Bills—we all have to pay them. Whether the money is owed for income taxes, rent, or cellphone service, we all have to pony up the cash at some point. No one’s happy about that, but money makes the world go round and we are part of that world.

However, some individuals have a harder time letting go of their cash. They employ bizarre reasoning to argue that they should not have to pay bills that are often way past due. Ten of those brave souls have snagged spots on this list.

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10 Dog Watched Porn, Not Me

Even today, the porn industry is said to be worth billions. After rampant piracy slashed profits, porn companies changed the way they made money. Now they take in loads of cash with everything from licensing to event hosting. However, they still make money from satellite TV—sometimes in a crazy way.

One day, Thomas Barnes, 58, called his satellite company to complain about a $70 charge on his bill for ordering the adult channel run by Hustler. Steamed, he explained that it wasn’t he who had clicked the converter to order the porn—it was his dog.^[1]

According to Barnes, his cute little bichon frise, Marino, had jumped on the TV remote one night and accidentally ordered the naughty pay-per-view channel. Barnes also claimed that he had alerted the company within minutes of the sexually explicit action appearing on his TV screen. For Barnes, money was tight. He was on Social Security disability at the time.

Turns out the matter would not be cleared up with that simple call. Only after Barnes filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission did he get satisfaction. Finally, the company’s management called Barnes with the good news that a credit would be applied to his account.

9 I Am Not A Person

An income tax is collected annually by governments around the world. The money is used by these authorities to pay for government services and obligations and to provide goods for their people.

In Australia, the government first introduced a federal income tax in 1915.

Few people, if any, like to pay their taxes. Possibly, the man who enjoys it the least is Glen James Polglaise of North Bendigo, Australia. He hated it so much that he simply refused to file an income tax return from 2012 to 2017.

The reason? He claims he is not a person.

Polglaise told the court, “As I waive my right to recognition as a person, I am not a resident for tax purposes.” He went on to suggest that his claim was supported by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Universal Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He added that the man named in the charges was not him.

Magistrate Michael King was not amused. He scolded Polglaise and said that citizens had no right to pick and choose which laws apply to them. King found Polglaise guilty of all six charges and fined him $6,000 plus costs.^[2]

8 Cake Was Half Eaten When I Found It

Most of us try to find ways to save a little money. Whether we collect coupons, join loyalty programs, or run across town hunting down the best bargains, we want to shave a few cents or dollars off the prices of our purchases.

The more creative among us do what a woman shopping in mid-2019 did—eat half a cake and refuse to pay the full price.^[3]

The manager of a Walmart in Wichita Falls, Texas, had to call the police after the woman refused to budge from her story of the mysteriously missing half of a cake. She claimed that it was like that when she picked it up and put it in her cart.

Officers convinced her to pay the full price, and Walmart banned her from the store.

7 Construction

It sucks. You find a great apartment with an awesome view, and then, the next thing you know, the bulldozers and jackhammers move in next door. This is exactly what happened to Dale Arnold of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He was so frustrated by the new building being put up just meters from his window that he stopped paying his rent.

“We have lives; we’re working people. [ . . . ] They’re cannibalizing our building,” Arnold complained. He was sick of the noise and dust, the constantly out-of-service elevator, and the restricted access to outdoor green areas.

The property manager tried to smooth things over with cupcakes and a barbecue. It didn’t work.

Arnold complained to the Residential Tenancy Branch but lost. Chris Bryan, a spokesperson for the City of Burnaby, also gave Arnold little hope. Bryan said, “Where the concern was not after the fact or was ongoing, we investigated, took measurements and responded accordingly.”^[4]

6 Goose Poop

Apparently, it is true—money doesn’t buy happiness.

Case in point: Tom Golisano, billionaire and former owner of the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres. He got so incensed at Canada geese using the front lawn of his upstate New York home as their personal bathroom that he refused to pay $90,000 in taxes.

Clearly, he was past his breaking point. He said, “This past summer, it was horrible. We’d drive in and find 100 to 200 geese parked on our lawn. [ . . . ] You can’t walk barefoot, can’t play Frisbee, can’t have your grandchildren run around. [ . . . ] Here I am paying all this money in taxes, and I can’t use my property because of the geese droppings.”^[5]

Town supervisor Daniel Marshall was not impressed. He responded, “It’s a resident’s problem to take care of, not the town’s. [ . . . ] It is a lake, after all.” The New York Department of Environmental Conservation echoed Marshall by saying that the Canada geese poop problem had occurred on private property. Therefore, it was not their problem, either.

