Student tries to pay his college tuition, discovers his roommate stole $900 from his bank account to get his car out of the pound: ‘Relax, I was gonna return it after my next paycheck.’

He thinks that stealing and borrowing are the same thing. If your roommates don’t do something that annoys you a little bit, you’re probably living with a robot and not a real person. If you decide to cohabitate with other people, you have to get used to the fact that they’re going to do little …
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Woman leaves friend on the side of the road after finding out she stole $800 from her account to pay for their girls trip to New Orleans: ‘She linked my card to cash-loading apps’

Talk about exploiting someone’s generosity… When I was in my early 20s and mostly unemployed, I was lucky enough to have a friend who had a lot of money and enjoyed spending it on her friends. I wasn’t friends with her because of that, and I was always happy to pay for my own things, …
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Mom refuses to give out son’s savings account information after grandmother demands the details so she can make a deposit: ‘Just give me cash’

It is possible that this mom took her son’s privacy one step too far. Do you remember how fun it was to get money from your relatives on holidays and birthdays? You’d collect all that cash, the bills, and the coins, and put it in a cherished piggy bank until you had no choice but …
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Dad steals $5K from his 19-year-old daughter to pay off his car, daughter closes her bank account because he has stolen from her since she was 14: ‘I lived with this for 5 years.’

She should’ve closed that bank account the second she turned 18. Teenagers don’t always have as much financial independence as they ought to. They often can’t open a bank account without their parents’ name on it, which is all well and good if your parents are good stewards of your money. If your parents don’t …
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Entitled mom tries to take out credit card in 23-year-old daughter’s name, gets offended when she refuses it: ‘I’m just starting to get a handle on my finances’

Being a young adult can be an overwhelming experience. For many, it is the first time they have experienced a large level of independence, and this newly discovered free will can prove terrifying when it comes to the serious topics that we associate with growing up. One of these is money; keeping finances in check …
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Mom drains 18-year-old son’s bank account after he leaves home because she went through his belongings: ‘I called her out’

It is no secret that parent-child relationships can be fraught as kids come of age. Adolescence is a time when people go through a lot of changes that can be difficult to deal with for both themselves and other people, and on the flip side, those who have always had a strained relationship with their …
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‘I asked her to pull out the company handbook and read the definition of business attire’: Manager faces retaliation after insisting that employees have to wear business attire on Fridays when all other departments wear jeans

Company dress codes can be a contentious topic in the workplace. As Gen Z has entered the world of work, numerous debates have been sparked about what kind of outfits are appropriate to wear to the office (or not). The reality is that many workplaces have certain rules on the way that their employees should …
Seguir leyendo ‘I asked her to pull out the company handbook and read the definition of business attire’: Manager faces retaliation after insisting that employees have to wear business attire on Fridays when all other departments wear jeans