Every parent knows that kids are expensive. But there’s a difference between standard costs and a kid literally putting a thousand dollars through a paper shredder.
The next time your kids are acting like brats, just thank your lucky stars they didn’t do this.
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They know not what they do.
Kids make plenty of mistakes as they grow up. We were all kids once, and everyone can probably recall a few epic fails from their childhood. Some mistakes are more costly than others, though.
Yep.
In a Twitter thread , Ben Belnap tweeted about a misadventure regarding his young daughter and $1,060 in cold, hard cash. The problem with paper money is that it’s oh-so-easy to shred.
Here’s Ben’s daughter.
Looking entirely unrepentant for her misdeeds, Belnap posted this photo of his daughter to accompany his tale of woe. It’s hard to believe a kid would do this, but look at her no-nonsense expression.
Paper shredders are fun.
I remember playing with a paper shredder as a kid. Eventually, I put so much paper through it that it broke. If I’d had access to $1,060, I probably would have shredded at least some of it.
Here’s how it looked.
No word on what denominations the bills came in, but this is apparently what $1,060 looks like when it’s been put through a paper shredder and rendered useless.
Was it a hoax?
One response pointed out that Belnap claimed the money was in an envelope, and there were no envelope shreds present in the pic. Is there a conspiracy afoot to gain Twitter karma?
He brought the receipts.
Well, in a matter of speaking, of course. This might serve as proof that the incident happened, but, unlike normal receipts, this pic does nothing to get the money back.
That’s one way of looking at it.
On one hand, money is fleeting. On the other hand, a thousand bucks is a thousand bucks. Let us know your thoughts on this — and share your stories of childhood calamity — in the comments section!
