Administrative job paying $17 an hour requires applicants to have a minimum 700 credit score to be hired: ‘What does my credit score have to do with checking emails and updating spreadsheets?’

That’s a pretty high standard for a job paying that little. We’re judged by numbers our whole life. We’re judged by how old we are, how much money we make, the number on the scale, and the number of zeros at the end of our bank account. But one number can determine whether we can …
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30-year-old steals $2000 from her sister for her cat’s funeral after she asked her to scale down the budget: ‘She claimed it was an emotional emergency.’

We all love our pets, but there are people who are willing to beg, borrow, and steal to give their pets the same dignity usually afforded only to human beings.  As a former dog bakery employee, I know firsthand that people will spend big bucks on luxury items for their dogs and cats. They will …
Seguir leyendo 30-year-old steals $2000 from her sister for her cat’s funeral after she asked her to scale down the budget: ‘She claimed it was an emotional emergency.’

31-year-old girlfriend making $100K expects boyfriend to pay her $40K in credit card debt, $60K in car loans, and $20K in student loans: ‘You’ll take care of my debt.’

She’s going to spend her boyfriend out of house and home. There’s a significant stigma surrounding marrying someone for money, but I believe that one can’t marry someone without first considering their financial situation. It matters much less how much someone takes home at the end of a pay period than how they manage that …
Seguir leyendo 31-year-old girlfriend making $100K expects boyfriend to pay her $40K in credit card debt, $60K in car loans, and $20K in student loans: ‘You’ll take care of my debt.’

Daughter scolds 69-year-old mom for spending over her Visa limit after she housed her and paid for all her expenses for 6 years: ‘I told her I couldn’t help her anymore and that she’d have to figure it out on her own’

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. If someone has been irresponsible their entire life, no amount of help from their family is going to make them get their act together suddenly. It’s not true that people never change, but once you observe a specific pattern of behavior over the course of years, you …
Seguir leyendo Daughter scolds 69-year-old mom for spending over her Visa limit after she housed her and paid for all her expenses for 6 years: ‘I told her I couldn’t help her anymore and that she’d have to figure it out on her own’

28-year-old girlfriend insists her 30-year-old boyfriend pay off her $9K of credit card debt, refuses to move in with him if he refuses to pay: ‘I don’t think it’s fair to expect me to take on someone else’s financial mess’

There are a lot of couples who act as if they’re married when they’re not. They buy houses together, raise children together, and combine their incomes and take on the financial responsibility of the other. That works for a lot of people, and I certainly don’t wish to knock something that isn’t doing a couple …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old girlfriend insists her 30-year-old boyfriend pay off her $9K of credit card debt, refuses to move in with him if he refuses to pay: ‘I don’t think it’s fair to expect me to take on someone else’s financial mess’

Husband divorces wife for racking up $45K in debt from 7 different credit cards after he paid off the $60K in debt she had when he met her: ‘She even opened a card in MY name.’

It’s easy to look at Dave Ramsey and say he’s a little out of touch. I would think that a guy who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a month telling other people what to do with their money would be not only out of touch but a little bit scammy. I find his idea …
Seguir leyendo Husband divorces wife for racking up $45K in debt from 7 different credit cards after he paid off the $60K in debt she had when he met her: ‘She even opened a card in MY name.’

Scammer steals credit card information to rent car, emails card owner and asks why he canceled the rental: ‘Sorry to use the details hee hee’

Back in the day, you had to be genuinely sneaky to be a scammer. There were no websites with people’s credit card information available for any old schmuck to purchase. In the 20th century, you had to pick a pocket or snag a fat juicy wallet off the ground and make some magic by purchasing …
Seguir leyendo Scammer steals credit card information to rent car, emails card owner and asks why he canceled the rental: ‘Sorry to use the details hee hee’

Underpaid Employees Find Out Shady Boss Secretly Opened Credit Cards In Their Names

We see a lot of work horror stories on Reddit – and experience them in real life. I’ve had several bosses say disgusting things to me (one was, surprisingly, a lawyer) and have suffered from being underpaid and underappreciated for the bulk of my life. And while those plights are pretty awful, they’ve never straight …
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Underpaid Employees Find Out Boss Secretly Opened Credit Cards In Their Names

We see a lot of work horror stories on Reddit – and experience them in real life. I’ve had several bosses say disgusting things to me (one was, surprisingly, a lawyer) and have suffered from being underpaid and underappreciated for the bulk of my life. And while those plights are pretty awful, they’ve never straight …
Seguir leyendo Underpaid Employees Find Out Boss Secretly Opened Credit Cards In Their Names

Underpaid Employees Discover Boss Secretly Opened Credit Cards In Their Names

We see a lot of work horror stories on Reddit – and experience them in real life. I’ve had several bosses say disgusting things to me (one was, surprisingly, a lawyer) and have suffered from being underpaid and underappreciated for the bulk of my life. And while those plights are pretty awful, they’ve never straight …
Seguir leyendo Underpaid Employees Discover Boss Secretly Opened Credit Cards In Their Names