I went to the thread that KSUViolet linked, and re-read my contribution. There's a slight edit:
Said roomie owed so many people money by the time she went home out of state. Hundreds to some, thousands to her roomie after me.
We had a reunion about 9 years after we graduated, and no one even thought about asking her - but we all wondered what she was now up to. Working on 1-900 sex hot line? In jail? Institutionalized? So, we decided to try to call her.
Now, this was before cellphones were common, so about 10 of us crammed in and around a payphone. Somebody asked, "Who's going to pay for this call, or are we all going to chip in?" My precious Little said, "We're calling collect - it's not like she doesn't owe all of us!"
And yes, she was in telemarketing!