PSA: That "save $5 a day" advice almost wrecked my budget

Kept hearing the coffee shop latte advice. Skip it, save a few bucks. But I work double shifts at a diner. That $4 coffee is the only thing keeping me sane. I ditched the advice and added coffee to my budget instead. Anyone else get burned by generic budget tips that don't fit your real life?

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briancarter12d ago

Double shifts at a diner? Holy crap, you're a machine. That's not a latte, that's a survival tool at that point.

briancarter12d ago

Survival tool is right. After about hour ten, that latte stops being a treat and starts being a critical system component. One time I watched a server chug a cold brew like it was a shot of whiskey before the dinner rush. We called her the Coffee Ninja for a while.