Biggest waste of money you've witnessed?

I've been working up in Fort McMurray, Alberta over the last 18 months where compulsive shopping is practically a lifestyle all depending on the specified person in this area from my point of view.

A lot of people who work up here are so amazed but how of an increase in terms of a paycheck they get when it comes to finding work up here. They can go from making 10 to 15 dollars an hour to making 35 to 45 dollars an hour with a living allowance of $198 a day to go along with it. Trust you have to be making that much with the cost of living as high as it is up here, but sometimes that can be oblivous to some people. They see anywhere from 3 to 5 grand on a paychceck, and think they have a lot of money to burn. my house back home is worth about 150,000; If I had purchased that same house up here it would cost anywhere between 500,000 to 750,000 up here.

I've seen my share of seeing people spend countless amounts of money from anywhere to over the top expensive vehicles, lavish trips to just about any kind of electronics. I remember going to the source and seeing someone spend almost $10,000 on a variety of electronics during the holidays. There have been times that I've stayed up in work camps and I've actually seen people play paycheck poker.

For me personally even though I make $25 an hour as an environmental field inspector the majority of my money goes back home. My money can do a lot more back home then what it can do here.

The way I look at it, its their money they more than welcome to spend it how they see fit, even if I see it as a waste.

Jam it back in, in the dark.