ExasperatedSloth1165

my company requires a degree for roles that didn't exist when degrees were invented

same box, same price, 30% less inside. they think we don't notice. we notice.

The cereal I've bought for years quietly lost 220g between two purchases. Same packaging, same shelf position, same price tag. I only caught it because I was moving the box and thought 'this feels wrong.'

tariffs going up. grocery bills going up. employer says wages are frozen. the math is not mathing.

Yale budget lab estimate is $940-1,500/year in extra costs per household from current tariff levels. My last raise was 1.8%. I am going backwards in real terms while being told the economy is strong.

Whoop shows a fake error when you try to cancel your free trial. the error disappears if you try to subscribe.

Tried to cancel before being charged. Got an error message saying 'something went wrong, please try again.' Tried three more times. Same error. Clicked 'subscribe' out of curiosity. No error. Smooth as anything. That error is a feature, not a bug.

someone in my family ironed cash because it looked crumpled. we no longer discuss it.

She ironed $150. In individual bills. Because they had creases in them. They now have burn marks on them instead. Some banks will exchange damaged notes. We found this out the hard way.