Stories of being absolutely skint!

mrkidd85

I mean, scraping the barrel skint.

Last Thursday I was expecting a cheque to clear - it hadn't. I'd also had to spend a lot of money on moving house last month. I also didn't get paid at the end of April because of moving jobs and starting after the cut off point.

I know it's just one day, but I had no train fare so I had to jump the train to work (very hard to do in London), and then work all day without eating.

When I got home I realised I was completely out of food, so I put all my 1ps and 2ps into a carrier bag and walked (about 2 miles) down to road to Asda to put them in the Coinstar machine.

After loading all the coins in, they jam in the machine and I realise the light on the machine says it's out of order!.

The walk home was one of the most depressing times of my life.

Luckily, this was 8.30pm, and I only had to wait another 3.5 hours for midnight - so I went and stuffed my face.

The experience has made me a little bit intrigued about hearing skint stories though. This was probably the worst situation I've been in in 26 years and only lasted a day - I'd love to hear from someone who was on their !!! for longer. Not in a mocking way, just so I know I'm not alone.

[Deleted User]

When I was first a single Mum I was on my !!!! and my weekly shop was bread, eggs, flour, baked beans. I lived on toast for breakfast, beans on toast or cup a soup for lunch and every night pancakes. Got a Sunday dinner from ex's parents each week plus tea on a Tuesday and luckily son was fed 3 meals a day at childminders. This went on for about 6 Months, what don't kill you makes you stronger. Sometimes I wish I was that skint again cause at least I was thin!!!! Lol! X

outtawork

We were so skint as kids that we had rice pud for breakfast every day and free lunchtime meals in the summer holidays at a school in manchester.I was working at 13 years old and earnt £1 a day stacking shelves in a corner shop, plus all the dented tins, paid for our tea.mum and dad had 7 kids,dad was in hospital for 6 weeks and we had no money cos mum couldn't sign this money book. (she couldn't read or write))

Derivative

Why is this in the 'Student' section?

We're not all !!!!less.

nokia1100

mrkidd85 wrote: »

Coinstar machine.

Don't bother with that sort of thing as they take a cut.