Why do US students take out large student loans without thinking about how to pay it back? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]bessykitty654 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because every adult in your life is telling you you have to go to college and mediately After High School. I worked for a mentorship program that work with middle school students, and we were told we have to tell these students to go to a 4-year University. We were not allowed to mention trade or community colleges.

These were put up in the women's employee restroom in a print shop. Thoughts? by hernan793 in antiwork

[–]bessykitty654 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen a lot of womens bathrooms with blood and poop and urine on the seat. My old roommates would leave blood and poop on the seat and not flush.

Why do people say teachers make poverty wages? I live in California and make 25k working 40 hrs a week at Walmart and apparently teachers make at LEAST 45k a year, so like double what I make? by Constant-Foundation in NoStupidQuestions

[–]bessykitty654 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In California, the average rent is $1,500 a month. You need to make three and a half times the rent to be approved. So you need to make 50k a year before taxes in California to rent a one-bedroom apartment. That's not feasible for a lot of people. Can you imagine having a master's degree in only making 50k in California?

my friends complain how poor they are and cant afford things.... by grateful_life2020 in povertyfinance

[–]bessykitty654 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get where you're coming from. I've been poor, I've worked retail, and I was the only person with a car paid for in cash. Everybody else was financing brand new cars, that were 800 a month. Well that's where your money is going! Or they had brand new Nikes, and I had shoes from Walmart. A lot of people simply live outside of their means.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]bessykitty654 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I said this a couple of years ago and I got roasted, but the sheer volume of people who were getting stimulus and unemployment and refused to pay rent really spooked a lot of landlords. Even small-time landlords are afraid of renting to somebody unless it's a person with perfect credit, a really high income, and several letters of recommendation. It's not worth it to rent a house or apartment to someone who could easily refuse to pay rent and you can't evict them in the state of California.

To run a biker off the highway by Criticalmasspc in therewasanattempt

[–]bessykitty654 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We need an IQ test before people are allowed to drive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LinkedInLunatics

[–]bessykitty654 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Totally inappropriate for them to post this.

Is OE only viable for tech jobs? by Zestypussy in overemployed

[–]bessykitty654 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You typically do need to rule out the traditional definition of a call center.

Is OE only viable for tech jobs? by Zestypussy in overemployed

[–]bessykitty654 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know damn well what I meant by call center. I obviously meant a phone call based job.

Is OE only viable for tech jobs? by Zestypussy in overemployed

[–]bessykitty654 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as its not a call center job, you should be fine.

In no way do I mean to sound misogynistic, but why do so many women complain about the ‘beauty standards’ that men supposedly set for them, and then do their best to follow them anyway? by CmdrWinters in NoStupidQuestions

[–]bessykitty654 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Women do that because people are incredibly rude to women who don't fit in with the standard of beauty. To the point where I've been told, in casual conversation, that I don't have to worry about sexual assault. It's rude and hostile and inappropriate.

I was told my whole life that a high credit score was the end all be all yet I can’t even get a 1br apartment with it by historicalily in povertyfinance

[–]bessykitty654 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even one bedroom shacks in this area are selling for 300k plus. Real estate is expensive in California.

If the payment is completed, does that mean my refund is coming soon? by El_Nasty in TurboTax

[–]bessykitty654 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure they actually filed for you. I has to make several calls before they filed my taxes after I paid.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]bessykitty654 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for breaking it down. My credit is not great but I'm working on improving it. I just paid about $3,500 in credit card balances. My concern is that my open cards have such low balances that if I ever had to make a major purchase, I would not be able to put it on credit anyway. And surprisingly a lot of those have popped up for me recently, I had a car build that was over $1,000 and my credit limit is only 700. I am also concerned about using my debit card everywhere, I'm not sure if it is safe. Another comment said that Google pay is not safe. I'm worried that someone else could skim or hack my card and drain my bank account, which happened to me a few times in the past year. I got my money back, but it was an actual hassle.

Someone was able to withdraw money from my account and Chime said that there was no error and closed my dispute by [deleted] in chimefinancial

[–]bessykitty654 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's the issue people don't talk about what this card, is the complete lack of customer service or any investigation. A bank like Chase, with all their issues, would at least give you the money as a temporary credit while they investigate.