Not at my work, but my friend's work. She has a lovely active life where she does part time in home pet care. A client, very sick from Type 2 diabetes (neuropathy is so bad when he was in the hospital his spleen ruptured and because he couldn't feel anything, they only found out because of a sudden spiking fever), whose wife is a receptionist who brings home fast food several times per week, lives very precariously on a limited pension. Last week they had just bought a brand new SUV.
My friend: "Why? Your other one was only 3 years old."
Her client: "I know, but it needed new brakes and tires, and we couldn't afford those things."
My friend: "?????"
Her client: "Yes, we've been buying new vehicles from the same dealer every 3 years for the last 15 years. As long as the payment after trade-in stays under $500, we're good to go. This time it went just over $500, but the car is so nice, we're ok with it."
After more conversation, and her politely sharing how she pays her cc's off every month, eats mostly at home, etc, he told her they are so far deeply in debt, there's no point in trying to dig themselves out, so they'll continue on with their vacations, eating out, etc.
What amazes me just as much as this oblivious mindset, is that there are credit card companies that extend people like this continued credit. I can't imagine this ending well.