Debt pronWatching TV the other day we caught one of these "Bank of Mummy or the Wife" type shows and we thought, "This is Debt Pron." I.e. peoples financial problems exploited for the voyeuristic pleasure of others. Then we thought, "We bet lots of people on B3ta have massive financial problems. Let's exploit them." So, confess them all. Dodgy credit cards, lending money to some bloke in the pub, visits from the bailiffs, using one card to pay off another. We want to wallow in your fiscal pain. So, what is your biggest money fuck up?
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rob, Thu 23 Nov 2006, 19:50)
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I never had the chance...I left school at 16, went to catering college and was working in the kitchens as a middle-rank chef by the time I was 19.
A year later, I was starting at 6am & not finishing until 2am. This was allowed by law as we had breaks of an hour or two between breakfast, lunch & dinner so it meant we were only working 40 hours per week but actually ended being on site for 70 hours or so.
I applied for several credit cards or loans, only to be refused. My brother, on the other hand, had dropped out of uni & was making more per week on benefits than I was.
As if that wasn't enough, he also racked up a £2,000 debt on the credit cards. (doesn't sound much when compared to the student "loans" of today but this was back in the 'eighties)
Soon as he (or rather Mum & Dad) paid off that debt, the credit card people increased his credit limit.
So, no - I never had the chance to rack up a massive debt problem and I'm still bitter & twisted about it.
You lucky, lucky bastards
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four styx, Thu 23 Nov 2006, 21:33,
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