\nI knew that's where it went because it was only my second cash transaction of the day. Bank called the lady, who was I guess the manager at this diner nearby. She denied having been overpaid. This happened on a Thursday, the following Monday I was fired. I was unemployed nearly three months after that, depleting all my savings, racking up credit cards, and taking a s----- installment loan with exorbitant rates.\""],"title":"Teller's Tale","image":{"name":"xke0ve58saoq0jxq.jpg","credit":"Photo by Karolina Grabowska/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
\"Was reversing out of my parents drive. Heard a noise, thought I maybe accidentally touched the bin. Figured it didn't matter too much and kept slowly reversing. Thought the noise was a bit strange and squeaky yet my dumb 18 year old mind just didn't click.\nGot out of the car, had scratches both my car and my fathers all the way down the side. Luckily they were inexpensive cars but at 18 that was a difficult £1500 to put together! I deserved it though.\""],"title":"Drive of Despair","image":{"name":"3m1lu4q6799vk9k6.jpg","credit":"Photo by Volodymyr Dobrovolskyy on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":720},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":400}}}},{"text":["
U/AverageJoeYo: \"Life-long gamer here, but have sold everything I've owned up to now for less than half of the worth. I probably would have amassed a collection worth nearly 10k. \nI beat a game 100% I sold It, bought the next one did it again. I've actually started to collect everything again though and hope to regain most off it since its my 2nd favored hobby after working out.\""],"title":"Leveled Up","image":{"name":"uvx98w0lrlndv7hn.jpg","credit":"Photo by kabita Darlami on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":900},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":500}}}},{"text":["
U/BCN10: \"Masters degree, 50k student loan. Got some cool things out of it, i lived in SF for 1.5 years and got to do a semester in China. \nBut i do mortgages now so my degree is pretty much useless. Have it paid down to 29k in about a year though so theres light at the end of the tunnel.\""],"title":"Degrees and Debts","image":{"name":"7het3i705jqrp3e1.jpg","credit":"Photo by RUT MIIT on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["
U/Titi-caca: \"Lost $60K trying to support my cousin. He quit his job, went to Singapore for his Master's but couldn't find a gig afterwards. I paid $35K to settle his loans. Since he couldn't support his family I gave his parents (who are retired) about $20K so that they can live off the interest (they are in India). \nMy cousin went from one low paying job to another and then borrowed a total of $5K (paid over a couple of installments) claiming he needed it show some money in his account for a visa and then some for his treatment…I just learned from his mom that he turned down the job in South Africa. Now he just does not pick up the phone when I call him.\""],"title":"Down the Drain","image":{"name":"xwx88izuecko2e7k.jpg","credit":"Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/serenityfeather: \"In our commercial contracting business, it's commonplace (although ignorant) to provide waivers for money we have not yet received. That allows the GC to get paid by the owner and then pay us. My boss used to have me sign his name on all of the waivers. \nWhen someone s--- him out of $250k, they used the waiver I forged to get out of paying him. He decided not to do fight it because then I'd get in trouble for forgery. 10 years later he donated $1500 to a nonprofit I started. Can't complain about that boss.\""],"title":"Signed, Sealed, Delivered","image":{"name":"g91156idmymvz5ia.jpg","credit":"Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":481},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/casualoregonian: \"This mistake isn't mine but my dad's. Back in the early internet days my dad was searching domain names for sale and found business.com un purchased however he has mild ADD and thought he had spelled it wrong because it was just too good to be true. \nAnyways later that day he realised his mistake and went back to purchase it only to find it taken. That guy later sold it to the US government for almost 8 million. Not my dads best moment.\""],"title":"Business Blunder","image":{"name":"0qoqd3zd13pq2d8o.jpg","credit":"Photo by bert b on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1081},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":601}}}},{"text":["
