A few excellent stories of this from working artiste coworkers in Austin. The best one was a woman who was carrying the entire house with her serving jobs. She turned over her check to...someone who came to the house before she did. One day, they decided to "repay" her for facing the public in her labor, and decided to change the oil in her car.

Except they forgot to cap (??) something and she drove the engine dry to work, ruined her engine. Yay!

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