Golisano, founder of the New York Independence Party that advocates reducing taxes, was not backing down. He planned to file a class action lawsuit.

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5 I Could Have Been With A Psychopath

Traffic tickets are the worst. We lead busy lives and are often in a rush. The last thing we need is a police officer pulling us over. But there are rules to the road, and if a ticket is issued, we usually pay it with little fuss.

The same cannot be said for Amy Rush of Minnesota. Around 30 years ago, she was a 15-year-old runaway who was hitchhiking. She rode in a car that was pulled over in Hamilton County, Iowa. The male driver was given a ticket for speeding, and Rush received one for not wearing her seat belt. She still has not paid it. Her reasoning is unique.

“The officer that pulled us over not only did not see an ID or license from me but never inquired more about me at all. And for all they knew, I was with a deranged psychopath or something,” said the aggrieved Rush.^[6]

She was also angry that the officer was not concerned about her being so young and in a vehicle with an older man.

Fifteen years after the incident, a letter arrived at her parents’ house informing Amy of the overdue ticket. The collection letters have kept coming ever since. Amy said, “I mean, I can’t imagine the postage that they’ve paid on following me around trying to get this $35.”

4 Buried Father Who Was Not Dead

One day, Joey Pellegrino went to his Connecticut bank and withdrew $2,175 from his account. Due to a glitch, that money was not subtracted from his account balance. Pellegrino did not tell his bank about the error. Instead, he took out even more money. In fact, he withdrew so much that the account eventually became overdrawn.

When the bank discovered the error and contacted him, Pellegrino agreed to pay back the money. But he didn’t. Instead, when pressed, he claimed that he had given the money to his mother to pay for burying his father.

The problem?

His father was still alive. Even worse, Pellegrino’s father said that he had given his son money to pay the bank back.^[7]

Finally, after much drama, Pellegrino came clean.

3 Name In Capital Letters

In the UK, if you are at least 18 years old and rent or own a home, you must pay council tax. It is that simple.

However, 54-year-old Adrian May from Mansfield would beg to differ. He refused to pay his council tax because his name appeared in capital letters on correspondence sent to him from the government. To May, capital letters meant that he was dead. So, even though he was alive—proven by the fact that he was protesting the bill—he refused to pay up.^[8]

In fact, May refused to pay the tax for three years. Only after being dragged into court and threatened with jail time did he agree to pay. And that was only after he was shown that his name was spelled with lowercase letters on all correspondence sent to him about the unpaid tax.

2 God

Whether you are a believer or not, you have to hand it to Delila Hernandez of New Mexico—she has remarkable faith.

One day, the 30-year-old woman ordered takeout at a local restaurant. When the clerk asked for payment, Hernandez was quoted as saying, “This one’s on God.” Then she promptly left.

The server tried to collect payment by saying, “That’s not how this works.” But he backed off when Hernandez threatened him. Later, police charged her with felony robbery.^[9]

After Hernandez expressed remorse, the public information officer suggested that Hernandez would most likely be charged with a petty misdemeanor instead.

1 You Didn’t Let Me On Your Show

In Ireland, the national broadcaster is known as RTE. Operating on both TV and radio, RTE is partially funded by a TV license fee that the government collects from every household, business, or institution with a TV. If you don’t pay, they may just throw you in jail.

That is what happened in 2005 to 66-year-old Richard Behal from Killarney. For 21 years, he refused to pay his TV license fee and was eventually sentenced to 15 days in jail.^[10]

According to Behal, he did not pay the fee because RTE did not include him among the candidates interviewed live on an election show in 1984. Back then, he was running as a candidate for the Sinn Fein Party, which was commonly seen as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

The IRA was a paramilitary group fighting Britain for an independent Ireland. Between 1969 and 1994, it is estimated that the IRA killed approximate 1,800 people. Due to the violence, the government of Ireland passed a law in 1971 banning from TV and radio any organizations that would “seek to overthrow the State through violence, incite crime or endanger the State’s authority in any way.”