U/Cinderheart___: \"Got my dad's card for a subscription service for maybe 6 months. Accidentally got 2 years and charged him 400$ instead of like 60$. (More like 200$ I'm just combining the fact that I forgot to cancel the subscription.) \nHe had just bought a car and he could barely make his car payment. (I tried to give back the money, but once I handed him the money he gave it back. I love him but I will always feel guilty)\""],"title":"Double Charged","image":{"name":"dmu7hvg3cpdqp7pq.jpg","credit":"Photo by CardMapr.nl on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":481},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/specialshi: \"Put a family member in charge of my small business. I had run a business for 4 years when I was lucky enough to get pregnant (hubby and I were very excited). Was planning on taking just a few weeks off, put a trusted family member that had been involved in the business before in charge of holding down the fort while I was recovering. \nBirth ended up much more complicated than we anticipated with a ton of complications afterward and extended hospital stays. My son and I thankfully survived and are fine. My business not so much. Ended off almost 3 months and there was nothing left. I'm now 50k in debt and could lose everything if I can't figure out how to pay it back.\""],"title":"Baby Boom","image":{"name":"711tw9vrl48l6vzz.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/Nihnihnoo: \"Bought a very new, lightly used car from a dealership. I thought I had my s--- together as a 21 year old. Put down 60% of the cars price in cash. Had it for five months, f------ thing s--- the bed. Bent frame, missing parts, parts that don't belong on it, zip ties holding key components together. \nDid some deep searches of the VIN, found it in a chop-shop somewhere in b------ Mississippi. Now I'm still paying on it while it sits dead in my driveway. By the time this lawsuit goes through, I'll have the…thing paid off. It makes me sick.\""],"title":"Cash Down Letdown","image":{"name":"zavuophzoj27rudh.jpg","credit":"Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/rockystaircase: \"I was supposed to be left $5,000 of a life insurance policy. Made the mistake of not getting a personal copy, and when she died the summer before college (I was 17), I never saw a dime of that money (that was left to me for school) because my mother wouldn't let me see it and I couldn't prove my claim to it…\nEven though the person who left that money to me had told me just a month prior that she was leaving me that money for school. Lesson learned: ALWAYS have your own copies of paperwork. ALWAYS.\""],"title":"Inheritance Injustice","image":{"name":"a18m8wl8uqrpdz3s.jpg","credit":"Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/hulkklogan: \"Went into my attic to peek at the air conditioner unit and see why it wasn't working.. lost my balance and fell. Rushed to the ER. A ton of pain, a million x-rays and a CT scan later, I find out I fractured a rib. Spent 600 on my deductible, got the actual bill a few weeks later.. $14,500.\nMy share with insurance was still $1100, and I had to pay to have my ceiling fixed.. another $300. Luckily the air conditioner was repaired under home warranty, but I had to suffer through August in Louisiana with no AC and a fried rib for a few days until a buddy brought over a window unit. Costly to my wallet, and costly in pain. Without my wife I don't know how I would've done anything.\""],"title":"Break a Sweat","image":{"name":"w5l6rxuwpgz7kd36.jpg","credit":"Photo by Carlos Lindner on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/LiquidMotion: \"I didn't have to pay for it, but first day on a new warehouse job I'm moving crates with a forklift. Went under the one I'm moving didn't notice my forks went under the edge of the next one too, lifted up and knocked it over. \nGo tell my boss I knocked over a crate, and learn that the units inside are $30,000. I totalled it. Still work there lol.\""],"title":"Crash and Burn","image":{"name":"n3db28352ri1q9i0.jpg","credit":"Photo by Mathias Reding/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["
U/Zaeldon: \"When I bought my house the inspector discovered a plug had been put into the basement floor drain. I was told it had to be removed because it was against code. Not even a year later a massive rain storm hit our area causing severe flooding and backup through basement plumbing and floor drains. \nSomething like 8,000 households were affected. FEMA had to come in. My finished basement was destroyed by 18 inches of water coming up through the drain I had unplugged. Lost all my carpeting, drywall, furniture and my XBOX 360. The week after, I spent $15 on Amazon for a floor drain float valve that lets water down but not back up. Never had a problem since even when other homes in the area do. I always recommend one to anyone buying a house now.\""],"title":"Watery End","image":{"name":"yjtw9ddctu9q8l19.jpg","credit":"Photo by Chris Gallagher on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["
U/BoaGirl: \"Went to play texas hold'em with my brother. He offers me the far seat, I choose the closer one. First hand he ends up with pocket jacks, gets 4 of a kind, goes all in against a guy who has a full house aces over jacks and they win the bad beat jackpot. He got $13,000+ dollars. \nI only bought in for the table minimum of $50 and had I taken that seat I would have gone all in and won. I still got about $2300. I was happy for him but still mad at myself. His winnings was about $100 off from the down payment on his house which he was closing on that week.\""],"title":"Going All In","image":{"name":"myqc6fpip45qy1in.jpg","credit":"Photo by Marin Tulard on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":454},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":252}}}}]};