Entitled People·
DOLLAR TREE SPONSORSHIP
A frustrated poster chronicles a cousin in his early 20s who drones daily for small cash, turning a routine request into a puzzling, wearying daily ritual.
Who's wrong for the daily $6 ask?
Be one of the first to vote.
It's not the money. It's the timing.
According to one frustrated poster, their cousin, a guy in his early 20s, fully capable of working, has developed a tiny but relentless habit: asking for five or six dollars "like clockwork." Not once in a while. Not when something unusual comes up. "Literally almost every day."
The pattern is so regular it feels less like a favor and more like an appointment.
The poster says the requests keep coming in the same small range, over and over again. Five dollars. Six dollars. A quick ask, a quick handoff, then another ask soon after. It's not a huge sum, and that's exactly why the whole thing has become so irritating. The complaint isn't about the cash leaving their pocket. It's about being tapped repeatedly for the same amount, day after day, as if this is just part of the routine now.
At this point, the poster is no longer focused on whether they can spare it. They're stuck on the bigger mystery: what, exactly, does one person need $6 for every single day?
That's the question hanging over the whole thing. A few dollars here and there might be nothing unusual. But every day? For someone in their early 20s? The poster says the constant asking has turned into a nagging little annoyance that never seems to stop.
"It's not about the money, it's just so annoying," the poster wrote.
And then came the line that summed up the whole dynamic in one swipe: "What can you possibly need $6 for every single day?"
By the end, the poster wasn't sounding outraged so much as worn down, like someone who has answered the same tiny request one too many times. The last bit landed as a joke, but only barely: the repeated asks make it feel like being someone's "personal Dollar Tree sponsorship."