What is the most desperate and uncomfortable decision you've made as a result of economic distress?

Mine dates back to early COVID.. I was walking past an alley, feeling very hungry. I didn't have quite enough to buy ramen noodles + another thing or two to make it a full(ish) meal.
I noticed a lady throwing a diaper in the dumpster in the alley, before pushing her baby stroller out the other way. I looked around, made sure enough no one would see everything. I fished inside that dumpster just a bit, found the diaper and.. hunger was briefly cured, stomach aches, rough night.