested in hearing ideas for how to change attitudes more thoroughly and quickly, because I’m drawing a blank.
One of the keys things you hit on is “Treating expenditure with the moral seriousness it deserves. Even offhand or joking comments that take a flippant attitude to spending will often be seen as in bad taste, and apt to turn people off.”
However, I wouldn’t characterize this as an easy win, even if it would be an unqualified positive. Calling out such comments when they appear is straightforward enough, but that’s a slow process that could result in only minor reductions. I’d be interested in hearing ideas for how to change attitudes more thoroughly and quickly, because I’m drawing a blank.