THE BROKEST THING I’VE EVER DONE

Reddit asked. “What’s the brokest thing you’ve ever done?” Some of the responses:
– “I searched every couch cushion and coat pocket in the hopes that I could find enough change for bus fare. I ended up finding a ton of pennies, so I paid the bus fare in pennies.”
– “Walked into a Costco with an expired membership card and had samples for dinner. I made the rounds a few times.”
– “Hittin’ a day-old Hostess bakery outlet dumpster. Snacks were still packaged and just fine.”
– “Called in sick on Wednesday because I only had enough gas money to drive to work one more time, so I waited ’til Thursday to drive to work because that was payday.”
– “Went around my university finding abandoned textbooks to sell back to the store.”
– “Ate one can of corn a day for a week ’til I got paid.”
– “My motorcycle headlight broke, so I started riding around with a flashlight in my mouth. True story.”
– “Got a gym membership just for the shower when I was living in my car for 3 months.”
– “Used a phone book as toilet paper.”
– “I had $10 for food for 2 weeks so I got things to make a large pot of veggie soup and a large tub of plain oatmeal and ate vegan (not on purpose) for three weeks till it was gone. I’ve been told that rich people call this a ‘cleanse’ diet now.”
– “Told my brother his Christmas gift was going to be delivered a couple of days after Christmas. Waited until I got a couple of gift cards that I asked for as a Christmas gift, and bought his gift using those.”
– “Picked up dropped coins from the floor of a laundromat when I was a kid, to buy a pot pie for my mother. She made me eat it because she was a saint.”
– “I went through a Southern summer without running air conditioning in my apartment. Just left the window open and walked around in my underwear like it was 1950.”
– “AVOIDED FRIENDSHIPS! I let so many close friendships fizzle away because I couldn’t afford to meet up.”
– “College kid, invited girlfriend over for dinner. Had no noodles, used ramen. Spaghetti sauce $1, a pound of meat $2. Made up a poor man’s spaghetti and we both had a piece of toast. She is now my wife.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s the brokest thing you ever did? (Warning: these stories can get really depressing – a lot of hungry people out there desperate for food.)