And that is why Behal was not included in the RTE election show in 1984. This led to his refusal to pay his TV license fee for over 20 years and to his 15-day prison stint.

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About The Author: Domenico has been writing for 30 years—screenplays, short stories, and songs making up the vast majority of his output. He is a film buff, music addict, and devoted lifelong fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Working from home is now on trending due to Covid-19. Work from home, also known as remote working, telework, telecommuting, remote jobs, etc. But remote working isn’t a new thing. Working from home was first invented in 1979; as an experiment, five IBM employees were allowed to work from home. By 2000, JC Penny gave its call centre staff the chance to work from home.

The world witnessed a massive shift in the 2020 job market due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While before this pandemic situation, some companies used to offer their employees to work from home, But now it has become usual for most businesses. It’s estimated that By the year 2025, 70% of the workforce will be working remotely at least five days a month. While 2020 may be considered the year of work from home, I think it’s just the beginning as we see the trend continuing in 2021.

It’s no wonder that one of the best ways to make money from home is by picking up a stay-at-home job. Below, I have listed Top 10 highest-paying jobs that you can do at home. So, fasten your seatbelt, and let’s get started.

Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs From Home 2021.

10. Graphic Designer

Average Income: $52,000

The demand for graphic designers is increasing day by day. If you have a perfect vision of what’s appealing to a customer, what would look good together, and if you can draw, then why don’t you become a graphic designer. You can work in any section that you want, like marketing, technology, commercial industries, and many more.

As an excellent graphic designer, you can do pretty much everything from home, such as improve design, deciding about the design, guidelines, draw, etc.

Graphic designers are constantly wanted by many corporations, newspapers, retailers, advertisement agencies, websites, etc. If you’re good at Graphic Designing then soon you can turn one client into many.

9. Writers and Authors

Average Income: $60,000

Bloggers, authors, journalists are all writers in different ways. If you decided to take this path, then you can work from home for sure. There’s no need to explain why novel authors can work from home. You can write whenever you feel inspired, and it’s your story, so you can publish it any time you want.

If you’re not an author, then there’s an option for you; you can go for the media side of writing. There’s a chance that you might have to go to the office from time to time, but 80% of the work you can do from home.

If you’re not interested in the media side of writing, then no problem. There are plenty of freelance opportunities. You can write for online publishing media. With the growth of the Internet, online writing has always been on the rise.

You can write about career, education, health, sports, music, etc. If you can write well, then you’ll always end up finding good content.

8. E-Commerce Store Owner

Average Income: Depends on your sale.

E-commerce is also known as electronic commerce. It’s a business model which is taking place on the Internet. Stores that sell their product online through the Internet are an E-commerce store.

E-commerce is still very profitable if you know what to do precisely. There is still a lot of growth in these markets, as buyers are still shifting from offline purchasers to digital buyers. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most people prefer buying a product online. So, there’s a good chance of your profit.

Running your own e-commerce operation can quickly turn into a full-time job. If you set up a good product range and get some good reviews, you could earn an excellent salary.

In the era of the Internet, it’s easy to create your own e-commerce store. Just research the eCommerce space and find your suitable niche. Select your desirable business name and a legal structure. Choose your eCommerce platform and create your website, promote your product on social media, and BooM you are done. Just wait for the revenue.

7. Market and Survey Researcher

Average Income: $61,000

Market and Survey Researcher mainly gather information about what people think. Market researchers help big companies to understand what type of product people actually want from them, determine who will buy them and what price they will buy their products. They analyze data from their past sales to predict their future sales.

Survey researchers also gather information about people and their opinions, but these workers exclusively design and conduct surveys. They work for different kinds of clients. They collect data for their clients to help make fiscal or policy decisions and measure those decisions’ effectiveness.

Market and Survey researchers generally have structured work schedules. They often alone, writing reports, prepare charts on the computer from home. So, guess what, it’s a great way to earn money from home. It may be a hard job to do, but sitting on a couch with family around, drinking a cold beer, isn’t too comfortable? You have to work hard to become rich.

6. Animator or Video Editor

Average Income: $68,000

A freelance animator or video editor is a pretty good job to have, at least for those who dig into their passion and don’t see it as work.

