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'Check out my paycheck now, boss': School teacher gets docked 11.5 hours pay due to district manager's attempts to ‘save herself’, gets paid an extra $3500 instead

'Check out my paycheck now, boss': School teacher gets docked 11.5 hours pay due to district manager's attempts to ‘save herself’, gets paid an extra $3500 instead

Teachers don't get paid enough to deal with the various issues that pop up with the lovely school system. Whether it's the students who, let's be honest, are a handful, or the pay that is meh, or the higher-ups who aren't actually doing any teaching but still have a lot of opinions… Teachers just go through a lot. We'll call this school teacher OP, as in, original poster. So OP was working as a middle school teacher, teaching Spanish. They had lots of opportunities due to being bilingual and co…
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'My employer wouldn't approve $4 above our rate': Company forces traveling employee to book a cheaper hotel, not realizing it'll cost them over $300/day in overtime hours

When employees attempt to navigate company budgets, usually they have to cut through an outrageous amount of red tape in order to get anything adjusted. Obviously, in the real world, budgeting is simplified with a little leeway, but when it comes to businessmen traveling on the company dime, if you're just a penny over budget, there will be heckity heckin' heck to pay.
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'I called his bluff': Penny-pinching tourist refuses to pay the guide for his boat excursion; get's put in his place and marooned on shore

There are a few guided activities that most people are unwilling to be cheap about: skydiving, scuba lessons, and boat tours. With all of those activities, you want a trusted professional holding the wheel if things go wrong, and reasonable tourists are typically willing to fork up the cash to ensure the safety of themselves and their families… Not this man.
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'She made $20,000 on her wedding': Vigilante bridesmaid exposes bride who used a fake cash bar to hoodwink their entire wedding into paying for their honeymoon

Weddings are expensive, so planning a nuptial on a budget can make a person lose sight of appropriate ethics when it comes to money matters. Although everyone wants to make their wedding the event of their dreams, sometimes we're just not rich enough for that. One woman, a 40 something who was finally ready to walk down the aisle, recently planned an enormous wedding on a skimpy budget; then, she did the unthinkable...
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'I'm not paying that': Employee gets even with company's client following their refusal to reimburse expense report 1% over allocated budget, client loses $700

'I'm not paying that': Employee gets even with company's client following their refusal to reimburse expense report 1% over allocated budget, client loses $700

Receipt reimbursement systems in companies are much more complicated than simply giving employees a hard per diem. In this case, OP was working on an off-site short-term project (that in reality lasted about a year) in Singapore, and he was allocated $60 per day for food expenses. On average though, OP was actually spending about half that amount. As the project went on, the customer's client began raising some issues, and OP was told to take the client out for dinner and some drinks. His manag…
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'I will not be lowballed or insulted': Wedding vendor pestered by client with rude cost-cutting ideas

'I will not be lowballed or insulted': Wedding vendor pestered by client with rude cost-cutting ideas

This groomzilla had a mouthful to say to one of his wedding vendors. But luckily, this vendor is not new to the scene — or to cranky clients being totally demanding and insane.
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'Why you living like this bro?': Trashy budget chef makes crazy elaborate recipes using nothing but motel bathroom supplies

Eating food that has touched unsanitary surfaces is revolting for some people and, as far as gross environments go, motel bathrooms are arguably the most disgusting communal areas known to man. Motel bathrooms are basically a receptacle for all human excretions and it's not always cleaned (or nuked?) appropriately. However, for one non-discriminating foodie has combined the horrors of motel bathrooms with the culinary arts, building his entire social media platform on creating elaborate recipes…
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Memes For Broke People Who Are Contemplating Cryopreserving Their Bodies

Broke Memes For People Who Are Contemplating Whether Or Not To Cryopreserve Their Bodies

Wake Up To A Better Broke-less Future
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Fiancée Brags About Being Breadwinner, Is Late On Rent And Only Spends Money On Herself

What a shining example of what not to do.
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Company Tells Employee Groceries Cost Too Much, Must Eat Every Meal At Fancy Restaurants

If you say so.
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TikToker Rags on CNBC's Post "Typical Monthly Spending of a 25-Year-Old" And Sparks Debate

TikToker Rags on CNBC's Post "Typical Monthly Spending of a 25-Year-Old" And Sparks Debate

The three-year-old article is still getting a huge rise out of millennials and the Gen-Z—now, TikTokers are chiming in about it also.
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Low Budget DIY Engineering Solutions

Looks like it works.
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Masterful Feats of Low Budget Engineering

The best ideas are the simplest ones.
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Masterful Low Budget DIY Solutions

It's not stupid if it works.
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Intriguing and Sometimes Inadvisable DIY Solutions

If it works, it might still be stupid.
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Friend Has Destination Wedding, Surprised That Friend Can't Afford It

Oh really?
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