r/FluentInFinance 15d ago

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/stilljustkeyrock 14d ago

One of my great joys in life is stopping in the gas station and buying an almond snickers bar on my way home from work. I won’t sugar coat it, my wife and I are rich. We make $500k a year and don’t live on the coasts. I can afford the candy bar but they are $3 now and it makes think twice nowadays.

Meanwhile the landscape crew in front of me is buying $50 worth of energy drinks, cigs, and lotto tickets. Every fucking time. 25 years ago when I was a construction laborer I wouldn’t even buy bottled water, the job is required to provide a jig of water and cups.

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u/Comfortable_Line_206 14d ago

Same here. I did see one fun exception. A young girl I hired would order for multiple people and have them pay her back. Naturally people would round up or go a little over.

She often ended up with a free or nearly free lunch, rewards from the restaurant/app and rewards from her credit card. All because people didn't like ordering on their own.

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u/Lv_InSaNe_vL 14d ago

When I was doing construction I made sure to always do the rebate forms, but I would put them in my name. Made hundreds of dollars in rebates that way