‘That was with all my discounts’: Safeway customer says he spent $123 on groceries. It’ll ‘barely’ cover 2 nights of dinner

Firmly into the second quarter of 2024, inflation rates continue to weigh on the average American shopper. In a viral TikTok with over 1.6 million views, content creator JB (@big_riig) shares his woe at having spent $123 on “barely” enough groceries to cover two nights of dinner.    “Am I the only one who feels like …

IT Manager Got Fed Up Working For Incompetent Nepotism Hire, So He Left And Took All His Corporate Discounts With Him

In this day and age, almost no one gets a job expecting to work there until the day they retire, pension in hand. That said, most of us do expect to work a job where people respect you, they make hires that make sense for the company, and in general, you’re happy with your treatment. …

Her Manager Said To Solve Problems With Discounts, So That’s What She Did. – ‘So there I go giving people 75%-99% discounts.’

There’s not much that’s more dismissive and frustrating than a manager refusing to give you any training before throwing you straight into the fire on the job. That goes at least double when the job is retail. OP took a job at a store that sold glasses, and was at odds with her boss from …

Shopper Calls Out Lame Black Friday 2023 Discounts

A shopper called out a slew of not-so-impressive Black Friday deals in 2023, leaving folks yearning for the pre-Christmas discounts of yesterday. Source: TikTok | @imcodyjacob The term Black Friday might sound like a Victorian-era tragedy rooted in sociopolitical undertones, but it’s really just a marketing ploy to try and lure a bunch of folks …

‘That sh*t used to be like the Hunger Games’: Shopper says Black Friday deals aren’t what they used to be, calls out stores for small discounts

TikToker Noah Miller (@nmillz1) believes that Black Friday has fallen off and that shoppers aren’t getting as worked up over saving money on consumer goods as they were in previous years. He mused this attitude shift towards the retail marketing ploy in a viral TikTok that’s accrued over 2.1 million views as of Saturday. In …

‘Had a discount for THE PAST YEAR because of this’: Black Uber customer says she uses ‘white’ name to get more discounts

TikTok user Refilwe Mathibedi (@refilwe.mathibedi) claims that she’s found the trick to enjoying a much more affordable experience hitching rides with Uber as a result of using a “white” name on the ride-hailing app. Her money saving methodology was seemingly supported by a number of other folks in the comments section of her viral clip …

‘Vons should be giving us discounts for being a part-time cashier’: Customer has to change printer paper on self-checkout machine

The rules of self-checkout are simple, but one Vons grocery shopper’s viral, humorous take on seeing rolls of receipt printer paper beside his self-checkout register sparked a conversation about employee responsibilities after he posted the video to TikTok. In the clip, which has been viewed over 23,700 times since it was first posted, user Raymond …

‘This just saved me $400.’ A Finance Expert Shared How Students Can Get Flight Discounts On KAYAK

Students of the world, it’s time to perk up your ears and listen! Because you’re not going to want to miss the advice that a woman named Vivian who is well-versed in finance shared in a viral TikTok video. Vivian used to work on Wall Street and she talked about how students should use the …

A Tech Worker Shared a Hack to Get Discounts on Shopping Sites

What has two thumbs and loves discounts? This guy! And I’m assuming that you probably do, too, right? I thought so! And here’s a hack that might interest anyone out there who likes to save a few bucks. It comes from a tech worker who says that it can help us get all kinds of …

‘Then you get something for free or 99% off’: Tech worker shares hack to get discounts on shopping sites

In a viral video, a tech worker shared a hack for getting items online for free at virtually no cost. Sam (@samiamdean), who said she works in the tech industry, shared that developers often forget to turn off the codes they use when running tests on shopping websites or apps. Their forgetfulness could lead to …

A Former Burlington Employee Says She Was Fired and Arrested After Giving Out Discounts to Friends and Family

A woman named Crystalino shared a video on TikTok where she admitted that she was fired from Burlington Coat Factory…because she gave out discounts to her friends and family at the store. And the story took a turn when she had to go to jail because her mom decided not to bail her out to …