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Local JobSeeker recipient Benjamin Tooth (29) has reached a new level of being broke.
After being made redundant due to Covid last year, Tooth has rolled back certain luxuries in his life, giving up barista-made coffee and eating breakfast in general.
But nothing could prepare the out-of-work account manager for the grim reality that today he would have to suck it all up and eat the food he had at home.
“I made all of this out of stuff I had just lying around,” stated Tooth as if he was the first person to do this.
“Normally I get a banh mi but I need to watch my finances. Plus I already had ham and bread at home.”
Our reporter then made the mistake of asking Tooth what he had pulled together and was horrified to see the slightly sallow looking fella was eating instant mac & cheese with some corn kernels mixed in.
“I have enough of this to last through til the winter.”
Momentarily, Tooth considered that his day had been bad enough to warrant a treat dinner and briefly browsed a food ordering app before deciding against it.
