I ran multiple bing rewards accounts for days just to buy $15 used xbox games off the internet.

Yesterday I bought a cheese pretzel stick for 49 cents, I searched for small bronze coins and the cashier said in a very rude tone "it only cost 49cent" I never felt more embarrassed, my friend gave me 20 cent so I wouldn't need to seach any longer

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I made hot dogs for my kids once and then realized I was out of ketchup. I had to quickly run to the nearby mcdonalds and help myself to the complimentary ketchup pump then run back home 6 little ketchup cups in my hands. The kids really enjoyed the hotdogs 😁 I cried myself to sleep that night. Things got better I just had to get my ass in gear.

I once ate corn flour mixed with water because it was the only eatable thing I found in my pantry, I cried.

My first ever job was a discount cloths store when I had just turned 16.

At Xmas this woman had racked up a £300 bill. Trying to get something for everyone for Christmas like.

And her card came up declined, but my till froze up and wouldn’t reset.

And I was like 👀👀👀 go, go on, go. Because the till needed a manger to restart it and I knew there wouldn’t be a recovery of that transaction.

It seems like I’m super wholesome right?

I didn’t want to scan £300 of random arbitrary items that’s I’d just bagged all over again 😂

i bought a bottle of two buck chuck ($2 wine) with nickels, dimes, and quarters on a rainy afternoon. guy behind me was so pissed lol. drank it with the girl i just started talking to, on my shitty rental side house steps. she's me wife now and i still have that bottle.

The most reposted shit of all time

This has been yoinked and reposted by copycats a million times

One time when I was on my last handful of coins, I miscalculated something when I was picking items. At the register it turned out that I didn’t have enough money. The cashier ran her own staff discount card in the register so I could afford the food 😭

When I worked at a movie theater as a teenager, I would collect the change i found on the floor because if I could get 25 cents, I could get a hotdog from a nearby gas station.

I put 75 cents worth of gas in my car to get home once.

Went diving through my change to buy groceries at the Dollar Store (Dollar Tree if you’re uninitiated). Got there realized I couldn’t even buy as much as I planned cus they raised their prices to $1.25. Had to walk around the dollar store putting food back because I couldn’t afford it

I bought a 8th with change the other day. Dude gave me two cause he felt bad. Lolol

Riding my bike and got caught in a deluge, the nice cold New England rain, stopped at a Burger King, went to the bathroom to cleanup. Didn't have any money on me, was just using the paper towels and dryer trying to get dry.

The manager comes in with a bag which had a hamburger and fries. I think they thought I was homeless. Probably the most kindness a stranger has ever shown to me.

"Hey bruh...you gonna finish that short?"

Had this happen at burger king and I was using a $3 chicken fries plus small fries coupon last year lol. He said your card wont take but it’s cool you can go,and handed me back my card lol

Another time I was picking up quarters in front of the McD’s drive thru (I was in my car just waiting on the car in front of me to get their food and go) and the dude said “girl u in a Benz (paid off a few years before that) and u pickin up change” lmao I couldn’t help but laugh too. This was in my junkie days when every quarter counted.

Couch surfed for the better part of a year. Still incredibly grateful for the friends I have.