Imagine spending 29 years safely transporting people through traffic jams, blizzards, and backseat karaoke, only to be booted into retirement with zero dollars because you pocketed the equivalent of a vending machine snack. That’s the story of one unlucky Japanese bus driver who learned the hard way that in Kyoto, even pocket change can cost you your future. And just when he thought he’d get justice, Japan’s Supreme Court hit him with the final “nope.” It’s the pension plot twist no retirement seminar could’ve prepared you for.

Bus Driver with Three Decades of Service Loses $84,000 Pension for Stealing $7