Do/Have You Lied About How Much You Make?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:12 pm

Do you? I caught a buddy of mines in a lie after I saw one of his paystubs in his house, it wasn't by much...he told me that he was making 55K when he was really making 51K. I started laughing and asked him about it and he told me that everyone he knows inflates their salary by a few thousand. So, do any of you guys here do that?

I used too, I was saying that i made 45K when I was really makin 40K a few jobs ago!!

SeedOfChaos · Post by **SeedOfChaos** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:16 pm

No, but I don't talk about it normally either. I do lie on website registration et al. that require this info, always going down to the lowest category, thus becoming less interesting as a target for spam...

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:01 pm

[quote="SeedOfChaos"] I do lie on website registration et al. that require this info, always going down to the lowest category, thus becoming less interesting as a target for spam... ]

Ahren · Post by **Ahren** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:06 pm

Like Seed said, I try not to discuss it. If asked by someone I trust, I wouldn't lie.

chevyman282 · Post by **chevyman282** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:56 pm

Prey521 wrote:Do you? I caught a buddy of mines in a lie after I saw one of his paystubs in his house, it wasn't by much...he told me that he was making 55K when he was really making 51K. I started laughing and asked him about it and he told me that everyone he knows inflates their salary by a few thousand. So, do any of you guys here do that?

I used too, I was saying that i made 45K when I was really makin 40K a few jobs ago!!

Depends who is asking..IRS, I lie on the low end...For a Hot lady, I lie on the high end..

chevyman...

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:12 pm

[quote="chevyman282"]Depends who is asking..IRS, I lie on the low end...For a Hot lady, I lie on the high end.. ]
Well played.

jayyy · Post by **jayyy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:56 pm

I've never straight out lied, but I think most people puff themselves up a bit. If a girl asks me how much I make I'll tell her I can make around 5000 a month freelance. I won't make a huge deal over the fact that it usually winds up being less.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:13 pm

Nope, no need to lie about it.

IRS · Post by **IRS** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:30 pm

[quote="chevyman282"]Depends who is asking..IRS, I lie on the low end...For a Hot lady, I lie on the high end.. ]

Just passing by.......

EvilAngel · Post by **EvilAngel** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:31 pm

Why would I need to lie about my 150K a year job?

[shifty eyes] Looks left, looks right[/shifty eyes]

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:37 pm

EvilAngel wrote:Why would I need to lie about my 150K a year job?

[shifty eyes] Looks left, looks right[/shifty eyes]

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:49 pm

Nah, I was in the Marines for 20+ years and there isn't any hiding your salary there! Now I work for the cable company and you don't see any Ferraris in the parking lot.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:50 pm

Saying I make 2 peanuts an hour instead of 1 doesn't get me anywhere, so no.

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:36 am

i used to on credit card apps

never got me anywhere...the most i ever did lie about was like 20 grand more hehe
but that one was like alloooooooong time ago

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:47 am

why yes, of course

now if i made 100K a year or something, no, i wouldn't then

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:54 am

I always say I'm broke so people stop bumming me for money.

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:17 am

Why lie about your salary? If you're trying to impress a woman, she's going to find out the truth sooner or later, especially when she wants you to buy her something you can't afford!

Besides, if her love is based upon YOUR money, move on to the next woman.

Used to make $72,800 - $125,000 when I was consulting.
Made $9.25/hr. when the consulting gig dried up and I worked retail.
Now I make somewhere in between.

[shrugs shoulders]

striker8000 · Post by **striker8000** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:38 am

Unholy wrote:I always say I'm broke so people stop bumming me for money.

yea, but that doesn't state how much you make, just how much you have available.

as for earnings, I don't make jack squat, and I admit it.

jayyy · Post by **jayyy** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:02 am

ghost wrote:Besides, if her love is based upon YOUR money, move on to the next woman.

Lie about money AND move on to the next women!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:13 am

Nah but then again when people have asked in the past I point blank tell them it's none of your business. Polietly of course.

saved · Post by **saved** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:16 am

No but neither do I share it in general conversation. If there is a real need to disclose what I make I do it correctly.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:05 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Nope, no need to lie about it.

Exactly....whats the point?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:05 pm

Nope, nor do I tell people what I make a year.

It's disgusting though when your co-workers do less then you and make more money.

But when you have an ******* for a boss, them's the brakes.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:21 pm

just like my penis size, sure thang

EvilAngel · Post by **EvilAngel** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:03 pm

[quote="Brent"]just like my penis size, sure thang ]
LOL

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:16 pm

nope 7.5 and proude..had 1 10.25 job..but gve it up due to not being hppy..would rather make 7.5 somewere i like working that 10 at somewere i dred going to

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