People gambling away their Christmas bonus

[Odusko]

The most surprising thing is just the opposite. Over the last couple of years, I haven't seen my colleagues spending money on gambling at the end of the year. We are now at an age when almost everyone has a family, and most of our spending goes on them, with Christmas bonuses spent on gifts for loved ones or purchases for the home. When we were younger, bonuses were spent on entertainment, but now everything has changed.

Majority of the people who can afford to gamble away a whole sum like are mostly unmarried people who also don't have any responsibility at their hand, this is the only reason I can think of to be responsible for such actions, as someone that have Bill payments waiting, gambling with your Christmas bonuse will be the last thing on your mind.

[sotelorene]

Where I'm from we still have 14 salaries mandated by law and on Christmas every private sector worker that has been with the same company for over a few months receives a full salary extra in full.

What I've noticed recently is that many people tend to go gambling and some even gamble away their full salary.
It used to be that this extra salary was given to gifts and some was saved.

But now people don't take it into account for their budgeting and instead use the whole of it as if it was a random small windfall.

Do you have similar experiences with your colleague that gamble knowing they will almost certainly waste away their Christmas bonus?

I haven't had such experience and there is no such thing in my place but I see that as a normal thing that people always do I mean anyone who is a gambler will always play bet or gamble whenever they are gifted something ( money). especially when it is extra I mean money outside their salary, a gambler will always gamble but a none gambler will never do such and using such money to gamble is not wrong but they should have limitations and use it properly and not in an abusive way. Everybody wants to double up their money so that's why they gamble.

[LastKiss]

The most surprising thing is just the opposite. Over the last couple of years, I haven't seen my colleagues spending money on gambling at the end of the year. We are now at an age when almost everyone has a family, and most of our spending goes on them, with Christmas bonuses spent on gifts for loved ones or purchases for the home. When we were younger, bonuses were spent on entertainment, but now everything has changed.

Majority of the people who can afford to gamble away a whole sum like are mostly unmarried people who also don't have any responsibility at their hand, this is the only reason I can think of to be responsible for such actions, as someone that have Bill payments waiting, gambling with your Christmas bonuse will be the last thing on your mind.

Many people prefer to spend their Christmas bonuses on things they enjoy, such as hobbies, and gambling is often one of those choices. It’s not unusual for people to use extra income or bonuses to gamble, hoping to double their money, but many end up losing it all instead. When young people focus on gambling rather than investing or managing their money wisely, it shows a need for better financial education. Learning basic financial skills can help them make smarter decisions and use their bonuses in ways that benefit them in the long run.

[TopTort777]

Where I'm from we still have 14 salaries mandated by law and on Christmas every private sector worker that has been with the same company for over a few months receives a full salary extra in full.

What I've noticed recently is that many people tend to go gambling and some even gamble away their full salary.
It used to be that this extra salary was given to gifts and some was saved.

But now people don't take it into account for their budgeting and instead use the whole of it as if it was a random small windfall.

Do you have similar experiences with your colleague that gamble knowing they will almost certainly waste away their Christmas bonus?

We dont have 14 salaries, even not 13 and our annual bonus usually comes when operational year is finished/annual bookkeeping balance is closed (in my company it is in May) and that bonus is never is the same size as salary. But for many, those bonuses are like free money which they waste as "easy come, easy go". So if a person wants to waste whole 14th salary on gambling, it is up to him. I see nothing bad in it. That person might not even put a little effort to get those money (and whole work was done by his colleagues, and they should be thanked for a great company results), so its really a free money for him.

[nimogsm]

The most surprising thing is just the opposite. Over the last couple of years, I haven't seen my colleagues spending money on gambling at the end of the year. We are now at an age when almost everyone has a family, and most of our spending goes on them, with Christmas bonuses spent on gifts for loved ones or purchases for the home. When we were younger, bonuses were spent on entertainment, but now everything has changed.

Majority of the people who can afford to gamble away a whole sum like are mostly unmarried people who also don't have any responsibility at their hand, this is the only reason I can think of to be responsible for such actions, as someone that have Bill payments waiting, gambling with your Christmas bonuse will be the last thing on your mind.

Absolutely right. Youth is probably given to us precisely so that we can have more fun, because there are no financial burdens. I thought about it and realized that everyone around me is already married, and there are no longer any people who can afford a wild lifestyle.

[Eternad]

The most surprising thing is just the opposite. Over the last couple of years, I haven't seen my colleagues spending money on gambling at the end of the year. We are now at an age when almost everyone has a family, and most of our spending goes on them, with Christmas bonuses spent on gifts for loved ones or purchases for the home. When we were younger, bonuses were spent on entertainment, but now everything has changed.

Majority of the people who can afford to gamble away a whole sum like are mostly unmarried people who also don't have any responsibility at their hand, this is the only reason I can think of to be responsible for such actions, as someone that have Bill payments waiting, gambling with your Christmas bonuse will be the last thing on your mind.

Absolutely right. Youth is probably given to us precisely so that we can have more fun, because there are no financial burdens. I thought about it and realized that everyone around me is already married, and there are no longer any people who can afford a wild lifestyle.

That’s what adulting means. We already have a responsibility and priorities in life that’s why everyone should enjoy youth while they have time.

I spend most of my youth on my job since I’m from a poor family but right now when I’m already financially stable I don’t have someone to do things which I want to do when I’m youth because all of them is already focus with their own family.

I’m just spending now most of my time my family enjoying trips and vacation then online gambling on some of my free time.