Our society can be pretty wasteful. Half (or more) of the things we use every day are designed to be disposable, and even when they’re not, people are still tossing them out. There are so many things to waste money on, what would you say is the most unnecessary expense?
Check out these responses for some inspiration (they also might make you feel a bit ashamed, but no worries – you’re not alone!).
#1. Televangelists.
“My favorite televangelist story is Jan and Paul Crouch’s. Their granddaughter (who worked as an accountant for their Christian TV channel) discovered illegal accounting practices, the family fired her, and she reported them. Highlights of their nonprofits’ spending:
$50 million jet
13 mansions
$100k rv FOR THEIR DOGS!”
#2. Diamonds.
“Diamond ring. When I proposed, I knew that my wife would prefer a pretty $60 ring and a romantic vacation in Greece.”
#3. The science of car buying.
“Buying a brand new car every couple of years.
You buy a $50,000 car you’re shaving off 10% of the total value off by driving it one inch off the lot. 2-3 years later because you need to keep up with the Joneses, you buy another car with the $28 grand you sold your previous car for.
You also wonder why you’re in debt and your friends are living in nice houses and funding their continuing education.”
#4. Since 2012.
“My coworker has had a gym membership since 2012. She has been there 3 times since. Her husband is thrilled.”
#5. Kids grow like weeds.
“Designer clothes for kids/babies when they will grow out of them within a few months. My wife works at a nursery she has parents who do this and tell the nursery staff to not let the child ruin their clothes!”
#6. Impulse purchases.
“Impulse purchases at the grocery stores, specifically at Trader Joe’s! I don’t need that coffee chocolate or ginger cookies or dunkers, Trader Joe’s. But when you’re near the cash counter and they take one look at me, I go weak in the knees.”
#7. One day affairs.
“Expensive weddings when they CAN’T afford it.”
#8. Hands down.
“Cigarettes.”
#9. The list goes on…
“My old roommate let one of his buddys stay with us one time. This guy had just lost his job, apartment and girlfriend in a week so we felt kinda bad for him. We agreed to let him stay to get back on his feet. He gets a job and immediately takes his first paycheck and buys a guitar. The whole paycheck. $450 or so. Next paycheck? $300 bong and some other stupid shit. This guy didn’t even have a cell phone or a car. So he “solved” that problem a month or so later by buying a $400 car that didnt run and a $20 burner phone. Never got the car fixed and just had it scrapped. Guy drove me crazy.
Edit: shameful dollar sign edit…”
#10. Very cheap!
“My new iPhone 12 was included for free with my plan! And so was iPhone 11 last year! I get a free telephone every year :D”
“And how much is your monthly plan?”
“Very cheap! $149 a month.”
#11. More interest.
“Maxing out their credit cards and always having to pay the interest.”
#12. You won’t know.
“Alllll the new baby things you never use. But you won’t know until you don’t use them.”
#13. It fades.
“Tanning. Not only does it damage your body, it fades in a week or two.”
#14. Just extra packaging.
“100 calorie packs of stuff.. it’s just a bunch of extra packaging, just get a kitchen scale and do your own 100 cal portions of whatever food you want and put them in a reusable container.”
#15. Daily optimism.
“Lottery tickets / gambling – in moderation, it’s daily optimism, and I get that. But a lot of people take it too far and sink way too much $, and hope, into it.”
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