• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    “You are giving up already?”

    I guarantee you that person has spent more time and effort avoiding paying small bills that could have been easily paid off putting the same time and effort into a minimum wage job.

  • BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    300 is a lot, this has to have been going on for awhile. Newport news water works is usually pretty understanding about late fees. This could have been going on for months before they suggested cutting his water off.

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      3 months ago

      I mean, yes and no. One of my houses using the bare minimum water to keep the fallow land covering green was about $2k/mo. Average in the winter closer to $100/mo for barely being there. Some places are just stupidly expensive for no reason.

      I have since sold that massive stupid house and went elsewhere. And I do not miss it any day of the week.

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    3 months ago

    That last image is just pure insanity. People thinking like that are not able to care for themselves and should be placed in a care home, sorry. I see no difference between people like this and drug abusers that have gotten to the point where they can’t keep themselves alive anymore, they need professional help.