You need expensive resources in animation or video editing software and computer hardware to process faster and export quickly because no client will tolerate extra time for their content to be created. You’re going to need a lot of time to create content if you don’t have suitable computer hardware.

But no marketing campaign or communication strategy is complete without a video element. Streaming has made binge-watching the norm, so the production of film and series is at an all-time high to keep up with demand. So, once you start getting clients, your initial investments will make far greater returns.

If you can produce great animated content and edit video content, then you can work from home for the rest of your life. As your projects get bigger and build a reputation in your workplaces, your hourly rate will increase. Starting rates are around 25 dollars an hour and can be as high as 100 dollars an hour for skilled work. Rates also vary for 2D and 3D animators as well as the film industry or corporate editing positions.

5. Software Engineer

Average Income: $90,000

Software engineers are computer science professionals who use engineering principles and programming language to build or update software, games and run network control systems. The demands of software engineers are projected to grow 22% from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations. The Demands for software engineers depends on the number of people who use this digital platform.

It’s no wonder that the usage of digital platforms is increasing day by day. That’s why the demand for software engineers has been ever-growing. And freelance software engineering opportunities are aplenty in the market.

If software engineers work from home, they have to report their work to a team or management structure. Software engineering is all fun and a lot of money. Statistics say that 17% of computer software engineers work for more than 50 hours a week if they are home-based.

Also, The future of software engineers looks very bright. If you have sufficient skills and experience, you don’t even need a college degree to succeed in this field.

4. Financial Manager

Average Income: $100,000

Financial manager work for the financial health of an organization. Their main job is to produce financial reports, direct investment activities and plans for the long-term financial goals for their organization. Financial managers can get a job in many places like banks and insurance companies.

You need specific skills to become an excellent financial manager, including leadership, problem-solving, communication, analysis, mathematical proficiency, attention-to-detail, etc.

But financial managers can do part of their work from home. Their primary responsibilities are to oversee companies’ finances and provide financial reports, so you get the point, right? They only have to produce their company financial reports; in that case, they can send their work through the mail.

3. Corporate Counsel

Average Income: $115,000

A corporate counsel is also known as a corporate lawyer, works for a business or company providing legal advice to the employer. The requirements to become a corporate counsel include significant educational qualifications and work experience in corporate law. It would also be best if you had good undergraduate degrees, including history, political science, law, philosophy, and English.

But the law isn’t always about all board rooms and courtrooms. There are plenty of advisory roles you can play from home. Corporate counsel is a very consultative role that can be conducted remotely for the most part, and this isn’t the only job in the law that you can do from home.

2. Web Developer

Average Income: $105,000

Web developers make the world wide web go around and work for skill developers are high in demand.

Web developer main job is to create and maintain websites. A full-stack developer is the most lucrative and sought after skill set. That means you can handle the back and front end of development. So, full stackers are the highest-paid. Salaries for web developers also vary vastly based on region. Don’t expect to take home the same size bacon in Ukraine as you would in New York.

If you don’t have the skills to get into web development game, there are ways to still get into the market, and you can learn more advanced skills with online courses as you go.

Also, you can look into a web search evaluator. You’ll work for search engines to analyze search result. You can work from home, and it pays between 12 to 15 dollars per hour.

Or you can test the website for glitches and navigation errors for up to 15$ for a 20-minute test.

1. Physician or Doctor

Average Income: $195,000

Finally, an alternative to dragging your sick self to the doctor when you least feel like leaving the house. Next time you’re feeling ill, dial a Doctor insted of going to the medical center. The physician or general practitioners are moving their practices online to offer remote consultations to patients wherever they are. They offer their usual consultation services to diagnose and prescribe medicine all over a video chat because most common sicknesses present with easy to recognize symptoms. Don’t think Doctors take a pay cut for the luxury of working from home.

Conclusion.

Many people lost their jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic. Because of that, the trend of working from home has grown tremendously and long gone when used to travelling to the office in the morning and returning home at night. Thanks to the advanced technologies now we can work from our home. I think this will change our economy. Who knows?

But you, my mate, no more jackpots and lotteries nor part-time jobs. The only way to getting rich is to sitting back at home and work hard. I hope this list will help you explore more about the Work-From-Home trend.