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Employers love to frame every small benefit as a “win for the team.”
But those feel-good speeches fall apart fast when real-world expenses tell a different story.
This worker saw the gap firsthand when their rent skyrocketed while their raise barely covered pocket change.
Read on for the full story.
Got a salary increase that doesn’t even cover the rent increase.
My rent went up by $120.
My annual raise came out to an extra $60 a month before taxes.
The company seemed to be entirely out of touch with their employees’ economic reality.
The company framed it like they were doing us this huge favor and told us to “celebrate our progress together.”
Meanwhile, I’m calculating which groceries I can skip this month.
I’m so tired of pretending these tiny crumbs are meaningful.
The cost of living crisis is really taking its toll on working class people.
What did Reddit make of this?
Rent isn’t the only expense that’s going up like crazy.
This commenter feels the crushing pressure a rising cost of living can bring.
Inflation is the killer of all good wages.
Some bosses end up revealing just how out of touch they are.
In the end, no amount of corporate cheerleading can hide numbers that don’t add up.
And at some point, workers stop clapping and start calculating — and that’s when the real truth comes out.
Thought that was satisfying? Check out what this employee did when their manager refused to pay for their time while they were traveling for business.
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If someone stays at your house for a long period and then won’t leave, you have little recourse to kick them out.
Even if they are paying rent.
So you have to sort it out on your own. Check out what that was like for this person.
AITA for giving my friend giving my friend a notice to move out after 8 months when she only asked for 45 days
I am 28 had a friend 34 back in January ask if she could stay with me for 45 days while waiting to relocate. I said yes.
Well… those 45 days turned into 8 months.
And there were virtually no benefits to having her there.
During the 45 days she used $200 of her food stamps to put some groceries in the house. She was originally in my toddler’s room on an air mattress.
I purchased a metal frame, retrieved a mattress and dresser from storage and relocated my office space up stairs for her to have a proper bedroom.
When the 45 days had passed her relocation fell through, we had a conversation where she said that she wouldn’t stay without contributing. I spoke with my husband and we agreed to $300 in cash.
I told her this and she had an attitude and asked me was that on top of the food stamps (I had not considered the food stamps as payment, cause she ate the food as well).
She made a remark of “I already feed y’all.” That rubbed me the wrong way, but I let it slide and said $300 cash or food stamps and she agreed to monthly food stamps.
I didn’t think that this would allow her to believe she didn’t have to provide any household items.
Then came the excuses.
From the end of February to the beginning of June, a lot of things slid because I was dealing with my mental and physical health and a one year old.
My mom, who lives with us noticed that my friend hadn’t cleaned that bathroom only she was using and was not cleaning up behind herself in the kitchen.
She told me that she would start the second process to relocating, but this, however, did not actually start.
In May, I had a mental breakdown. I asked her to get a job and to assist with household necessities, but this did not happen.
On June 6, she started her second relocation attempt. She asked me was her being in my home contributing to my stress concerns and I told her yes. At this point I was ready for her to leave.
She said that it takes 45 days for the transfer to have a decision and she asked if she could stay until the end of the process.
So she tried a different approach.
On June 24th I gave her a notice to be out by August 30 and we both signed it. A couple of days later she came to me and told me that her transfer had never started on the intended date.
On July 7th she advised that the transfer request had officially started. I understood and felt that the August 30th date was enough time to get a decision.
As we got closer to the date she would periodically ask me if I still wanted her out on the 30th and advising that she didn’t have a plan. I told her yes.
On the 24th she spent an hour and a half with me and my mom.
Finally, sweet relief.
When my mom and I went to our rooms, she moved out quietly.
She didn’t say bye and she didn’t thank me and my husband.
I texted her that she could have said bye and I just got a text attacking my husband and I stating that we did her wrong and I showed my true colors because we put her out with nowhere to go.
She added that her relocation was successful, but she didn’t tell me because she felt I wanted her out.
Here is what folks are saying.
Self respect is important.
“Sounds” ungrateful?!
Yes. Never let people think they can exploit you.
Wow. That sounds awkward.
Definitely.
If you’re naive, you’ll pay for it.
If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.
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Is Walmart pulling a fast one on us?
According to a TikTokker named Leah, the answer is YES.
She posted a video on the social media platform and showed viewers why she thinks something shady is going on at her local Walmart store.
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Leah told viewers, “Okay, so everybody has been saying that Walmart is removing the perforated edge on the bottom of the stickers.”
She showed viewers a pair of shoes that had to price tag on them, so she compared it with another pair of the exact same shoes.
Leah said, “Well, I just found one that they forgot. So, let me show you how much that it says they are.”
The price tag read $12.98.
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Leah then decided to scan the shoes to see how much they were priced at in the store’s database.
She scanned and said, “$16.98.”
Leah added, “So they are marking everything up here at Walmart. There’s your proof.”
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Here’s the video.
@leahjacobs79
And Leah wasn’t the only one!
Check out what this shopper had to say.
@tempyb1128
Let’s see how viewers reacted.
This person shared their thoughts.
Another individual weighed in.
And this TikTokker spoke up.
Something fishy is going on here…
If you liked that story, check out this one about a 72-year-old woman was told by her life insurance company that her policy was worthless because she’d paid for 40 years. 
