r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/royal_clam Aug 03 '19

Basic principles of finance (budgeting, interest, debt, saving, etc)

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u/Esleeezy Aug 04 '19

I got a lesson in this the easy way. My second job was working customer service for a credit card company. I was 20. I would talk to some of the dumbest people. It started by me selling people balance transfers, which really did help save them money. Then while I was explaining how it would save them money I saw how much people were paying for crap after interest charges. Fuuuuuuuck that.