Brazilian, here. For some personal reasons, I accrued some debt. Nothing eye watering, specially when converted to dollars, but nevertheless a quantity that has to be paid. I’ve been in talks with the bank over possible ways to make it a bit more palatable, and in typical fashion they’ve been unhelpful, uncooperative and largely pretend I don’t exist until it’s time to make a payment. Well, just now, they cashed out too much money before I got to pay (for the stated purpose of paying the debt), so I can’t actually pay the damn thing. As a result, I’ll have to go through all sorts of hoops and probably get a huge hit to my financial situation, possibly even pay legal fees, all while they sit on their moneybags and do nothing. They also chose to do it at the worst possible time of the year, when everybody burns their cash to buy trinkets for each other, so I’m not even sure how I’ll get the money.
TL;DR: Don’t ever trust a bank.
Is not really a thing around here.
No way in hell I’m giving someone access to my pets without being acquainted to them for several years, first.
Outside of Canada/US/Europe/Japan, things aren’t that easy. Entertainment costs for most people, me included, are already zero. We also only ever shop at a discount because that’s how we all grow up - only rich people get to pick and choose.
Same as above.
We generally call that substandard living. At that point, might as well be a literal slave.
That doesn’t really exist here either. Besides, if I could “just get another job”, there wouldn’t be a problem to begin with, right?