Nosy HR manager asks 24-year-old employee why she hasn’t had her adult braces taken off yet: ‘It’s $500 and I make $15 an hour.’

Was she born yesterday? We all know, or at least we’re all supposed to know, that it’s not polite to ask people about their bodies in the workplace. Even positive comments, such as complimenting a coworker on losing weight, are not always appreciated. It’s very common for people to lose a great deal of weight …
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Cheap dude steals neighbor’s WiFi for a year, begs her to split it after she changes the password: ‘You were literally stealing from me for a year? And now you want to negotiate?’

He should pay for her Wi-Fi for a year and some change if he wants to keep using it! Nobody likes paying for essentials. The fact that I have to pay for the lights to go on in my apartment is kind of annoying, but it has to be done! I’d much rather put that …
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17-year-old stepdaughter accuses stepmother of pretending to be poor because she refused to buy her a $1200 purse: ‘I know you and Dad make bank’

‘I paid for $1.00 worth of Ramen with a check at a grocery store. The check bounced.’: Former broke people share the brokest things they did while living in poverty

We all have different definitions of «broke.» I would argue that someone who makes $150,000 a year but has $150,000 in debt is pretty dang broke. I can also admit that someone with that amount of money coming in is probably not living a stereotypically «broke» existence as someone without any debt who’s making $35,000 …
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19-year-old college student breaks into the ice rink that fired him and eats the food in the break room, hasn’t been caught in 3 months: ‘The break room is my only source of fresh and hot food’

To say that I eat at work is an understatement. I subsidize my diet with the various fruits, cheeses, sodas, and chips that are provided at my office. If a green apple, a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, two cheese sticks, and a can of Diet Coke isn’t lunch, then I’ve been doing it wrong …
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26 Memes for Broke People with Expensive Taste

Why is everything so expensive? It’s a tale as old as time, but seriously, I’m just trying to grab a little sweet treat (multiple times a week), and it’s really adding up. We’re all in the seasonal blues, just looking for that small dopamine boost, only for our bank accounts to shut it down immediately. …
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Millennials lament the phenomenon of rich Boomer parents refusing to help their struggling kids: ‘I would give my last dollar to my son to make sure he was more comfortable’

It is no secret that a lot of millennials and Gen Z have thus far struggled to reach the levels of social mobility and financial security that were enjoyed by many in the generations that came before them. It’s long been accepted that the privileged few who do escape this downward trend usually have ample …
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Mom Cries After Only Having $200 Left After Paying Bills, Gets Criticized For Being Out of Touch

Everyone has a different idea of what it means to «live paycheck to paycheck.» It drives me crazy when I see posts from people making $200K a year, claiming that they still live paycheck to paycheck after completely filling up their 401Ks and spending $5000 in rent. Most of us think of ourselves as middle …
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